After months of cold and miserable, good old fashioned British rain the buds are starting to appear, the birds are starting to sing and the garden is starting to come to life. Now is the time to get out there and give it a good clean up. It won’t be long before you are sat out there entertaining and after a miserable and untouched winter it probably needs a bit of attention. One of the things that we tend to notice in our house especially is the patio. It is just outside the kitchen where we

Having recently had a new bathroom fitted I was keen to keep it pristine. The old bathroom was 15 years old and was in need of a refurb. Not being the first owner of the bathroom over the years it had accumulated much water staining, lime scale, mould and mildew and despite my best efforts it was a battle to remove and keep it at bay. Who would have thought that the one thing we used to clean everything would be the thing that caused the most damage. Now don’t get carried away with the

It’s that time of year again. It seems to come around so fast and is it me or does it seem to last a lot longer? Yes I am in fact talking about Christmas. Now in our house we have many traditions. Decorations go up on the first Saturday in December and we must buy at least one new Christmas ornament every year. The kids are very particular about what goes on the tree and, unlike the regular Facebook posts I see from some people about their trees needing re-doing, I have to say that this year

Cleaning – for some people it's passion! (If that sounds like you - we'd love to hear from you :) Why don't you fill in our contact form and say hello?) But for others it is just part of the daily and weekly routines and something that sometimes needs to squeezed in when you have time around seeing to the kids - which, let’s be honest, is a full time job in itself. We know this isn't easy so we asked our friend Sheryl how she copes. Sheryl has two children, a full time job and one of the