12 Ways to Prepare Your Dog for Christmas

Dec 6, 2017 | Pets | 13 comments

You all know how much I love my fur babies. I also love Christmas. While we may love the holiday season and all it brings – decorating, a constant stream of house guests and lots of revelry, music, food and drink – to a pet, this can actually be quite a...

Why Design Lovers Should Add Skåne Sweden To Their Must-Visit List

Dec 4, 2017 | Travel | 8 comments

Last month, I was privileged to be invited for a 4-day, 3-night trip to the southernmost county of Sweden by Visit Sweden and Visit Skåne. It’s not an area you hear about much, I admit. I’d been to Stockholm in the past (and loved it) and of course, I was...

Something for the Weekend: November 2017

Dec 1, 2017 | Something for the Weekend | 14 comments

November has been a bit of a whirlwind for me as, after months of talking about it, we finally put our house on the market to sell. And sell it has. In fact, it officially went live for sale on the afternoon of Thursday, the 9th of November and by Tuesday, the 14th,...

Should There Be a ‘Code of Ethics’ for Bloggers?

Nov 29, 2017 | Blogging Tips | 17 comments

Long ago, when I first started my blog back in 2010, things were simpler. There was no Pinterest, there was no Instagram. There were no emails from companies wanting to work with me as an influencer. In fact, the whole concept of an ‘influencer’...

Cuckooz London: Affordable Apartments for Design Lovers

Nov 27, 2017 | Travel | 24 comments

A few weeks’ ago, I attended the Amara Interior Blog Awards, held in London. I travel to London from Manchester fairly frequently and while I try to do the roundtrip (around 5 hours) when and if I can, there are certain times when an overnight stay is a...

My Black Friday Picks from Out There Interiors

Nov 24, 2017 | Shop in the Spotlight | 3 comments

So if you’ve been following Swoon Worthy for a while, you’ll know that there are a few smaller independent shops that I adore and come back to again and again for the best in really unusual, really gorgeous pieces for my home. One of those brands is Out...