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Before – sitting room Susan recently took on a flat which the owner wanted to sell, and knew wasn’t really looking it’s best. The owner has been there 12 years, and needs somewhere bigger. The front room serves as both sitting room and bedroom. It is a good size and is a lovely . . . → Read More: Decluttering Works! I hate to be a doom monger, but I’m a huge, huge, believer in pre-emptive measures to try and avoid the worst happening -the 6 Ps and all that. So, you’re off on your summer holidays. Wahey! The kids have finished school, you’ve found the passports, packed the EHIC Cards. What else? Obviously, I think . . . → Read More: Pre-Holiday thoughts. Receipts are annoying. And Fiddly. And absolutely essential to keep – especially if you do any self employed or freelance work. Here’s my top tip on keeping on top of them. 1. Empty your wallet weekly. Do it as part of your routine – like ironing shirts for work, or buying groceries. 2. Stick all . . . → Read More: Receipts I don’t know about you, but I spent a fair portion of the bank holiday weekend in the sunshine, feeling slighty guilty about all the housework I promised myself I would do. I am not – as those who know me well would tell you – a domestic goddess. Nope, not at all. What I . . . → Read More: Run your home like a business. A guide for getting the most of being in the office. These days it seems that I have two types of days – office days, where it’s easy to easy to let tasks drag out and ‘out and about’ days, where it seems hard to get anything done in the time frame when I’m at . . . → Read More: Make the most of desk time 14th February. Romance or Rip Off? This time last year I posted some general advice on Valentine’s Gifts. This year, as I sat down to give you some top tips for Valentines Day in Glasgow, I got to wondering how relevant it really was. And so, instead of trotting out the usual, I asked some . . . → Read More: Valentines Day This is a guest post by a friend of mine, Roger. He’s an Australian, so that’s why he mentions $ and states – the advice applies just as much here though!
As a Post Office employee I’m amazed by the laxity of of people posting mail. Overseas mail with no mention of the . . . → Read More: Christmas Post December can be one of the best times of the year – but no-one’s ever going to say it’s the easiest month of the year. It’s dark and cold. The roads and the pavements can be snowy and icy (they certainly are today). The shops are busy, restaurants are busy and so are the carparks, . . . → Read More: It’s all wintery Often after I meet people and tell them what I do, there is a pause, followed by “So, what do you actually do?” It’s a fair question. The word ‘Concierge’ tends to sum up someone sitting behind a desk – in a posh hotel, or the lobby of a block of flats. The average brit . . . → Read More: What do you actually do? My sister posted on facebook at the weekend that she was spending her day clearing out her wardrobe. Next day she reported that her wardrobe looked great – but her spare room was now a disaster area. She had done a lot of thinking, but not made many decisions. With my help she’s finally getting . . . → Read More: Changing Season, clearing wardrobes. |
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