We’ve designed a fair few nurseries at The Living House now, all with parents wanting the same thing - a beautiful nursery without costing the earth. We’ve put together our top interior design tips to help you decorate your nursery on a budget.

In this week's blog, I am going to go through some tips and advice I have learned along the way when designing home offices and guest bedrooms that need to work for the everyday, for the odd occasion, and for the future too - not much to ask?!

No one wants to get it wrong when it comes to updating their home. It’s costly and demoralising. It’s definitely not what you set out to achieve and yet when we meet new customers, we often get asked ‘why doesn’t this room work?’, ‘why doesn’t it look how I imagined?’ and ‘what’s wrong with it??!’.

We love using independent home stores when designing our customers' homes. You can always find interesting individual pieces that you can’t always find on the high street. And most importantly, we love supporting amazing small businesses!

I think with the excess of Christmas still fresh in my mind, the need for the feeling of space in my home is high on my agenda. Christmas seems to fill every available corner with clutter (sorry, decorations!) and the addition of a huge tree in the living room means a rejig of all the furniture until I feel I’m falling over stuff, or children, or cats all of the time!

A new build home is at the beginning of its life, it’s box fresh! And this can be a great thing, and it can present some challenges. Here we are going to show you how you can add personality and life to your new build to make it a home.

Some homes just seem to have that something extra. It’s not so much about the style or the amount of money that has been spent on the finishes, but something that’s harder to pinpoint, something more elusive. It’s more that the room feels cohesive and well, just effortlessly ‘put together’

It may be tiny, but it can still be mighty! Let your creativity flow in the smallest room in your house.

I know the feeling well - so much to do, no time to do it, and no idea even how to do it! That’s how my Monday mornings often feel juggling work and family life!

When starting a project in your home, it can feel like a month of Monday mornings all at once - the feeling of being overwhelmed can be paralysing. As the mountain of decisions builds, you lose motivation and any passion you once had for the project quickly fades. Designing your home can feel really hard!!

Hi, it's Becky from The Living House. Each month we want to let you know a little bit more about us and the people behind our brand.

Keep reading to hear how I made inexpensive updates to my first home.

Good news - updating your home needn’t cost a fortune! If you’re feeling strapped for cash after Christmas, you’re not alone - but there are some easy ways to spruce up your home in the New Year and get a luxury look on a shoestring budget.