10 Frugal Ways To Refresh Your Home In The New Year

It’s safe to say, when you get bored of your decor, you can often start to feel a bit frustrated whenever you’re at home. From disliking the design of one room to being over the colors in another, it’s never all that great to feel like your home isn’t homely at all. It may sound silly, but it can really impact on your quality of life. Because when you’re not happy at home, or you don’t quite feel … [Read more...]

Simple Steps To Ensure Your Bread Appetizer Doesn’t Fall Flat

When hosting a dinner party, there's a lot to consider. What should you serve? What time should you start cooking? In all the planning, the appetizer can slip your mind. At the end of the day, that isn’t a disaster. How many of us eat a starter when we’re at home anyway? But, failure to produce an appetizer can be a disaster in an unexpected way. For the most part, this dish is a filler. It keeps … [Read more...]

How To Cleanse And Detox Your Body and Mind

When you are feeling down in the dumps and sluggish, you do everything you can to feel better about yourself. Sometimes this comes in the form of a luxurious bath. Sometimes you can make yourself feel invigorated by going on a brisk hike up a very steep hill. The thing is, feeling good about yourself will vary depending on the season and your mood. It can also take anything from a great workout to … [Read more...]

How To Create a Cozy And Relaxing Living Room

Your living room is supposed to be cozy and relaxing. It is meant to be a place where you can unwind after a difficult day at work. After you have been rushed off your feet all day long, you want to chill on the sofa, watch your favorite TV show, and unwind. However, it is very difficult to do this if your living room isn’t a peaceful and relaxing space. So, how do you transform your lounge to … [Read more...]

How To Be The Hostess With The Mostess

If you feel like you ever put yourself under pressure just trying to get a new recipe right, then pulling out the big guns at a dinner party can be a truly trying affair. Cooking a good meal is always a plus, but there are ways to make sure you impress your guests and make sure they have a wonderful time. It’s all about paying attention to not only what food you make, but how you frame and … [Read more...]

How To Kickstart Your Summer Slim-Down

With the summer nights getting longer and the weather warmer, it’s that time of year we all love to slough off the heavy winter jumpers and jeans and swap to flowy skirts and blouses. Getting motivated to feel comfortable in those lighter clothes can be difficult, but it’s all about self-discipline and feeling confident. The trouble is, if your weight is getting you down it can be very difficult … [Read more...]

Are You Breathing Correctly?

Let’s face it; we all need to breathe so that we can survive! The trouble is, some of us aren’t that great at taking care of our bodies, and so our lungs become inefficient and ineffective. Eventually, we could end up with a plethora of medical problems and conditions. It’s not all bad news because it’s possible to reverse the situation and improve our breathing. Doing so means we can lead … [Read more...]

Workplace Issues That You Shouldn’t Ignore

Working for 8 or more hours a day can be incredibly tiresome. We wake up early, take very few breaks, get back home and barely have enough time to ourselves. Then before we know it, the evening is over and it’s back to sleep to prepare for the next day. However ridiculous it sounds, we all do it eventually. Perhaps you’re blessed with a work-at-home job that pays a lot, or maybe you work in an … [Read more...]

4 Summer Essentials That You Might Not Have Thought About

There are trends that come and go with the summer months, but what people are looking for generally always fits one bill: it’s got to be useful. The most popular things that you find out on the market are not trend-followers, but instead stuff that makes our lives easier. It’s a bit of a funny thing, really - we are an extremely productive generation that takes pride in the fact that we have so … [Read more...]

5 Ways To Transform Your Bedroom Into a Relaxing Place

Your bedroom should be your sanctuary and place of rest within your home. Unfortunately, we intrude on our own sanctuary by turning out mattress into our home office, playing with our electrical devices long into the night, or installing a TV and falling asleep with bright lights shining on our faces. A bedroom should only be used for two things; sleep and intimacy. If you let work, exercise, and … [Read more...]