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Stunning Typographical Prints from Kiss Me at the Disco

16 October 2018 Leave a Comment

I was lucky enough to win a fabulous print from Kiss Me at the Disco via Instagram a few weeks ago! I never win anything so I was super chuffed.

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Master Bedroom Makeover on a Budget

15 October 2018 Leave a Comment

Master Bedroom Makeover on a Budget - Life with Holly

When we moved into our house, the master bedroom was, well, alright. It was fine. It lacked character however, as the original fireplace had been removed at some point in the past and it was a bit boring. We decided to put a fireplace back in (just as a feature) and then gave the roomRead More

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Day Tripping – Short Stay in Robin Hoods Bay

20 September 2018 Leave a Comment

Day Tripping - Short Stay in Robin Hoods Bay - Life with Holly

This summer we took a (very) short break to Robin Hoods Bay. It’s somewhere I’ve been before but didn’t really get a chance to explore. I thought it would be a nice place for us to go for a night away so I booked us into the Victoria Hotel. Mr R told me that whenRead More

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Style Your Home Using House Plants

17 September 2018 Leave a Comment

Style Your Home with House Plants by Life with Holly

House plants and I have a love hate relationship. I love them, but I think they may hate me. They keep dying! Despite this, they’re so good to have in the house so I keep persisting. They have so many health benefits, including enhancing your mood, purifying your air and reducing carbon dioxide levels. Also,Read More

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Victorian Hallway Makeover – Custom Console Table Tutorial

5 September 2018 Comments : 6

Custom Console Table Victorian Hallway Makeover - Life with Holly

Following on from my posts on our Victorian hallway makeover (see HERE and HERE), we needed a new console table to put all our hallway crap on. You know, like keys, spare change, candles, plants, mirrors – the usual stuff. I also needed something to disguise the radiator a bit. Here’s our custom console table tutorial!

Motherhood, Travel

Day Tripping – Harry Potter in York

31 August 2018 Leave a Comment

DIagon Alley Inspo - The Shambles, York - Harry Potter in York - Day Tripping - Life with Holly

Harry Potter in York? What? We planned to go to York for a day trip for a while but never got round to it. As you may know Holly is a massive Harry Potter fan. She is OBSESSED. I thought she may enjoy a wander down the famous Shambles as it’s apparently the inspiration forRead More

House

My Garden in July & August

24 August 2018 Leave a Comment

Claire Austin Rose - Life with Holly Blog

This is a bit of a combination of months. I feel I’ve let my garden get away from me this year. It’s been such a hot summer and the garden has really suffered! I’m sure a lot of other people are in the same boat. Our lawn has become really parched. We have clay soil,Read More

Ramblings, Travel

Day Tripping – Family Day Out to Harewood House Seeds of Hope Exhibition

20 August 2018 Leave a Comment

Sunflowers in Conservatory - Harewood House - Seeds of Hope Exhibition - Life with Holly Blog

When we visited Harewood House last time, we didn’t get a chance to visit the Seeds of Hope Exhibition. Holly’s tooth had been hurting and she had just wanted to go home, so we did. No point making an unwell child do something they don’t want to do! We were at a loose end oneRead More

Motherhood, Ramblings, Working from Home

The Self Employment Trap

16 August 2018 Leave a Comment

The Self Employment Trap - Life with Holly

I used to work for someone else. I had a “real” job, with set hours, earned a decent wage and had weekends. Life was good! Then I started cake decorating as a hobby. This hobby took off, turned into a business and grew (hello White Rose Cake Design!). I took voluntary redundancy, leaving behind theRead More

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Victorian Hallway Makeover – Before and (partial) After!

14 August 2018 Leave a Comment

Victorian Hallway Makeover - Life with Holly

Do you remember our grotty hallway? If not, here’s a shot of it in all its horrible glory. Think manky carpet, smoke damaged walls and a general layer of grubbiness built up over goodness knows how many years! This is it before our Victorian hallway makeover… This was the mood board for the hallway. IRead More

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After trying to trick my paperwhite daffodils into After trying to trick my paperwhite daffodils into thinking it was winter by having them in the bottom of the fridge for a few weeks, they're having their revenge. I meant to put them in for a few weeks then plant them up before Christmas. I forgot, and only remembered about them a couple of weeks ago. Since then they appear to have gone on strike and are refusing to grow. Even the ones outside in the actual winter are growing, but these ones are not 🙈 At this rate I'll be left with empty pots 😂

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Back when my table was a table and not a school de Back when my table was a table and not a school desk covered in homework books and Star Wars activity books... I spend 90% of my day in here now finding out whether clauses are coordinating or subordinate and the like 😩

How are we all doing?

LVT flooring part of previous collaboration with @harveymaria

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Sunday! Woohoo! Not that I have any plans today be Sunday! Woohoo! Not that I have any plans today because you know, lockdown and all that. Looks like it'll be a day of walking, roast dinner and the never ending stream of Star Wars that seems to be on my TV at the moment - that bloody theme song is always in my head!

Its Holly's latest obsession, and if she's not watching a film she's watching the Mandalorian or playing an Xbox game to do with it. I'm not feeling the usual screen time guilt though because it's lockdown, the weather has been shit and she can't see her friends. We're surviving, not thriving at the moment x

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Throwing it back to when my hallway wasn't full of Throwing it back to when my hallway wasn't full of wood 🙈 We've had the wood delivered for a project but so far haven't had the time or inclination to start it. I don't know what's happened to me! I was painting, panelling and shwazzing up everywhere before but I seem to have lost my mojo a bit these days. Maybe this weekend we'll start...?

Swipe to see the panelling progress... 

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A quick transformation Tuesday for you today - it' A quick transformation Tuesday for you today - it's all too easy to be influenced by what you see on the gram, and this is me confessing to that! I loved seeing all the dark walls in other people's houses so wanted one. It was fine for a while, but I couldn't live with it so we came back to the light side. This is definitely more me! Have you been influenced by what you see on here?

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Anyone else really struggling to take new pics for Anyone else really struggling to take new pics for the Gram? I've either got no time because of home school and all of Holly's zoom calls - I'm basically her PA now - or the house is a tip because we're all trying to work out of it! So here's an old pic of the bathroom. Happy Saturday!

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I've had freezing cold feet all day today despite I've had freezing cold feet all day today despite three pairs of socks. I need some new slippers as the ones I had before were making me so statically charged I was getting electric shocks off everything - even my plant Malcolm! Sick of being some kind of poor man's Palpatine (one for the Star Wars geeks out there) I need to get some new slippers. Any recommendations for leather soled ones. 

Totally unrelated pic of Holly's room - only this part of it is presentable! I've got plans to channel my inner nana and crochet a blanket for in here but when I'll have time for that in between work, home school and drinking copious amounts of red wine, I'm not sure! 

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Well. Here we go again... Thank goodness I'm not d Well. Here we go again... Thank goodness I'm not doing Dry January! I'm going to be more like Oscar and take it one day at a time. Hope you're OK x

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Evening! Exciting times with my evening post, I kn Evening! Exciting times with my evening post, I know. I can't believe it's back to normal (although I use that word VERY lightly...!) tomorrow. The Christmas holidays have gone so fast!

Also, Mel @littleterracedhouse, Lydia @houseofspolland and I have a little group over on Facebook to chat all things DIY and Decor. I've put a link into the bio - come join us!

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So good to have the house back to normal! It was f So good to have the house back to normal! It was filthy underneath all the decorations, so I've spent the afternoon cleaning and tidying (obvs had to document this for the Gram). Can't beat a good old tidy up! What a wild New Year's Day.

Flooring part of previous PR collaboration. 

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