I'd always been a big fan of bright colours and that whole 'shabby chic' home ware vibe up until the last year or so. I don't know if it's from growing up or just fancying a change but these days I like minimal homeware. I like neutral colours, everything put away, but the only thing is that this can make the house look a little soul less and dare I say it... boring"

Although I do love, having everything away tidily, I did have some struggles feeling like our new house was ours as I didn't feel it was homely. I had a good look online at some home decor sites, Pinterest and blogs, and they suggested some different things to make your house more homely and well today I finally feel a lot more settled (okay well this didn't all happen today but you get my drift) so I thought I'd blog about some of the things that have helped make the house feel a lot more homely, just incase you've ever to feel like this too about a new house!
Candles:  I bloody love a candle, like if you know me and never know what to get me for birthday/Christmas/general day cause I'm hopefully a nice person - just buy me a candle. If I could live in a house just full of candles then I would, I just find that lighting one (or 100) makes the home feel a little more cosy (esp in wintery cold weather.) Atm, my faves are my winter Yankee Candles, our Yankee Candle wax melt and latest addition The White Company Lime & Bay candle, though I've been burning that one a little too much lately and now...