With many of us in our home more than ever before, LOTS of folk are looking to refresh and revamp things a little. Kitchen and bathroom salesrooms have been overrun with enquiries and online Home & Garden retailers have experienced a huge spike in traffic and sales. It makes sense doesn’t it?! We’re more aware than ever of the parts of our homes that need attention, are stressing us out, are no longer working, or we’re simply bored of!

I‘ve created two new offerings, a free decluttering and home styling challenge called The Fresh Nest Challenge , and a brand new e-course called The Fresh Nest (doors close Thursday!) that goes into lots more depth on everything we touch on in the challenge. I created both of these way before lockdown, but they feel more necessary than ever.

The live challenge is officially over 😭but I have turned it into something people can sign up to anytime. Join here https://hannahbullivant.com/challenge-page for 7 days of emails that will help you to declutter and style your home. Each day has 2 versions of the homework- a quick win (doable in 10 mins) and tasks for those with more time. That means it’s great even for those that are feeling really overwhelmed right now!

Last week we put up a gallery wall in our lounge, a project I’d wanted to complete since January. I love a gallery wall, they work in any type of home, can be scaled up or down, and always create a great centerpiece for the room.

I have come up with some hints and tips that take the stress out of gallery wall hanging, see video below for more!

Do this for a truly unique, stand out gallery wall:

Curate a selection of objects that you LOVE rather than things that are 'on trend, then it’ll always make you smile.

Learning how to style the flat surfaces in your home will really help to pull things together and give your home a styled finished look. Here are 8 easy to follow tips for you.

The Spring solstice has passed and Easter is just around the corner. Many of us are at home much more than we usually would be, so I have decided to update this post in light of Corona, and because I simply don’t have time to create a whole new one (Like so many people, I’m trying to work and keep the kids semi-entertained!) Spring can still be a huge celebration at home, even if it’s just for 1! I have been doing small things here and there, when I think of them, to decorate the house and prepare for a much smaller Easter celebration than usual. But I think it’s lovely to make it just as much of a celebration as we would if we were gathering with friends and family, in fact I’d argue it’s more important! So get out your best linen and crockery, have a forage in the garden, and light the candles. I have started a hashtag, the same name as my e-book #asoulfulgathering, please do use it if you decide to mark the occasion at home!

As a family we celebrate each solstice/equinox. For our agnostic family, they mean more to us than the traditional Easter and Christmas celebrations, although we do celebrate those too. Any excuse for a celebration, really! The solstices/equinoxes come at the quarter points in the year so they act as brilliant points to review yearly plans. Marking the solstices and equinoxes also help us plan activities (marmalade making, strawberry picking, etc.) and we use it as a prompt to change toys and books around for the kids. I also love styling my home for each season too.

In a case of bizarre but excellent timing, some tips I wrote about curating your kitchen for British Standard last year were released on the same day after I published my kitchen decluttering and styling guide! You can read some tips below. Check out the beautiful press images too. Le sigh.

The Curated Kitchen, a guide from British Standard by Plain English

with tips and insights from founder of TAT London, Charlie Porter, and Stylist Hannah Bullivant

In the UK we have had storm after storm after storm, it’s one of the stormiest winters I can remember. My toddler does not like the wind so we have stayed indoors more than I’d like. A lot more. One of the things that has kept me occupied is a thorough kitchen de-clutter. Yes, this is one of the things that brings me deep joy.🤓Downstairs is generally fairly organised (I thought) but one of the last areas in my home that was stressful to use was the spice shelf. I started sorting it out last week and it turned into a whole kitchen thing! Spring is also very nearly here and I am definitely feeling the spring clean itch. The increasing light levels are doing a brilliant job of illuminating our collection of dust bunnies. 🐰

Heres what I did, plus some kitchen decluttering, organising styling tips too! I have packed LOTS of tips in this one, so buckle up!

I LOVE working with flowers. They bring me so much joy I embrace the imperfection and wildness of nature, and favour a wild, asymmetric look, rather than super neat and curated.

The getting of the flowers is itself an enjoyable act, whether that’s selecting blooms from the florist, snipping them from your garden, or foraging a few bits when out walking.

Then there’s the act of making itself, it’s surprisingly meditative to sit and work on something just for the beauty of it. It’s not something we do very often. I’d encourage you to focus on those mindful floral moments to get double the enjoyment!

Then there’s the act of giving them to people you love, and this is such a joyful thing to do!

These little posies would make the perfect present for Galantines, Valentines or Mothers day, a friends birthday or just because

I was so so excited to be asked by Medina from Grillo Designs to tour my home for her rented house series. I’ve followed Medina for ages and have pored over her other home tours. Anything which normalises and celebrates renting is so welcome and necessary as far as I am concerned and I was delighted to be involved. For this tour, Medina’s usual photographer wasn’t available, so Dave stepped in. We style and shoot together quite a lot so it felt really relaxed and fun, and it was really lovely to just hang out with Medina. I wish we had longer! This was filmed in October and released in November, then i got super busy with workshops and my e-course. But I saw that today the series is back, so I was inspired to finally hit publish!

We have lived in our rented house of dreams for 2 years. We love living here and have a great relationship with our landlord and lady. We also share similar taste. We inherited a house that had White walls, stripped pine floor boards and some gorgeous antique furniture. (the dream, like I said) So our own style fit in effortlessly.

My style values are: calm, spacious, minimal, natural, fun, storied (ie secondhand or antique) and ethical. In the white rooms in the home, we have layered in our own possessions keeping things minimal and calm. I adore plants and have them in every room, and have put up art and textile pieces. Many of our possessions are antique or vintage. It’s really important to me that my home has as little environmental impact as possible; from using a green energy supplier to buying secondhand.

I love our home and try to honour it as much as possible, even though it’s rented.

I could talk and talk about it but am going to stop there! The sources are listed at the end of the post.

You can see the video by Medina at the end of the post too. There is a full interview over on medina’s blog here. All photos are by Dave Bullivant.

Ok, on to the house (and maaaaany photos!)

We have lived in our rented house of dreams for 2 years. We love living here and have a great relationship with our landlord and lady. We also share similar taste. We inherited a house that had White walls, stripped pine floor boards and some gorgeous antique furniture. (the dream, like I said) So our own style fit in effortlessly.

My style values are: calm, spacious, minimal, natural, fun, storied (ie secondhand or antique) and ethical. In the white rooms in the home, we have layered in our own possessions keeping things minimal and calm. I adore plants and have them in every room, and have put up art and textile pieces. Many of our possessions are antique or vintage. It’s really important to me that my home has as little environmental impact as possible; from using a green energy supplier to buying secondhand.

I love our home and try to honour it as much as possible, even though it’s rented.

I could talk and talk about it but am going to stop there! The sources are listed at the end of the post.

You can see the video by Medina at the end of the post too. There is a full interview over on medina’s blog here. All photos are by Dave Bullivant.

Ok, on to the house (and maaaaany photos!)

You are probably all aware by now how much I love this first month of the months. But whether you love or loathe it, most of us could probably do with a bit of organising to make sure the year ahead feels as smooth as it can. Despite not being in formal education for nearly 2 decades, there is something of the back to school fever that grips me in January, similarly in September. After a busy Christmas where all the usual routines fly out of the window, and bedtimes slip and nobody knows what day it is, January is a great time to take a breath and get things organised.

January is a quiet contemplative month right in the middle of winter. It’s a cozy and indoorsy both literally and figuratively. So all of these ideas fit very well with the concept of a 'slippers-and-cups-of-tea January. These activities also work if you happened to have busted your ankle, like I did this week. Hmph.

Even if you aren't experiencing back to school fever, the quiet of winter and the start of a new year is a good time to get back on track with the things you want to be doing. Here are some of the satisfying things I’ve been quietly busying myself with.

How to decorate your home with nature this festive season. Learn 5 effective ways to use evergreen foliage in your home this Christmas, to create simple, beautiful decor that is free or low cost and compostable.

In collaboration with Habitat.

I think gathering and eating delicious food in winter is the very best tonic to winter misery/political woe. The dark evenings make them perfect for candlelit meals and fires. I had a lot of fun pulling this shoot together for Habitat a few weeks ago, and then also enjoying the table afterward with my family.

My house is often full of foliage for styling, floral and wreath workshops. Dave says it’s like living in Jumaji and I love it! To get the best out of the flowers I need for workshops, I will often plan a photoshoot the day before using all the material. It’s rare that I get so many flowers in my home to play with! So, in light of a house that has recently been particularly stuffed full of foliage and flowers, I decided to create a flower cloud. My flower and foliage cloud is made from foraged bracken and grasses, wild thyme, Gypsophila, Statis and a few other stems of loveliness I found on my studio floor!

In this setup, I have put into practice my tried and tested styling rules to create a warm sumptuous table. It’s a winning formula!