Porridge and the power of #lastingchange
We often hear about the health benefits of eating porridge; filling you up and slowly releasing energy throughout the day and is very popular in our house with my three year old son happy to eat two …
We often hear about the health benefits of eating porridge; filling you up and slowly releasing energy throughout the day and is very popular in our house with my three year old son happy to eat two …
I love fairy lights as there is something about lots of small lights that make me think of magic. I’ve been collecting ideas on how I might use them in the house and it is great there are so …
What is the best kitchen location in a house? Is it better to have it at the front or back of the house? Our kitchen is currently at the front of the house and having decided to create a kitchen …
Adding an internal window can be a great way to ensure natural light reaches dark areas of a home. Our original plan to lighten our dark hallway was to add a skylight when we removed the lift. …
A successful house renovation project needs a plan to ensure all tasks are completed and done in the correct order. The details of the plan will depend on the size of your renovation and your building …
International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on 8th March; recognising the achievements of women for over 100 years. Tanya, Annie and Penny, the Team Honk founders, are learning …
In general you get more for your money if you are willing to do work on a property. It is certainly true for us. We bought a larger house than we were looking for because the house needs significant …
Starting is often the hardest part of any activity and Team Honk created the right combination of factors to get me cycling again; a big challenge, raising money for charity and a group of amazing …
Knowing we will be redecorating the whole house meant we could allow our children to do something we wouldn’t normally allow, painting on the walls. Our children’s birthdays are the same …
This is our first Christmas in this house so we’ve had to rethink our Christmas decorations. I’ve developed a plan to implement over a few years as we get a feel for the house and start …
I was surprised how easy it was to have a wood burning stove fitted. The hardest part was making the decision about which stove to buy, oh and convincing my husband to have a stove instead of an open …
Studland bay is located between Swanage and Poole (via a chain ferry), and with its beautiful sandy beaches and good facilities everyone from children to naturists will be happy. As the …
This week has been about keeping moving. I’m not sure why things have felt so difficult, but it has been a struggle to get the basics completed; maybe it is because I haven’t been having …
Decluttering doesn’t stop until you’ve done the whole house AND stopped bringing unwanted items into the house; otherwise the clutter spreads and returns into the areas you’ve …
During the last five weeks I’ve used a little and often approach to sort through the contents of this room; I’ve removed lots of items and put away the rest. The focus …
The wonderful thing about planting seeds is it leads to things growing. Having planted flower seeds in June we’ve got lots of flowers growing; however we’ve also got things growing in …
As we take most of our holidays in the UK, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, we know you take a risk with the weather. We had better weather than forecast at the beginning of August, but still had …
With children in the house we have clothes that are either too small or too large and these have been stored in one pile in our big bedroom; until this week. I’ve sorted through the pile of bags …
We’ve got the first plans from our architect to comment on. None of the layouts are right, but there are lots of ideas that have made us think about how we want to use the house now and how we …
In our digital age, papers still manage to build up and in the past week I’ve made a start at reducing our paper clutter. I’ve marked the post we’ve received for the previous owners …
Removing five items from the house every week sounds easy until you have a busy week and you’re mind is on other things. I have found and thrown away the items from the same room as last week. …
I love reading. In fact I love reading too much and when I start a good book it takes over everything. I skimp on all my other activities so I can fit in more reading time. I’ve kept a log in …
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” William Morris One of the luxuries of having moved to a bigger house is it appears we have fewer …
Since moving house and starting to commute through lots of villages I’ve noticed how many village fairs, fetes and festivals there are. The village I grew up in had an annual fair called the …
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