About Me

Hi and a very big welcome to you!

This page is a brief introduction to me, my family, my home and my life – I hope you enjoy it!

My name is Amanda and I am very blessed to live on the beautiful South Coast of England, with my lovely hubby of 30+ years, Steve, and our often cheeky, but irresistible doggies, Bella and Buttons. I am also very proud to be Mum to three, gorgeous, grown-up ‘children’, all of who are successfully finding their own way in life and making a very good job at it too!

As a ‘nester’ at heart, I naturally gravitate to home making and the world of all things interior, (I can easily lose an afternoon just flicking through soft furnishing books or paint charts). Transforming a house or an ordinary space with that cosy, indefinable magic that makes it a warm and inviting home, is my absolute delight. Creating a place that is the hub for family and teeming with life is just so heart-warmingly satisfying.

I realise this all sounds pretty sentimental and soppy, so, I have chosen to be practical, and to start this website and blog as a way of sharing with you all, my own take on home design. You will also find ideas, hints and tips for planning, layout, colour combination, accessorising, money saving, space saving, storage and loads more to hopefully inspire and help you create your own unique home space.

Being a home bird, I also love spending time in the kitchen experimenting and creating both new dishes and twists on old favourites, so I will share my cooking endeavours and recipes with you too, (well just the successful ones)!

We are currently on a health drive; I have been a life-long dieter, trying pretty much every diet plan going, so this time I have devised a personal lifestyle change to our eating habits, aiming for inch loss around our middles, instead of just concentrating on weight – you can see how successful, (or not), this is as well!

Please have a good look around – I hope you like what you see!