Fire cracker 4

No, this isn’t the name of the new must-see film due to hit the big screen, it is the name of the must-see (and much talked about) spring feature colour from Dulux.

Fire cracker 4 - Spring colour from Dulux

Some of you will know that I am a bit of an interior design tart. I constantly update my home with touches of colour and new accessories and spend many hours glued to the home and living channels on Sky. I love home interiors. I adore seeing how a little bit of colour can completely turn a room.
As well as browsing the TV renovation show I have been known to hit the estate agent websites for inspiration. So many interiors that I can admire or look at and try and work out what it needs to bring it to life. I’m pretty convinced that in another life I will be a very famous interior designer.

Someone representing Dulux emailed me recently about their newest feature colour, Fire Cracker 4. Often I gloss over these emails but the colour jumped out at me. Fire Cracker 4 is bright, vibrant and very exciting! Would I use it in my house? Possibly, I’m hesitating only because my home is a very traditional home built in 1880 which needs a lot of light colours for people to appreciate the size of the rooms.  I would love to see it on the estate agent websites or on DIY SOS though because I’m sure that there is a way I could incorporate it into my home!


Such a gorgeous colour which could be used for a feature wall, inside glass front cupboards, for whole rooms or half rooms if painting up to a picture rail. This is a colour that an complete transform a room. If I used it I would couple it with bold textiles and smooth lines. Funky and modern is a good way to describe this colour yet in the right room it could also turn from invigorating to calming and restful as it is a warm and very versatile colour.

Would you use Fire Cracker 4? Could you see yourself with such a bold colour in your home? Feed my interior design love and tell me what you think of this season’s key colour and if you do like it, where you would use it.

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For Mother’s Day I got a load of injections

Don’t panic!
I have not spent Mother’s Day in hospital ill, I have spent it with my lovely family being waited on hand and foot.

I did receive a most beautiful gift from Roy, Kieran and Taylor which really did make my day. Knowing how much I think about the work that UNICEF do around the world Roy and the kids choose me a gift from their Inspired Gift range.
I received this:

 

The present that was bought for me was 100 measles vaccines which will help 50 children survive an illness that still kills over 800,000 children a year, many of whom are already vulnerable due to malnutrition or poor living conditions.

Not a shiny necklace, not a spa day, not a huge box of chocolates but a gift that means more to me than diamonds.
Taylor is too young to understand the significance of this wonderful gift but Kieran however at 5yrs old isn’t and listening to him today talking about the children who need our help makes me one very proud and humble Mother.

I hope that my Mother’s Day gift helps other Mother’s keep their special children in their arms and healthy for a long time to come.

For anyone looking for a gift for someone else or wanting to send a little something themselves please check out the UNICEF inspired gift range.

*In the interest of full disclosure this wonderful gift was not my only gift. I also received several  willing house slaves for the day and a lovely bunch of tulips.

Happy Mother’s Day all x