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How To Style An Intimate Wedding For Free

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Using a chalkboard

Less is more these days and the home made touches to weddings, either big or small are proving to be popular. Pinterest and Instagram offer tons of ideas for styling events but expense is always certainly involved so here is a super money saving styling tip to add a special touch to your day.

All you need are some pins and a wooden chalkboard or maybe photo frame or perhaps a wooden (wooden base is important for this project) prop you plan to use as a center piece, a welcome board or even a small table plan. read more

Fireplace Decor

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Our beautiful home was built in 1907 and boasts two grand fire places in both living rooms. They have recently been replaced with modern log burners to help with heating costs through out the winter but fortunately we are still left with most of the original features that fit within our country house style.

Our main gathering station is in the dining room where one of the fire places are situated. This area was bare for a while whilst we decided which theme to go with in this room. The area is fairly spacious and i already have a country dresser along with another side unit to display photographs, cookery books and china ware which i have collected from auction. I also have an enthusiasm for collecting quotes and they were beginning to swarm the radiators and clutter the dining table before we finally agreed to display them. We chose to display them above the fire place along with a chalk board calendar i purchased a few years back before my baby was born. read more

Storage Solutions

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Christmas was a blast in our house and as much as i adore the sparkly lights and decorations it was time to get the house back to normal for the new year.

Olivia accumulated lots of toys as usual and over the holidays they were all stored in the play room with the door firmly closed. I spent days sitting amongst bundles of new babies, cars and fancy dress outfits trying to decide where to store everything. I literally could not see the floor.

I had seen ideas for storing kids toys online and decided to take a trip to my local Ikea and check out what they had to offer. The children’s area offered plenty of solutions and as Olivia and her Daddy were playing with the many toys laid out to use i headed off for a browse on my own. read more