Debenhams contest to design a bedroom

Welcome and thank you for visiting our little corner. Today I am writing a blog entry for the Debenhams design your own bedroom contest where you need to design a bedroom from their range of products. I will list the items I would love to have in my family's bedroom and explain my thoughts behind each choice. 

Thinking on how my family would use this room I have designed it to be classical and practical. below is the list of things that I would buy using the budget given of £5000.



Chocolate 'Sophia' bed linen with a double duvet cover £44.00 + Double pillow case £22.40 combined with  an Anti allergy 13.5 tog all seasons duvet and an Anti Allergy set of pillows for £68 + £25.50 

Oatmeal 'Tennessee' fabric bed frame Item No.3210051758 Double bed £522 wth a Pocket 'Royal' luxury mattress Item No.3210041180 for £568.8. I like this bed because it has built in internal storage and it's own head board perfect for a clumsy accident prone guy like me.

Silver 'Bellevue' end of bed bench with dark feet: Item No.3210161011 £486.00. I would put this bench at the foot of our bed covered in cushions.

Children's Rocket Ceiling Light: Item No.60007_24115370 £65.80 This is my favourite item in my list because it's fun and light hearted and my three year old son will love to look up at it probably almost as much as me. 



Emily Blue Lined Pencil Pleat Curtains Item No.61845_EMIBLU £55.20 I have chosen neutral colours in the mind set that I would use soft furnishings such as cushions and personal effects to add more vibrant colours to the room.

Designer white chairs cushion Item No.3040498017 £17.60

Designer blue shaped house cushion

Item No.3040498027 £20

Purple large spotted cushion

Item No.3040638006 £7.8 

Grey felt owl cushion

Item No.3040297315 £30

Sleeping Beauty 'SB5002' electric blanket

Item No.3250200016 £60

Dark brown wooden floor lamp

Item No.3040568042 £225 I love this floor lamp because it reflects my love of photography but also my wife's love of art the legs looking like the legs of a tripod or an easel.

Walnut 'Domino' wall mirror

Item No.3210051341 £77

Cream/Stone Pippa Wallpaper

Item No.61131_19971 £16.00 x2 = £32

Grey/red block rug

Item No.3220190279 £208.00 

 

Walnut lyon seven drawer chest

Item No.3210051252 £774.00 Like Annie I have a preference to a good quality chest of drawers rather then big bulky wardrobes  which is why I have chosen two for my dream family bedroom.

Walnut lyon six drawer chest

Item No.3210051251 £666.00 

Combining my choices together I get a total spend of £3,975

I hope that anyone visiting this blog can see the thinking behind my selection and I hope that Annie comes to the conclusion that I am in with a shot when she visits my page. Thank you for reading  

Friday festival day
Today we were all meant to go to Bristol zoo but the day started badly with me and Sebastian oversleeping. I would have woken earlier but I was waiting for Sebastian to wake. The next bad thing that happened was that Sebastian as he was waking fell and hit his mouth on Merlinda's shoulder drawing blood so we had to bathe him while trying to cheer him up and dry his tears. this was not the best of starts at all. this week has been so great too. I have really enjoyed our family time together. after we finally got him dressed and ready to go out it was already approuching 10am. the zoo opened its doors at 9 so we had already lost an hour. we pushed ahead and were coming up to Bristol when I remembered that we would have to pay for parking. I went to get money out out then we continued on into Bristol. I was sure I knew which way to go but in a moment of madness I took us completely the wrong way. this was the last straw and we decided that the day wasn't working out as we hoped, so we headed home after visiting the library. I feel bad that in my sleep befuddled state I wreaked our morning plans. I want to go to the festival tonight to try and make up for the bad start and to try and make it up to Merlinda and Sebastian. I hope this day ends better then it began.

Review for Aveeno Shower and Bath Oil

I got the Aveeno Shower and Bath Oil as a prize to a competition from Glamour Magazine. It came with Aveeno Hand Cream, Cream and the Resilient Moisturizer with SPF 15.

The arrival of my prize is perfect. I have the driest skin ever and it get even drier when Autumn would come. Imagine how my skin is in Winter. Scaly, Snakey comes to mind.

I like that the whole range smells light. Oaty. Organic comes to mind when you smell this product. There thats my new adjective for Aveeno: Organicky.

Aveeno Shower and Bath Cream is light on the skin when I applied it. It made my bath water white. Like I am bathing in Oatmeal sans the crumbs. I notice how it makes my skin soft. I never get this from the delicate soap that I am using. I also like how even though its soft its not oily. Its a marvelous bath experience whats even better is that its easy to rinse. The only problem is that it is addicting to apply cuz of its softness. I think if i didnt try to control myself I would've use the whole bottle.

After shower I can still the softness of my skin.

I applied the Aveeno Cream after and it just seals the moisture that I got from shower.

Before this product I dont know mositure but upon using Aveeno, its like I am just doing that applying moisture literally.

The real test is few hours after though.

This is when my skin usually gets itchy and scaly.

Not surprisingly, my skin is still dewy. Its a miracle because were talking about my skin here.... my skin! Dry...Drier..Driest.

After Aveeno, NO LONGER DRY!

I found my skin winter armour in Aveeno!

Parents Corner

Here we will talk about anything baby related from feeding habits to Eco nappies and our efforts to bring up our son while being environmentally conscious.

Welcome to Our Little Corner

Welcome to Our Little Corner where we will post blogs on our life experiences. We plan to have lots of pages devoted to things like Film, Fashion (My Wifes page as I'm not knowledgeable about fashion) and Parents corner where we will talk about parenting, Teething, nappies, eco products and sleep deprivation :) our medical experiences with Bean AKA Sebastian and any pointers we have been taught that will help you to look after your child.