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Our Cosy Christmas Home This Year (No Perfection Required)
This year, Christmas decorating felt very different for me. Not because I didn’t love it — I really did — but because I approached it with a softer mindset. Less pressure. Less “it has to look a certain way”. More comfort, warmth and creating a home that feels calm at the end of a busy…
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🎄 Our Elf on the Shelf Through the Years: The Chaos, The Magic & The Memories
A Shed Diaries Festive Tradition Every December, without fail, a little red-suited troublemaker named Jingle Bell arrives to turn our home upside down. I never set out to be that mum — the one crawling around the living room at 11pm staging elaborate scenes, holding my breath while balancing an elf on a toilet roll…
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Perimenopause: My Raw, Honest Journey
Because sometimes, it’s not a “second spring”… it’s a long, dark winter with a power cut. When It All Began Perimenopause started for me at around the age of 39. The symptoms were subtle to begin with, so they went unnoticed. We’d just adopted our newborn baby girl, so my emotions were running high and…
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Embracing Freedom: Letting Go During Perimenopause
Somewhere between the hot sweats, the brain fog, and the unexpected bursts of emotion, something in me shifted. I realised I was exhausted from trying to meet everyone else’s expectations — of how I should look, behave, feel, and show up. Perimenopause has been a rollercoaster, yes. But it’s also been a wake-up call —…
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From Cinderella Porch to Pumpkin Kitchen
My Autumn Home Reveal As soon as the first leaves start to turn, I reach for the autumn décor boxes. There’s something about rich rusts, golden ambers, and those little pops of pumpkin orange that makes our home feel instantly cosy. This year I went all in—layering textures, mixing metallics, and letting every corner tell…
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From Fairy Tales to Falling Leaves
Returning from Disney & Embracing the Season of “Back to Me” After 17 magical (and slightly chaotic!) days in Florida… we’re home.Disney and Universal were everything we dreamed of — magical meet-and-greets, thrilling rides, fairy-tale makeovers, and even a few “we’ll laugh about this later” moments involving delayed luggage and recycled outfits (Rob, I’m looking…
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Five Years of Calm, Connection, and Confidence
A heartfelt look back as The Pamper Shed turns 5 This week, The Pamper Shed turns five. And if I’m completely honest… I’m feeling a little emotional writing that. What started as a dream — tucked into a converted garden space during a pandemic — has grown into something far more meaningful than I ever…
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Countdown to Magic: Getting Ready for Our Disney Holiday!
The countdown is well and truly on—our big Disney holiday is just around the corner! 🏰✨As I sit and write this with Minnie ears by my side and a suitcase half-packed behind me, the mix of excitement, chaos and pure Disney joy is definitely setting in. It’s not just any trip—it’s our magical summer escape…
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The Glow-Up Diaries: How I’m Transforming Inside & Out This Summer
Let’s be real. A glow-up in your 40s isn’t about going viral on TikTok or magically morphing into a different person after one green juice and a Pilates class. It’s about coming home to yourself—tired eyes, stretch marks, snack drawer, and all. This summer, I’m in the thick of my own glow-up journey. Not the…
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Beauty, Balance and a Bit of Magic
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