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Our guest room is shaping up nicely, and I’m so close to being ready to list it on @airbnb. We had such a great experience doing it with our London flat, I’m excited to open up or home again and host people from all over the world. I’ve been working really hard to make sure it’s a great experience for guests, all those little touches and luxuries you might want if you stay in here. I really loved all your suggestions for what makes a cosy guest room and took lots of them on board, so thank you! Phone chargers, diffuser, extra blankets, area guide, fancy magazines, kettle, tissues and spare toiletries all await our first guests...we are an easy commute to London and Hitchin is a wonderful, historic town. I do hope you’ll come and stay! #ourhitchinhome
Rory’s new trick for when I get upset with her (usually because she is ignoring me & refusing to get dressed to go out or to bed) is to say repeatedly “are you happy, Mama?” before she grabs my face, forces me to kiss her and says “I love you too Mama”. I mean, who could ever be mad at this face? #aurorajeancalder
It has been my dream ever since I was a kid to have a big house to decorate. I was really into all those home improvement shows in the ‘90s, and I think if I ever had another career I would love to be an interior designer. Maybe, one day? I’ll never be a minimalist, I just love collecting too much. Plants, books, things that catch my eye at flea markets. I found this lady at the Hitchin Carboot sale for £4, she’s my green goddess and I love her. Do you have a favourite flea market find? Or does the idea of rummaging through someone else’s junk make you shudder?! #ourhitchinhome
Hello friends, I swear I am gonna come to back to IG properly soon. I miss you! This move, all the house renovations and a toddler stealing my sleep have taken everything out of me the last few months. I’ve definitely not been at the top of my game. I underestimated how hard it would be to move house and especially to move town. I’ve lived in London for 13 years, and even though we haven’t moved that far, I am far enough away from all my besties that it’s been an adjustment to not have them in my daily life. We LOVE it here, the house, the town, the lifestyle. It’s all amazing and exactly what we wanted. But the familiarity, my best friends and a house that feels like our home...those things all take time to build up. But slowly, slowly, we are getting there. Taking each day as it comes, getting plenty of fresh air and focusing on small tasks that make our house feel more like ours are all helping. Here’s a throw back to me on the beach in Northumberland. We’d moved house just a few days earlier, and everything felt so crazy! Ps. I can’t think where my daughter gets her habit of collecting sticks from...
Little corners of our house are slowly coming together. Even if I don’t have the time or energy to paint walls or strip wallpaper or do any of the bigger tasks, I try to do one small thing a day towards really making our house a home. I place a plant, empty a box, hang a picture frame, order a curtain rail, organise some clothes...because it’s the little things that over time add up to a big change. I use this truth in all areas of my life, and I understand that progress is always progress, however slowly you feel you are moving forward. Just because you can’t do something big, or fast, or immediate right now doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do anything at all. Little by little, step by step, you will get there. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I am enjoying every stage of the process of decorating and renovating our new house. It’s bringing me a lot of joy and satisfaction, and I am falling more in love with our space each day. I wrote up the first part of my renovation diaries on my blog earlier this week, click the link in my profile to read it. It’s all about the plans I have for each room, and some inspiration for the overall look and feel of our house. It’s so much fun to watch it all come together 🏡 #ourhitchinhome

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