Category Lifehacks

House Upheaval

I had someone on caseload once who was super wealthy. Life for them had always gone swimmingly. They were super attractive, had a beautiful family, a gorgeous home and meaningful friendships. How had they’d ended up on the books of…

Staying Local

Now I’ll hold my hand up and confess that I’m writing a post about staying local from an extremely privileged position. Brixham, my home town, is drop down dead gorgeous. After university loads of my friends trooped off to London…

Gifting

Life moves on and sometimes possessions aren’t a good fit with new circumstances. This can be for a variety of reasons. Sometimes an object will get broken. We know all about that one in our house. Louis and I are…

Janus

Happy New Year! Is it me or is Mr Janus, the god of transitions and beginnings getting a bit lairy here? Maybe he’s had one too many on New Year’s Eve. Who know? Each year the media often compile a…

KALLAX

Most of the furniture in our house is of the repurposed kind, good quality stuff bought from secondhand sources or kindly gifted to me. There’s not much that’s of the self assembled variety. Shelving however is the exception. My massive…