Tag: Home
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Watch – People We Meet On Vacation
Poppy is running away from whatever it is, the fear of being ordinary, the fear of a predictable life in her small town of Linfield Ohio because in her words, once a small town defines you that is it, that is all of it. Alex is a guy who seeks home, seeks grounding, seeks the…
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HOME SCENTS- DIFFUSERS
JO MALONE- Lime, Mandarin and Basil: This scent is the best home scent ever, it is great as a perfume but stupendous as a diffuser, my goodness it is the perfect balance of calm and smooth and mellow and heady. JO MALONE- Pomegranate Noir: Perfect for the holidays the quintessential scent. Dr. Vranjes- Peonies and…
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HOME SCENTS- CANDLES
Diptyque- Feu De Bois: I am not one for woodsy scents but I was in Gleneagles and there was a particular scent all over the hotel, it was so particular, wood without being murky, smooth and ever so wintery… I think I found it, Feu de Bois will make your home smell like woods and…
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HOME | THE DISHWASHER
If there is one thing the pandemic has taught, me its that the dishwasher is one of the most, if not the most pointless home appliances to be created and installed in a home. I understand that for industrial kitchens and what not and maybe a large family but on the real, it is more…
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THAT’S NOT MY NAME
I have never seen an episode of Love Island, I doubt I ever will, but having followed the recent story of the dispute between Yewande Biala and Lucie Donlan on social media, it’s safe to say I want to fight on Yewande’s behalf. As a child of Nigerian ex-pats, because immigrants is so last year,…
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Advent Calendar day 3 | Get Your Silverware
This is where I know I trolled myself big time because most everything I have in my house is not dishwasher safe, I have a dishwasher that I have never used for dishwashing, and for someone who HATES to do the dishes? I really played myself on this one… BUT for Christmas, get your dishes…
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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 2 | CLEAN YOUR SKIRTING BOARDS
This is typically the deepest clean you will have to do so it pays to do this earlier in the month because this is where we can and should go crazy. It always starts with a drawer, that one drawer and before we know it, it mushrooms to the entire house and at the risk…
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IRÉ Á KARÌ- OKRO SOUP FOR THE SOUL
Most homes in Lagos back in the day had this saying on the entrance atop the doorway, IRÉ A KARÌ. The longer phrase says Iré á Kári fu’n gbogbo wa. Amin. It loosely translates to; May Good Fortune Be Upon Us All. Amen. This is certainly my prayer for the world now and always. May…
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HOME ALONE- SOLITUDE
My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived– Nayyirah Waheed. I like to think the flip side of this quote is, the second country you discover and eventually inhabit is yourself. As we step outside of our mothers’ womb, we go on a journey of self-discovery, understanding the many crevices that…