2020 – the year where most of us spent more time inside the four walls of our house than we have ever done before. And where hardware stores could barely keep paint in stock once they started doing home-deliveries. It seems the lockdown made us all feel like our homes needed a bit of a […]
5 years ago
You get a fabulous painting of yourself and you’re helping a great cause. Sounds like a win-win to us. Yesterday, artist Karen Hickey announced her new portrait series – ‘All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go’. The series is being run in support of charity Dress for Success Dublin. Karen Hickey will be accepting portrait commissions throughout […]
6 years ago
Is your kitchen ready for a new colour? Your bedroom looking a little tired? Or are you simply just bored senseless by the Magnolia-coloured walls of your hallway? Either way, you might care to know that the colour gurus at Dulux have just announced their Colour of the Year for 2020 – and it is […]
6 years ago
Up for some really easy weekend DIY? Here is a paint trick I recently came across, and am actually dying to put to the test in my own home very soon. You know the way some rooms can feel a bit gloomy compared to others? This often has a lot to do with natural light […]
6 years ago
Up for some weekend DIY? How are your stress levels, mum? Feeling like your life is moving at 120 miles per hour these days, and catch yourself mentally writing to-do lists in bed at night, desperately trying to keel all those infamous balls in the air? Yep – us too. And look, to an extent, […]
7 years ago
Now you may be a big fan already (she has a huge 22.2k followers on Instagram) but just in case not… There’s so much more to animals than many think. They’re smart, emotional and some, it seems, enjoy picking up a paint brush too. Pigcasso, as she is so aptly named, was rescued from an […]
7 years ago