A girl's bedroom

I am in the middle of revamping this bedroom-

 

Yes, that is Stephanie's room, possibly the scariest room in the house, she has so much stuff and I can not convince her to let go of anything. I must admit every so often I go in and remove a few things, she never notices. She needs a new bed, the one she has been glued back together after a couple of breaks and now the mattress is very uncomfortable, I couldn't sleep on it so I have been saving and have managed to get her a grown up bed on eBay. All for the measly cost of £53.00 for the frame she wanted- I know that they retail for over £200 so I am happy with this. I need to get her a mattress, there is a shop I use in the next town where they deliver same day if you get there before lunch, the mattresses are reasonably priced and last well. I have had the one on my bed for 5 years, or is it 6 and it is still perfect. The one on Stephanie's current bed is 3 and awful! So a nice new one will be on it's way this afternoon.

I woke up to a perfectly timed email from www.zurleys.co.uk asking what I would buy from their range if money was no object all for the chance to win a desk. Well you know what is on Stephanie's wish list don't you, that's right she wants a desk for her bedroom. She currently has one of the little plastic garden table and chairs you get in town for £5.00.
I have had a quick look around the website there are some lovely pieces on there. I looked with Stephanie's room in mind, if I could afford anything that she wanted I would buy her these;





All of these pieces would work with furniture she currently has and the white colour would match in with her new (to us) bed, now the piece she is really interested in is this
This is what she would absolutely love.

We have simple taste here, I don't follow price tags we buy what we like, these are our choices for this room. There are lots of pieces on the site that if I wasn't on a budget I might buy for other rooms in the house.
Pop on over to the Zurleys website,  what would be on your wish list?



I have not been paid for this post, I have created this post in response to an email offering me the chance to win a desk from Zurleys- fingers crossed and Stephanie might be even closer to the bedroom she wants!

A homemade indoor game

At the moment my children are into this;

BIG time. they have been playing with this for a couple of days. I have revisited (So Far!!) the urge to tell them to tidy up my living room. The fact that I am not expecting visitors is helpful. My friends/family that we were seeing this week have got either the flu bug or the norovirus bug doing the rounds so we have been entertaining the three of us ourselves.

This building is Olivanders, the wand shop. There are many more buildings planned for building.

 

I have joined in with the children to help them with their building. You see we are making Hogwarts and Diagon alley. Once complete we can play Harry Potter to Stephanie's delight. This game has helped bring the 2 children together not easy when you have a 15 year old boy and a 7 year old girl I can promise you. Being outside as a family and becoming amused is much easier- they like to ride their bikes together and are planning that we go canoeing and other exciting outdoor things. But playing nicely inside- almost unheard of. This is why I love Lego and am trying to ignore the building site that used to be my living room.

 

So when I saw that centerparcs are running a competition involving building your own family game I knew that I had to enter this 'Harry Potter world'.

 

So This is my entry to the Center Parcs and Tots 100 February challenge. If I’m chosen, I would like to visit Longleat Village’.

 

The centerparks sites look just our kind of thing with plenty of active activities to keep all 3 of us entertained. Whilst we would prefer Longleat Village I am sure we could have an amazing time at any of their villages.

 

Now I know technically the building of our game is not yet completed but that, I believe is the beauty of it. The children are learning that they can work together to complete something. They have been busy helping each other. For me the process of making this game is far more important than the end product. So carry on building children- Mum's not going to tell you to tidy up just yet!!