I have found myself going to sleep later and later. There is always one more thing to read, one more link to click.​

Here are a few new favourites:​

​• Spring Sangria recipes from The Glitter Guide.

• Ultimate home tours, all in one place, The Selby blog.

• Rich always likes to play the boys music whilst they are in the bath. Grown up music. I love that he is introducing them to some legends and classics, I found this - I must get it for Father's Day, Radiohead are his favourite!​

• Pies in mason jars from Lovely Little Details - Oh my days, I LOVE it!​

• My office would look so much prettier with this lantern. I might have to ship one to my brother and bring it back in August!​

• I am in full Circus Party prep mode now for Sammy's 4th Birthday at the end of May. How sweet are these tattoos?! ​

Have you made any great discoveries this week?​

Psst I am in the shortlist for a national bog award and I would love your vote in the Photo and Craft categories! You can vote here. Voting closes on the 12th May for the Finalists, so don't delay, vote today!

I am back with my niece in my arms for the weekend.​

In a few hours, Uncle Patrick will be landing at Heathrow (for one night only) and there will be two excited nephews waiting to greet him in arrivals. 

In the meantime, we are napping, feeding and changing. We've enjoyed 1 special bath with 3 pairs of hands and lots of cuddles. Oh and some snaps of the garden whilst we wait.​

I can imagine wonderful woodland fairy parties in the next couple of years in this garden!​

Happy Weekend everyone. ​This is going to be a super good one.

Psst I am shortlisted in 2 categories for a national blogging award. ​I would love your vote in the Photo and Crafts categories. Voting is open until the 12th May, so don't delay, vote today! Vote HERE.

Welcome to our home!​

Part 1 of the Happy Home Tour starts in the living room.​

It's taken almost as long as we have lived in the house, (9 years on 11th May) ​to get the living room the way we really wanted it. 

We have a lovely kitchen which doubles as a family room, which meant that for a long time, the living room was unloved and unused. When Ollie came along we realised how much we treasured an adult space and whilst there are often hidden bags of charity shop purchases lurking behind the door, and the dregs of a blog photo shoot behind the sofa, it is a calm and peaceful room.

My favourite feature, apart from the fireplace, is the painted console table. Yes it's cluttered, but I adore it. I keep my scrap book paper in the wooden tool box and my Granny's suitcase rests on top.​

In a room of neutral colours there is just a hint of green in the cushions and the flowers.​ I love that I can change the feel of the room, just by changing the flowers, depending on the season.

I know compared to lots of people it must seem like we have a tiny television, but honestly we  hardly use it. We are big Apple tv fans in this house (anyone else obsessed with MadMen?). The best thing we did was put in an open fire and we have used it all winter. I love hanging bunting ​across the fireplace and whilst it may be too plain for some, it is an escape from the rest of the house which is covered in trains and dressing up!

There are 3 projects left to finish. A storage unit for my stack of photo albums, a new large window frame photograph frame and a wall hanging. I'll be sharing them over the next couple of weeks.

What is your favourite room in your house? Where should the tour go next?!​

• Sofa - Sofa Sofa (we like to think buy cheap and replace more often)
• Rocking chair - Eames Rocker
• Fur throw - Reindeer from Norway
• Rug - Dunelm Mill
• Coffee table - Vintage, painted in Annie Sloan from Simply Gorgeous 
• Console and side tables - HomeSense
• Vases - Vintage crystal
• Lamps - Home Sense
• Stag's head - Graham and Green
• Window frame mirror - The White Approach
• Driftwood heart art - Coastal Creatives

ps. I am shortlisted in 2 categories for a national blogging award! I would love to get through to the final for Photo and Crafts, so don't delay, vote today! Vote HERE.​

Linking up with Do Something Crafty Friday