TWENTY TWENTY-FOUR

  Fair to say 2023 was something of a whirlwind. The four month extension project became fourteen (and counting) but we are finally HOME and it feels so good.  Are we finished?  Absolutely not…  but I am excited for the many, many DIY projects to come. This year is shaping up to be the best one yet and some pretty…
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5 tips for shopping preloved like a pro

  Broke my 7 month spending ban for a second hand dress and I’ll be living in it all summer. Through circumstance (every penny is being poured into the house build right now), a desire to shop more sustainably and trying to fulfil my wish list, I have become slightly obsessed with preloved fashion.  Rewind twenty years and I could…
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So this is 41

This is forty-one…  insulation party for two. What a way to spend a birthday but, you know, I would not have had it any other way.  Following a week off at Easter to get stuck in, we completed the wall insulation.  Hurrah.  Now though ‘little and often’ is the name of the game as we move onto the roof.  I…
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12 piece spring capsule

Twelve pieces fifteen ways…  a lil’ spring capsule wardrobe I put together for Instagram as part of my ongoing partnership with Buchanan Galleries. Having lived for almost six months at my Mum’s, since work began on our own place, I can confirm that it is absolutely feasible, and in fact simpler, to work with a capsule.  The trick is choosing…
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How to define your style… in your 40s

I have been thinking a lot lately about the pieces that hold their own in my wardrobe – the ones which really deserve their spot.  In a bid to minimise, I am shopping less, borrowing more and rewearing week on week, month on month, year on year.  The new pieces I welcome in really need to be worth their salt…
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