My husband and I walked up the aisle all over again on Sunday. Ok so it wasn't an aisle it was a catwalk!

My friend and hairdresser was the person responsible for transforming 25 'models' into blushing brides and nervous grooms for the Wedding Fair at the Winter Gardens.

I enlisted the help of two of my very beautiful friends, my husband, brother in law, sister and mum! For one day only she was the mother of 2 brides!

The morning was as you would expect, pandemonium, chaos, nervous laughter, tears but no tantrums! Everyone pulled together and I was really proud of us all.

I tool along a selection of pastries and the edible flower box from Greens of Devon. What could have been more romantic than petals in our bucks fizz and sweet flower and honey brioche sandwiches!

I adored the chance to dress up again and try two very different dresses. There was a little gasp from the crowd as I came out in the princess dress but I know it really was for the little 4 year old flower girl who accompanied me down the catwalk!

Big boy and small boy came to watch the second show and all I could see was the proudest three year old shouting "Oh Mama!"

What a day, what an experience!

What kind of dress would you have if you got married again or what is your dream dress if you were ever to say I do?!

 Hair and make up by Tracy Pallari. Bridal wear by So Gorgeous, Worle.

Quite a while ago we swapped over the dining room and the playroom. On the basis that we do very little formal entertaining as the kitchen is such a sociable room. So it seemed crazy to keep the larger room for the rare occasional use and keep the toys crammed into the tiniest room downstairs. The boys play all the time in the playroom and I am very grateful to have a room I can shut the door on all the toys at the end of the day (although there still seems to be toys and books everywhere).

The dining room had become a bit of a dumping ground/dog den. It's where the dogs sleep at night as they like to be confined into  cosy space over night and the table was a great place to store bits to go up in the loft, rain covers for the pushchair, you name it - any bit of junk was on it!

We realised one of the problems and the reason we didn't use the room very often was because quite simply we didn't like it very much!

It is small and our large furniture was overwhelming. The sideboard was a museum to our wedding gifts, some of which haven't seen the light of day since the John Lewis delivery 7 years ago.

We decided out with the old and in with the well, old!

I saw a lovely painted table on eBay and a painted sideboard in a friend's shop, Simply Gorgeous!

My sister is having the table and we managed to sell the old sideboard for 75% of what we paid for it 8 years ago - not bad going! The new sideboard only set us back £20 on top. I won the table as the only bidder for £99, which for a solid wood table that seats 6 is a great buy.

We have a renewed love for a tired little room and I just need to sort out some curtains which match our old mirror. Orange and grey may seem a strange combination but I love it!

My husband has convinced me to be brave and put our leather chairs up for sale and go for Eames replicas! Brave or stupid, what do you think?