This week on tips, hacks, ideas we've asked for people's favourite children's books! I was prompted to ask this question after I took some photos of Goldie's Nursery which has been restyled with the new Annabelle collection by Sage + Clare.

Life is busy. With a family and a business it’s so easy for us to get caught up in all of the things we have to do. Recently I have been making a conscious effort to stop and put in the effort to make good memories regardless of how busy we may be.

This week Goldie turned six months old and it only feels like yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. I remember people saying to me time flies…. and I can say from experience it goes quicker than that! Our experience so far into parenthood has been really nice despite being locked down for most of it. I think we’ll look back at that time just the four of us (including Edwina our pup) as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bond as a really tight little unit. In this blog post Al and I share our top five things we’ve learnt as new parents.

Restrictions are easing which means we can hang with out mates again! To celebrate, we asked this week on Tips, Hacks, Ideas for your best ideas for hosting epic parties. We hope you feel inspired by these fun ideas!

In 2020 we went into one of the strictest lockdowns in the world and we had to come up with a solution to photograph our furniture from home. We came up with a bookshelf design that doubles as a false wall in our living room and this has become the backdrop for our furniture photography. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise as now we save so much money and time when it comes to staging and photographing our furniture.

This week on Tips, Hacks, Ideas we are chatting all about the best way to start the day with morning routines. On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behaviour becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact (James Clear - Atomic Habits), I believe this completely.

The cot was the final piece of furniture we wanted to make for Goldie’s Nursery - we were sure that she would arrive before it was finished… just as I saw the final pieces come together the contractions started. The next day I laboured at home while Al sealed the cot and we we had it set up in her nursery just in time for her arrival.

This week we asked on Tips, Hacks, Ideas for your best cleaning hacks around the house - there is sooo much gold in this post .... it's definitely not the most exciting topic but it's something we've all gotta do!.

We thought this week on Tips, Hacks, Ideas we’d put out the prompt and ask our followers who have had kids what their top tips are for new parents. We loved hearing all of your wisdom and so happy to share with you here. And like everything in life - always take advice with a grain of salt.

We're always evaluating the processes in our household and business when it comes to sustainability. We're first to admit we're a work-in-progress. This week we wanted to ask for your best baby-step tips for small changes you can make in your day-to-day life to tread lighter on our lovely earth.

Rather than getting down about all of the things out of our control we’ve decided to use the remainder of our lockdown to focus on things we can control and soak up the time we have together just the four of us.

Instagram is a hub of business owners so this week we thought we'd reach out to all of the amazing creators / makers for the things they wished they knew when they first started. Here are the best tips for someone wanting to start their own business (From the people who have done it before)

Remember the DIY Boot & Coat Rack we made last year? Well I decided it was time to re-style it and make some space for hats! I added a couple of extra hooks to accomodate our hat collection. This DIY project is still one of my favourite projects to date!

This recipe came from a friend’s dad, we’ve been cooking it for years and it’s a staple in our kitchen throughout winter. I love cooking this whenever we’re sick or on a cold, rainy day. This was also a meal I prepped before Goldie’s birth and enjoyed postpartum.

With a baby, a business and a new build on the way we’ve been thinking a lot about how we can get back more of our most precious commodity - TIME.

I’m so excited to share this project with you and hope it inspires you to re-love something of your own, click through to watch the full video.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their tips - you’ve spread joy within this household and we hope by sharing them here they spread into yours!

Each week we're picking a topic and asking you, our community for your best tips, hacks and ideas. Earlier this week we asked for your best storage solutions for the home and boy did you deliver!

Al was first introduced to WD-40 by his dad when he was a kid, who showed him how to use it on the bearings of his skateboard wheels. Click through to read out top tip for using WD-40 in the workshop.

I spotted The Bootmakers Cottage in Birregurra on Instagram, only half an hour from our house it looked like the perfect place for our first family holiday! We spent our time rugged up by the fire, eating food and soaking in the tub - what a perfect location for my first bath with Goldie!