Planners - New Range of MLP Equestria Girls Stationery On Our Website

As requested the Equestria Girls Stationery is now available for sale on our website - Enjoy!

shop.wrightstationery.com

A few of the most recently requested:

- Minecraft;

- Lego Movie;

- Minnie Mouse chore charts;

- Ben 10 (<-- Again! I know I will get round to this, I promise! :-D)

If you have any requests or would like to nudge me on any you have previously requested, send me an e-mail: blog@wrightstationery.com  I am busy but no request is ever ignored, I will reply to you.

Projects - Giving Our Downstairs Hall A Makeover

Our entrance hallway was cluttered and not very functional.


I started by:
1. pulling everything off the shelves, off the coat stands and out of the cube stools;
2. throwing out anything we don't wear, is too small, torn or broken;
3. anything still in usable condition was bagged up and went to the charity shop;
4. cleaned everything staying in the hall including the walls and floor;
5. measured up all the furniture that was staying in the hall;
6. measured the space I had in the hall;
7. and planned where I was going to put everything.

I'm a visual person and in order to work out where everything was going I drew it out. I drew it currently and then with the help of my kids and some cut out shapes we worked out where to put everything so it was practical.
 

Then I got to work rearranging stuff. The shoes and boots went into the cupboard and the cubes. The coats and jackets back on the stands then I moved them into position. This meant I could see how much space was left as I still wasn't sure where to put the shelf units. Once I realised there was enough room, I slid the shelf units in at a 90 degree angle to the wall so we could access both sides of it (to hopefully reduce the kids arguing over who has enough room to get their school bags out in the mornings) at the same time.

Then it was just a case of tidying all the leftover bits and pieces.

In the after pictures there a couple of bags 2 for the charity shop and one with reusable bags to go into the car boot, which have since been removed from the hall since I took the photos.

I'm very proud of my little accomplishment in re-organising the hall. It's one more step to us having a more pleasant home. Friends and family have commented on it being nicer when you walk in (being less cluttered REALLY helps).

Projects - All Our Upcoming Projects

We moved into our first proper family home in Spring 2011 (it was a one and two bedroom flats with  communal gardens before that).  It had lay empty for quite a number of years as the owner had been in hospital before he passed away.  His son had decorated the entire house in an aid to sell it quickly.  Therefore, there was no furniture to get rid of and everything (bathroom, kitchen, internal doors, etc.) were all brand new and unused.

Both myself and my partner are creatively minded so as soon as we saw it we both had ideas to improve it before we even got the keys!

In no particular order, this is the list of improvements we plan to make to our home (and it should add value to both our lives and the sale price of our house if we ever decide to):

• Completely re-do the roof covering (black slate);
• Repair and paint all the downpipes and gutters;
• Re-rough-cast the entire outside rendering (front and back);
• Add a utility room to the kitchen;
• Finish the kitchen off once the large appliances have been properly moved to the utility room;
• Add a family bathroom to the first floor (with a toilet, pedestal sink, bath and shower like our downstairs bathroom);
• Loft conversion - to become the master bedroom with en-suite;
• Convert first floor master bedroom into a craft room that doubles as a spare bedroom;
• Completely re-landscape the back garden so we have an actual seating area.

So far only one of these projects has been fully costed, discussed with the workmen and has a scheduled start date.