Bathroom Proud
UK Bathrooms recently carried out research and polled 3,248 people across the UK and found the average Briton spends approximately £300 per year cleaning their bathroom. With the average Briton spending approx. In addition, over a third of respondents clean their bathroom more than any other room in the house, as they feel others judge them by the state of their bathroom.
UK Bathrooms recently carried out research and polled 3,248 people across the UK and found the average Briton spends approximately £300 per year cleaning their bathroom. With the average Briton spending approx. In addition, over a third of respondents clean their bathroom more than any other room in the house, as they feel others judge them by the state of their bathroom.
I can relate to this, my downstairs toilet and the bathroom upstairs are the two rooms I clean first by habit. They are the rooms I clean the most often. With a large family, the bathrooms need daily cleans, and it doesn't help that we live in a hard water area, thus, limescale is an issue.
Limescale, it is a household nuisance and the bane of my life. It's important to keep on top of the limescale so it doesn't build up, I do this by regularly tackling my bathroom with a limescale removal which will prevent the build up where it becomes harder to remove in the future. It isn’t as impossible to remove as is commonly thought, even the hardest water deposits can be vanquished with the right cleaning agent and a lot of elbow grease, but it is best to keep on top of it.
Please remember to read the label of any product and to test it in a small area first, and don't make the mistake I made last month, where I decided to clean the merlyn shower in the en suite, closing myself in, and stupidly spraying far too much all over. After a couple of minutes my eyes were stinging and watering (streaming), I started to taste it in my throat, so I came out - I had to lie down, I felt incredibly sick and very dizzy for a few hours, hubby nearly took me to A&E. Anyhow, I won't be doing that again, spraying too much household chemical cleaner in a small space is not a good idea.
I will however, continue to clean my bathroom, trying new products to find the one that works the best, smells the best and gives the best result. So, I can confidently sit back and not worry if we have any unexpected guests turn up, my bathroom will be clean and ready.
What's the one room you clean the most often?
Roof Window in a Child's Bedroom
Lewis and Jacob's bedroom is on top of and the length of the garage, which is a large sized room; with a bay window one end of the room, and a roof window at the other end of the room. It also is the coldest room in the house in winter, or the warmest room in the summer.
For the boys roof window we currently have a basic blind, in the colour of orange (they definitely want a different colour this time). The biggest issue for Lewis is the sunlight that peaks through the blind, which he exclaims "wakes him up too early in the morning". So we've started to search the internet to see if there are blackout blinds available for a roof window, and I was pleasantly surprised to find roofblinds.co.uk offers an array of VELUX products; VELUX being the most iconic brand, which are available in either Roller blinds or Venetian style. They also offer an array of different types to suit all needs.
From previous experience VELUX blinds are easy to fit with the Pick & Click system: all you do is connect it in and it clips on - securely.
For my choice on the new blind, it would have to be the VELUX Energy blind, it not only offers the boys the blackout they desire, but it also has some control over the energy efficiency within their room; with the potential to save on heating costs, and hopefully giving them a more comfortable environment within their bedroom.
Now we've just got to get the boys to agree on a colour for their new blind.
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My Kitchen
18 months ago we embarked on a new kitchen, and with hubby working in the building trade, we had known associates fit our kitchen for us cheaply. We went off for a week to Center Parcs and expected to return home to a finished kitchen - this is when it all went wrong. Unfortunately we did not come to a finished kitchen; the worktops were fitted but also badly damaged, and the cupboards were not finished as well as a list of other errors. To cut a long story short, it cost us a lot more to fix it then if we would have just paid non-known associates to do it in the first place and a few lessons learnt.
And the story still goes on, we are still not finished with the kitchen, but this is mainly due to life happening in between, the kitchen got put off, and a year later after we started, we finally got it tiled, and I love it. It is nearly done, we just need to order a new unit for the freezer, and then once that is done we can fit the plinth around the bottom and Walla! - we are very close and I am looking forward to it finally being done.
With 4 kids, 1 dog and 2 cats, our kitchen is the soul of the house, it keeps the family going. For example:
- As soon as the boys get home from school they dump their bags in the cupboard and head to kitchen and raid the cupboards and fridge and eat like they have been starved for a week.
- Cooking diner everyday (Hubby is the cook of the house).
- Washing gets done and keeping on top of it, otherwise one missed wash out of my daily routine could be a disaster; forgotten footie socks can cause bedlam.
- Pets get fed, though Harvey insists of getting a mouth full of his food, carrying it through to the lounge and then dropping it on the carpet so he can eat it there.
- My junk cupboard, full of junk mail and not so junk mail.
- My bits and bobs drawer - everyone has to have a bits and bobs drawer - it is full of 'I don't know what the plastic bit is', to sewing needles and batteries (batteries that work and don't work, or course), Oh and all those old mobile phone charges! Why do I still have those I dunno.
- The microwave, which is a teenagers life-saver: hardly here on time for dinner, doesn't like what we're eating, fed up with eating the same stuff we eat every week - yep all the same complaints, so the microwave is his life saver for heating up meals, and making his own food etc..
- Ah, final but not least the dishwasher, not only great for washing dishes, but also great for washing toys and any other bits I can get away with, achieving an easy but effective clean and always with my Fairy Platinum. Thus Fairy Platinum is unbeatable, it really does clean dishes (and anything else I chuck in) first time.
The kitchen is the life force and mechanics of this home, this past 18 months it has been the subject to many emotions from excitement, laughter, heartbreaking disappointment, tears and joy - I love it, though I will love it more when it is finally finished.
My kitchen is nearly there, just a couple of things to finish and all done.
My kitchen window, just waiting to get blinds measure next week.
Summer's Nursery
Current nursery - in mamas & papas theme.
Whilst going through the assessment for Summer to come live with us, we had a tough journey. It was the not knowing where we stood or whether she would be granted to come live with us, or if not would we all loose her to adoption with another family. Going through this hard period we did not want to disturb the boys, so we decided that we would not make any changes to the house, and we did not prepare a bedroom for her etc..
When we were given the fantastic news that Summer was coming to live with us, we then had to make the massive adjustment, a baby girl was coming to live with us! We decided to move Jacob into Lewis's room to share with Lewis - they get on great anyhow, and Lewis has the biggest room and we didn't think it would be to fair to move Liam (A teenager) around, or ask him to share a room with Lewis - even though they do most of the time get on, they do not always see eye to eye.
Once the boys agreed and were happy, we then made the changes so Summer could have Jacob's old room; the nursery. We got the cot out of the loft, purchase a single white wardrobe and that was really it, that was all we did - no decorations because we did not have anytime to do so, and also Jacob's old room was not too boyish. It would do for now!
The time has now come to decorate Summer's room, and we decided on a Peppa Pig theme, mainly because she likes to sit and watch Peppa Pig with Jacob and I think she would enjoy her room with lots of Peppa Pig around.
We are going for Pink walls with Dulux Endurance Matt Emulsion Paint Sorbet colour, white ceiling and white gloss skirting. There is no need for a new carpet, as the one in there now is in perfect condition and a neutral cream.
What we have brought so far:
Peppa Pig Lampshade from Amazon seller - Spearmark @ £9.28.
Peppa Pig bedding from Amazon seller - Price-Right Home £19.89.
Peppa Pig rug we purchased one from The Range @ £14.99
Peppa Pig curtains from Argos @ £21.99
Peppa Pig wall sticker height chart sticker from Kids Wall Stickers @ £9.95.
Peppa Pig wall Hot Air balloon stickers from Kids Wall Stickers @ £9.95.
Peppa Pig large personalised wall sticker from Amazon seller - That Vinyl Place @ £7.99.
Peppa Pig Sling Book Case from Argos @ £29.99
What I would like, but I haven't found yet, is Peppa Pig bunting style border to go around the top of the wall.
Follow Tanya Tanya's board Summer's Room on Pinterest.
I am looking forward to getting her room done as I know she is going to love it! Watch out for the postings for when her room is done!