Home & Garden

I was in a posh shop in The Lanes in Brighton yesterday, marvelling at the prices they charge for hand-made framed objects. They’d got a bunch of cream-coloured wood frames, all different shapes and sizes, distressed them a bit and  framed the most extraordinary things. Hung on the wall as a collection, they looked absolutely…read more

Most cleaning products are harsh… and they smell horrid. Splosh’s eco-friendly products smell lovely, all fruity and minty. Most cleaning products come in expensive packaging and are full of water. Splosh products use barely any packaging and they’re concentrated, which means you’re not paying good money for plain water. In fact their cleaning stuff comes…read more

After I finished work yesterday I headed for the garden. It was actually warm enough to sit in a patch of sunshine… just! At the moment it looks like the Somme out there, swampy and incredibly soggy despite sitting on thousands of feet of chalk, on top of a hill, with only a few inches…read more

It’s always lovely to see our friends Neil and Melanie for Sunday lunch and a long Downland walk. But this weekend’s visit was even better than usual because I discovered you can have boring white appliances re-sprayed… a perfect subject for this blog! The bad old days… I find it hard to imagine how life…read more

Since we spend around a third of our lives in bed, it’s worth making the experience the best it can be! That’s why we’re so chuffed with our popular Duvet and Pillow Warehouse discount codes, fresh from the popular online home of totally yummy, top quality stuff for bedrooms. A peep into the wonderful world of…read more

Time for some more cheap decor! I thought I’d show you some more of the gorgeous things I’ve found recently in charity and junk shops, first looking at a small collection of green vintage pots and vases. None cost more than a fiver each and they look fab on the windowsill in my studio. Left…read more

I actually have no idea whether there’s such a thing as a domestic wind turbine. But my little brother Jon, who works in the wind energy industry, has measured our height above sea level, wind speed and direction and done clever calculations. And they show we get enough wind up here on the Downs above Brighton to…read more

As I mentioned yesterday, our home doesn’t qualify for free solar panel offers because it doesn’t face due South. The companies offering free panels and fitting need to make their money back and if the sunlight isn’t optimal, they stand less chance of making a profit on their share of the power you generated. Plenty…read more