Welcome. My name is Marlène, I blog about Home Interiors with a passion for simple and slow living. Here you will find Curated Home Styling Ideas with a Minimal and Relax Approach and Home Improvement DIY Tutorials.
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About
Hello, it’s nice to meet you! Who am I My Name is Marlène Fao. A little bit about me, I’ve lived in London since 2010 and I’m a new homeowner in South West London after years of happy-ish renting. I lived all my life in Paris Region until I graduated from Paris-Dauphine University, and moved…
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Welcome to My Mindful Home
Ethical and Cruelty-free – Interview with House of Kind
It is a very exciting moment as I start a new series on this blog. The core idea behind these new posts is to spread the word about small business (for the moment!) who are choosing an ethical positioning as their backbone communication/marketing strategy and to see what they offer. Be kind is the new…
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6 Storage Furniture ideas for your home – Budget friendly post!
Finding the right piece of storage furniture for a specific place in your home can sometimes take ages and be the object of many conversations as if yes or no this is a good buy. It has to look good, be functional, go with the rest of the room decor and ideally be good value…
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What is Slow Living and what you need to know about it?
I do not want to start a socio-politico debate because first I am not really comfortable going there with this blog post and second, the topic of Slow Living or healthy living and why do we need it now more than ever can be quite complex and I want this article to be specific and…
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12 Designer mugs to enhance your coffee routine
Nothing says winter is coming like hunting for a new mug, refilling the cupboard with a new box of hot chocolate powder, or getting new candles. As we are diving towards the Autumn season, you will find here a selection of designer mugs or minimalist mugs which I have gathered. I hope it will inspire…
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Tips for mastering DIY projects: A Complete DIY Toolkit guide
Everything You Need in your DIY Toolkit The success of your DIY undertakings depends a lot on your creativity, but the tools you have matter just as much, as does your skill in using them. You can buy a ready to use tool box, but you can also create your own, and it’s an option…
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How to create a raised flower bed for your garden. DIY Tutorial
A flower bed or garden bed is a beautiful garden decoration which can improve any basic garden design.
In this blog post, I will explain how we took this idea and created our own flower bed with basic carpentry skills.
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How To Paint An Old Laminate Flooring Into a Fresh Scandinavian-inspired White Wood Flooring – DIY Tutorial
This DIY tutorial will transform an old dated laminate flooring into a modern scandinavian inspired heaven flooring which completely changed witj just paint and for a cost of less than GBP150.
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A Lisbon Guide – Some great places to visit
Lisbon is a beautiful city to explore. Here are the great places I visited during my last trip to Lisbon in our recent summer holidays. Every time I am in Lisbon is only for a couple of days and there is always a reason to return and explore more. The first time I went to Lisbon was…
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This blog has been nominated – would you please take 1min to vote for it ?
Click here to vote I am so pleased that my little blog has made it to the nominated blogs. It is a place for me to share home inspirations, some DIY and my preference for a slower pace of living, I am really grateful to know people are reading it and appreciating this content.…
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