Our second bedroom is no longer a storage facility Our second bedroom is no longer a storage facility šŸŽ‰ it’s funny because it’s basically a replica of our old master bedroom, so we have a slice of our old home, in our new one! 
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A rather productive weekend sorting the spare rooms put, just a small pile of ā€˜ what are we doing with this’ left to organise and we will be there! 
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What was your productive chore this weekend? 
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Coffee table details šŸ–¤ we finally have a coffee Coffee table details šŸ–¤ we finally have a coffee table in our lounge!! It was a real task deciding what to go for. 
We are so lucky with the size of our lounge and we felt we were getting rid of Rhodie’s play area if we went with something too big. After much deliberating, we opted for a budget friendly IKEA assemble which we are so pleased with! The glass gives the illusion of space, whilst offering that much needed coffee resting spot! 
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Will of course share more in due course! What do you think? Certainly not nailed the styling justttt yet! 
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And the takeaway of the flavour this Friday night And the takeaway of the flavour this Friday night is 🄁
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................INDIAN! 
Anyone else have takeaways every weekend without fail orrrrrr? The plus side of lockdown no? 
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Who knew it would be so difficult to photograph a Who knew it would be so difficult to photograph a down stairs loo šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø so here’s the deal, it’s not completely finished just yet, as we still have a blind to grab, and it’s since become the store place for all painting supplies, but I just had to share the colour. It would appear by my insta grid I don’t like much colour, but I do and this is the first real ā€˜splash’ of brightness. 
Downstairs loo can be boring, soulless places, and well we didn’t want that! 
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Can’t wait to share all the details, but for now here’s a snippet! 
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The same but different šŸ” Yesterday was a day of The same but different šŸ” Yesterday was a day off for me, thanks to my company offering everyone a day off to celebrate a new financial year šŸ™ŒšŸ» So I spent it tryinggggg to declutter and get those rooms sorted - will it be done before the next #transformationtuesday šŸ¤”
Naturally I’m knackered today so it was a nice change to be bound to a laptop. Kick started the day with some classic High School Musical šŸ˜‚ How’s your Tuesday been? 
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A little man and his love for his garden 🌿 Wasn A little man and his love for his garden 🌿 Wasn’t this weekend just lush? The sunshine, the blue skies, things finally look bright! 
We had a busy one, sorting through some of the junk we carried through the move, and finally get those must keep items stored in our loft space! I am a little gutted I’m not showing you a transformation of the two spare rooms, but it’s not long now, just a couple more boxes to sort and some things to sell and we will finally have a 3 bedroom house! 
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Rhodie thoroughly enjoyed his zoomies  round the garden, especially once we took the fence back so he had more room to run! Doesn’t he just look so happy. All he wanted was us all to be in the garden all day! 
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Saturday night in šŸæonly just getting round to M Saturday night in šŸæonly just getting round to Marcella and boy why haven’t I watched it already? Rhodie seems to be loving it too! 🐶
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The grass is certainly longer and more established The grass is certainly longer and more established since this snap from early January. 🌿 Despite Rhodie being a little naughty and pulling a few chunks of lawn up in first few weeks, the lawn is going well. 
But as sunshine starts to appear, our next project is fast approaching - our garden! I have some high hopes for our long garden plot, including a larger patio and some much needed privacy. I didn’t think I would be, but I’m rather excited to get green fingered, and hopefully create a inviting outdoor space 🌿 Any advice for our rather daunting blank canvas? I’d love to hear any ideas! 
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I am so stoked that our loft is now BOARDED!🌿 Y I am so stoked that our loft is now BOARDED!🌿 You know how it is, those childhood mementos, wedding day cards and the odd air loom just have no other place that somewhere safe, like a loft. It’s something we completely underestimated, but we managed to find someone to undertake the work and we can see the light on our current mess that is upstairs! 
Yes, I thought he was coming on Friday, and yes he did get a fright when I opened the door yesterday morning in my dressing gown, but hey ho, it’s done and I didn’t know I could be so bloody excited for some plywood in a loft! 
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Did you see it? ✨ The moody new blue in our loun Did you see it? ✨ The moody new blue in our lounge? Dunno why but my colour transformation reel isn’t showing on my grid, but it’s still kicking my around. To say I’m in love with our new colour would be a understatement. Being a bit braver in our new home is coming together, just a few finishing touches to go! 
šŸ‘ˆšŸ¼ Swipe left to see the bland before!
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Charlotte – Nichole

28/11/2017 Blogging

Are you blogging for the right reasons?

**Newsflash** Blogging doesn’t give you a never-ending stream of new products or cash flow. Nor does it guarantee a lifestyle of late nights, lay-ins and surfing the web in the way of a ‘job’. It’s not ‘easy’ and doesn’t just happen over night. It’s not something you can ‘learn’ and there is no easy how-to guide you can follow to guarantee success.

If this is why you are blogging, stop. Stop Now!

I can only imagine how many ‘youngens’ are in the wings dreaming of youtube and blogging fandom. Thanks to the rise of Zoella and many alike, a new breed of bloggers and vloggers are being born, and I feel under a false pre-tense. How many of them will just start filming and writing and believe after a few years, they’ll be on par with Zoella and Alfie earning big bucks and living a life of luxury.

I can also imagine how many adults disregard the real pressures and dedication blogging takes. Also, disregard the talent it takes to engage and relate to enough people to actually make a success and income from a blog/youtube account.

I don’t need to preach to the converted here on what it takes to be a blogger. But here’s what to expect and what you need to ask yourself if you’re doubting it, or even considering it yourself.

Read : Finding your blogging spark

It’s hard work

Andddd many would say that is understating the true workload of running and creating your own blog. Planning, prepping, producing, posting, promoting. It’s all the p’s that are needed to even get slightly noticed in the blogging sphere. There are hundreds if not thousands of fellow bloggers doing similar if not the exact same thing as you. You will be working endless hours even after your part-time or full-time job.  You will be questioning why you even do it when you’ve taken 10+ flat lays and still not happy. But, as long as you are doing it because you enjoy it, and not for financial, fandom gain, it will be worth all the hard work.

It will take investment

In time, energy and money. You do not need to have a glamours lifestyle of 10 holidays a year, nor a wardrobe and make-up area Kendall Jenner would be jealous of. I stand by my statement that many ‘big’ bloggers who are only relate-able to the filthy rich, are only big because we are a species who are naturally nosey! Nothing more. You will part with some dollar when being a blogger. It may be for a new photo background, props or just a new lippy because you’d like to review it. You can make it as expensive or inexpensive as you like.

You will not be top dog

Whilst you could do exactly what Zoella has done and hope it will work for you, chances are it won’t. As with everything, thinking of the new, upcoming out of the box thing will make you stand out and a chance in being successful. If you believe just posting a couple of posts every week will get you to the top, it’s not worth considering blogging as an avenue for you.

There’s no such thing as freebies

Honestly, there’s not! You will not be sent a item just because they’re feeling generous. You will be expected at least to feature it somewhere on your blog, on your social media accounts and more. You will have to promote that product in every way possible, and you probably won’t get paid on top of the gift to do it. Nothing in blogging is free and it works both ways. Many companies will try to take the biscuit. Know your worth and stand your grounds. Companies who pay you for your content know how valuable it is, and they’re worth working with.

Money making takes time

No one I know goes into blogging because they want to make a shit-tonne of money. That’s because you are bloody lucky if you make any! Some of us do, but not a considerable sum that gives us a free ticket to self-employment and an apartment in the city!! If you take on blogging and realise it’s everything and more you want from a long-term career, then great. But be aware how much of all the above is needed to make enough to even cover your rent. It’s not a race, so there’s no rush. But if you’re here to make a quick buck, you’ve chosen the wrong thing completely!

My advice to anyone looking to get into blogging, or considering keeping it up, would be to forget the numbers. Forget the numbers of followers, likes, clicks, views, comments, paid opportunities, etc etc! Ā 

If you keep your mind on the numbers, rather than the passion behind what you are doing, you will loose all essence and pride in your blog.

Whilst it’s nice when those numbers begin to rise and grow, focusing on them alone can be disheartening to say the least.

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