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STANLEY AND MAUD X KOHLER* PART 2 | The Grand Reveal AD | If you haven't read part 1 I suggest you grab a cuppa and have a read...you NEED to see the 'before' to this project because even though it's mine I can't believe it... I will be forever grateful to Kohler for honestly bringing my dream to life...yes I know I'm dramatic but I am SO in love. Our old, yellow, hideous shiny bathroom is now the luxurious bathroom I had hoped for...I almost don't want to let the children in...apparently it's not the norm to have a 'mummy bathroom'...

STANLEY AND MAUD X KOHLER* PART 1 | The Design & Planning  AD | I am super excited to be working with Kohler on our next home project. If you read my blog post on us relocating (if you missed it you can read here) you'll know our home is a doer upper. B and I are partial to a project and this house is full of them. Our house is 18th Century Georgian and used to be the Minister's, at some point it was divided into two (hello neighbours!). The house has some amazing features but it also has some really hideous ones, the...

THIS IS NOT A PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENT. Sorry about that but thought I better make it clear just in case you're my nan reading this and think I've got news. I haven't. I don't know who I'm kidding my nan can't use the internet she refers to it as 'the google' but I just wanted to be clear so there's no 'applegate' again. If you missed that I once received loadssss of messages on instagram congratulating me when it was apple bloat (my body rejects fruit.) Anyway meet Albus. The puppy I refused to have but now couldn't be without.  So here...

There's a long version and a short version to this post... SHORT- We had a royally crap time trying to sell our house, we were a military family, we reclocated (eventually). THE END. If you want the long version get yourself a brew...or a gin. If you've followed me for a while you'll perhaps know the 'fun' we've had. I'm going to break it into parts just so I know where I am and so you can tell me which part you fell asleep in. PART 1- The Move We brought our first home in 2015 (during being made redundant...

Oh Bonjour... Firstly I'll address the elephant in the room...this is an overdue post we went in June (2019...cheeky). I have no excuses other than I'm crap. Secondly I'll be clear from the beginning that our break was not a press trip, it was not gifted or discounted it was a family holiday fully paid for by ourselves and I'm blogging some details about it because you guys (my instagram fam) wanted some tips! So...... We've always said we'd like to take the children to the Disneyland Parks and as first timers as a family we decided on Paris first. (I've been...