Back to my roots: Why I love the North East!
Like many others, I returned to my hometown at half-term, taking our girls up to the North East of England to visit my mum and dad. I’m proud of my roots and here are the reasons I love the North East.
Win a Balloon Dog Money Box.
Enter my competition to win a Balloon Dog Money Box from The Range, as featured in ‘From dining Room to Den: Our Ikea hack study’.
From dining room to den: Our ‘Ikea hack’ study, part 2
In part 1 of ‘Dining room to den’ I described how we turned our old dining room into our perfect study / home office by customising an Ikea kitchen worktop and storage units. In the second part of the series I’ll describe how we completed the look with carefully chosen accessories, artwork and soft furnishings.
Decluttering: 6 Lessons learned from (bitter) experience
As I mentioned in a previous post, I started my room-by-room decluttering offensive this month. After many years of going through this exercise there are lots of tips I have picked up along the way that can help to minimise the angst.
Decluttered house, decluttered head.
I’ve been busy! I decided that as soon as the kids returned to school after the Christmas holidays I would commence a massive tidying and decluttering offensive. In my personal experience a decluttered house always, always leads to a decluttered head!
Ikea Hack home office / study : How to create a home office on a budget.
After the expense of a new kitchen extension, we needed to turn our old dining room into the study of our dreams, on a budget and in a hurry, without compromising on the style and the finish. Simples!
I love lists! In fact, I think I’m a listaholic.
There are two types of people in this world: those who write lists and those who don’t. In fact, in my experience lists are a bit of a ‘Marmite’ issue: you either love them or you hate them. Let me declare my allegiance…I love lists! Let me count the reasons…
Hurry! Marvel-lous bargain for superhero fans!
Hurry! Buy Issue 1 of ‘Draw the Marvel Way’and learn how to draw Spiderman PLUS get a metal ruler, eraser, pencil and 0.5mm finepoint drawing pen all for only 99p.
Robin Hood Energy: Not-for-profit power for the people
Fighting for fairer energy prices. There’s a new energy supplier in town and just like the legend himself, Robin Hood Energy, the innovative not-for-profit energy company set up by Nottingham City Council, is determined to put money back in the pockets of the people.
UPDATE: Quidco’s NOWTV Sky Movie Pass £12 cashback extended!
Quidco’s £12 NOWTV cashback offer is back on.
In an earlier post I told you how new customers signing up to NOWTV via the cashback website, Quidco, could watch Sky movies for 6 weeks and still be £2 in credit. This deal has now been extended and will run until 10th January 2016.
Room101 : Why I don’t like SmartOne toilet paper dispensers.
Why are SmartOne loo roll dispensers on my Room 101 list? Is it just me or have you also been the helpless victim of a scourge on the public conveniences of Britain?
Step-by-step tutorial: 4 creative ways of recycling Christmas cards.
Waste not, want not! The wind and rain may have kept us indoors today but we have had a lovely afternoon recycling and reusing Christmas cards and paper.
Welcome to Maflingo ('flamingo', for those who can say it). I'm Jane: wife, mum, and self-confessed bargain-hunter with a passion for interior decorating, DIY, money-saving, decluttering and all things creative. I hope you'll make yourself at home in my little corner of the internet with it's 'pretty things', tips and reviews and my random musings on life. My e-mail address is: info@maflingo.com
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