I have worked with several families over the years helping to sorting out the family archive. The start of such projects can look overwhelming – boxes of photos, letters, papers, keepsakes and even furniture accumulated with each generation but never tackled. Along the way the gems of our history get buried and lost. However, modern Curating the Family HistoryRead More
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Thought for Food (Waste)
I watched an interesting film the other day, “Just Eat IT a food waste story”, about a couple who try to live off food which is destined to be thrown away. Very interesting – especially as we become more conscious of the scale and impact of food wastage is having personally, locally and globally. One Thought for Food (Waste)Read More
Downsizing: What do I do with all this stuff?
You’ve had the family discussion, you’ve examined all the options and the decision has been made: Time to downsize. But after 30, 40 or 50 years it is inevitable you will have accumulated a lot of stuff! This makes a daunting task seem nigh on impossible. How do you decide which items, that hold such Downsizing: What do I do with all this stuff?Read More
Click! Organising your holiday photos
I remember how exciting it was to pick up that oblong envelope with your holiday snaps. If you were organised, you even got them into a photo album! Click! Organising your holiday photosRead More
Spring De-cluttering
Longer days, warmer weather, daffodils appearing – Spring must be around the corner. I love the word spring. It conveys that feeling of a positive burst of energy – great words describing how the world wakes up from those sleepy winter months. Therefore, it is not surprising that motivation i high to have a good Spring De-clutteringRead More