05 Monday Aug 2013
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It’s been just over two weeks and we are finally unpacked and organised in our new home. Although we probably won’t be here for too long (it’s a temporary stop-gap until we hopefully buy a place), it’s still important we make it feel ours.
Part of that process has been choosing a few new pieces of furniture to replace tired or broken bits that we no longer had use for. First on that list was a new desk for Frog. Continue reading »
09 Monday Jul 2012
Posted in Home
I live in a small rented cottage with my husband and my toddler. Because we’re saving for a deposit for a mortgage and because our daughter is only just two, our house is rather chaotic and shabby.
Most of our stuff consists of cast-off items no longer wanted by friends or relatives. We can’t paint the walls the colours we’d like, because we don’t own them. There is constant mess.
I don’t like living this way.
The thing is, we recently decided NOT to live this way. We earn enough cash between us to actually have nice things and save. OK, so we may not be able to paint, but we can put up shelves and spruce up old furniture. As long as this is our home (which it will be for a while longer at least) we want it to be a nice place to be. Working 70 hours a week has to have some benefits.
So we’re starting with the bedroom. Continue reading »