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Amara Interior Blog Awards – European Blogger nominee

If you were brought here thanks to the Amara Interior Blog Awards, welcome! My name is Alex and as you will soon find out, I am very awkward in these situations. 

For the second year in a row, I got an email from the IBAs to say my blog and I had been nominated for an interiors award. This segues nicely into an introduction as to how awkward I am because I don’t even know what to write after that sentence. This year I’m in a different category [Best DIY Blog last year vs. Best European Interior Blog this year] and I’m kinda not sure why the change as there are fellow Irish bloggers in other categories. Regardless, I know I haven’t a hope in fresh hell of even making it to the shortlist [just being realistic]. But in the spirit of awards and all that comes with them, I will attempt some annual self promotion / light begging so here goes. Please, only if you want to … 

Genuinely without this trying to sound like a stereotypical speech, it is very humbling to even be nominated under such an award like the Amara’s. I’m happy enough to have just been nominated; end of. Thank you for your vote [that is if you did choose to vote for me – you should check out the rest of the nominees – srsly talented bloggers], and thank you to whoever nominated me in the first place.

Normal sarcastic and unprofessional blogging shall now resume as normal. 

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The Interior DIYer featured on Houzz + a giveaway!

UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Much excitement was had over the weekend as an exciting feature for me went live on Saturday morning; back in early June I photographed our apartment to be featured as a Houzz UK and Ireland home tour. Much pinching. Big wow. 

Not only that, but alongside the feature of our apartment, Houzz UK and Ireland are running a GIVEAWAY where you can be in with a chance of winning a beautiful cabbage leaf serving bowl from one of my favourite Dublin design shops, Article! It’s very similar to my own beloved leaf bowl which was gifted to us by my parents after their last holiday. 

Want to know how you can be in with a chance of winning this beaut? All you need to do is comment on Houzz’s feature on their site … 

Please note this giveaway is open to UK and Ireland residents only. Closing date for the giveaway is midnight on Saturday August 13th. Full T&Cs can be found in the above feature. Good luck! 😉
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Make It Yours – Meet the Bloggers

First up, a behemoth thank you for all your sweet comments and messages on our little announcement last Friday. All the feelings were and are happening all up in here (on top of a healthy dose of hormones = mini sob-fest! :P) xx 

This month I’m featured in an exciting mini magazine by Rust-Oleum included with the May edition of Your Home magazine; their Make It Yours mag all about fixer uppers and the people behind them. Yours truly is featured in the Meet the Bloggers section along with details on our basic secondhand bedside tables which I gave a faux marble makeover late last year.

It’s been 5 months since I updated our bedside tables and they’re looking as good as the day I painted them. I’ve repainted a number of pieces of furniture in our apartment to date using a variety of brands, and honestly our bedside tables have held up the best. Better than that actually as they’re still in perfect condition despite our level of wear and tear. I don’t feel obliged to say this because of the nature of this blog post; this is my honest opinion. I genuinely wouldn’t say it otherwise. I find their furniture paint exceptional and as I still have a bit of paint left over, I’ll be updating another piece soon.


You can find the Make It Yours mini mag along with the Your Home magazine on shelves in Ireland and the UK [and possibly elsewhere?] from now! And thank you again Rust-Oleum for featuring me 🙂