It feels so good after 3 long months of dust and rubble to have completed our 1930s kitchen diner renovation just in time for Christmas! Those day dreams of me baking in the new kitchen finally happened when we opened another door of our DIY Advent Calendar...

Having the whole family staying over at Christmas means Fifi needs to get inventive with where to put everyone up! Mattress buying to the rescue! The race to sort out the junk room and turn it into somewhere someone wouldn't mind sleeping is on!

This year, to pause and really relish the Christmas season before it flies past us as fast as Santa's sleigh, I thought that a hand made advent calendar tailored to projects and Christmassy traditions would be ideal to bring Neil and I even closer together when trying out new projects and spreading joy to others during December. 

We have so much to be grateful for this time of year that extends way past decorations and filling our homes with more stuff. This year, like every year, Neil and I have made some Christmas plans together that I'm so excited about... 

Like the impatient blogger I am I have been DYING to share this post for over 6 months now, ever since we began planning our kitchen diner makeover – and finally, IT'S HERE! My dream kitchen makeover and everything that happened in between. Come inside and I'll stick the kettle on...

While the renovation to our Kitchen Diner has been happening I've been locking myself away in my teeny uninspiring office trying to stay sane. So, I thought I would use the #BlankCanvas opportunity to get some ideas for how I could temporarily spruce up my home office until I've got more time to sort it out properly, calling on the Julian Charles' in-house designers and my instagram friends for advice. Come see my updates!

If you've been a Fifi McGee fan for a while you'll know that every year, the very moment the leaves start falling, Neil and I race out and prance around the woods for a wee photoshoot sesh together. There's something about all the colours, the first frost and the excuse to wrap up warm that makes us look forward to our annual Autumnal shoots together. This year, we fled to Wilderness Woods!

Are you expecting a house load of people coming to yours this Christmas, and worry for your carpets and sofas? Read on for my top tips to protect your soft furnishings when you're hosting a party. 

I'm working on something super exciting in the background amidst all the truckloads of dust and paint caddies at No. 42.

A brand new Happy Home Planner is coming your way very very soon people! I've had this idea for bloomin' ages, and been working on it for half as long, so when it comes out, I'm gunna go a bit nuts with excitement. No joke. 

Whilst I'll miss all the sun, BBQs, prancing around the house in vest tops and shorts and all the al fresco G&Ts Summer brings, there's part of me that's looking forward to getting home and decorating our house ready for the Autumn. Here's 15 budget ways I'm turning my bedroom from crisp to cosy. 

We are 4 weeks in to our kitchen diner remodel and honestly, it is amazing what can be done to a house in less than 1 month. I feel like the house has transformed! 

As we start the next phase of our home renovation in our 1930s home, I can't help but feel the pressure. 

*and breathe*

Design has a big role to play in how we feel every day and it's long been my belief that what you do to the look of your home effects your wellbeing. Today I'm sharing 5 ways you can add health-boosting benefits to your home and life. 

I bring you exciting news as I sit amongst the dust and rubble that is my house at the moment (project #fifiskitchen has begun!) Fifi McGee has been nominated for an award! 

I have a special guest author on Fifi McGee today, the man behind a lot of what you see on my blog. Meet my fiance Neil. He's just ventured into the land of beginners joinery/carpentry and he's here to give you/your hubby some inspiration to try it too.

If you're a brand that wants to ramp up your instagram and photography or you're someone on a mission to decorate your shelves so they're a delight to look at every day, this post will share the secrets I've learned to finding character-filled, unique props for photoshoots and your home. Enjoy!

A new series of chats in the kitchen with some of the most inspiring, go-getter women I know. Join us every fortnight for a chat about work, life and design. This week I interview Kimberly Duran, interior blogger at Swoon Worthy. Grab a cuppa and join us...

If you're in the early, first-time stages of renovating or redecorating a kitchen like me, and you too have no idea what the process to order a new kitchen entails, then I hope today's post will help walk you through how we have designed and (almost) ordered ours at Howdens.

If, like me, you are on the market to buy windows soon this post will help you work out whether PVC-U or Timber windows are the best option for you.

If you're about to embark on a kitchen revamp or if your cooker is on the brink and you're ready for a new one, I've put together some pointers to help you consider which cooker is the right option for you. Ready? :)