by Sarah Hodgkins | Feb 11, 2022 | Business murals, Care home murals, Decorating, Home murals, restaurants, School murals, signs
Having something made to your exact specifications if both exciting and exhilarating and with more and more people opting to buy bespoke, rather than off the shelf, you need to understand how to get the best from your designer. When you ask an artist or maker to...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Nov 3, 2021 | Home murals, Uncategorised
With COP26 in full swing, sustainability and the future of the planet are at the forefront of our minds. Whilst it is great that governments are making pledges to make significant reductions in the production of waste and greenhouse gases; it is important to remember...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Sep 27, 2021 | Business murals, Care home murals, Childrens murals, Home murals
It’s probably the thing that I get asked the most, how much does a hand painted mural cost? And what are the comparison costs with a printed mural or wallpaper? Well, as you would expect, the answer is not straight forward, there are many factors that determine the...
by Sarah Hodgkins | May 24, 2021 | Business murals, Home murals, Mental health
The benefits of being in touch with nature to both our mental and physical well being have been well documented over the last 12 months. Many people cite their daily walk or run as being instrumental in helping them to deal with the anxiety and stress, that living...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Jan 8, 2021 | Decorating, Home murals, Mental health
If there is one thing many of us are missing right now, it’s a hug. Rewind to last March, if you had asked me then, what am I going to miss in lockdown, I am not sure I would have said hugs, but that is the truth. Hugging releases Oxytocin, one of the four...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Aug 3, 2020 | Decorating, Home murals, Uncategorised
The last four and a bit months have been the most unusual in any of our lifetimes. Our way of life has been restricted, our freedoms curtailed and we have been forced into a monogamous relationship with our homes and gardens in a way we could never have anticipated....
by Sarah Hodgkins | May 29, 2020 | Business murals, Decorating, Home murals, Uncategorised
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that the most viewed board on my Pinterest this week, and last week for that matter, is the murals for gardens board. We are all spending more time at home these days and due to the sunny weather we have been enjoying, are spending...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Apr 17, 2020 | Decorating, Mental health, Uncategorised
Never before has our home been so important in how we feel every day. Suddenly, we are in our homes a whole lot more than we ever planned to be and whether we are conscious of it or not, how it looks has a major impact on how we feel and therefore, how we are coping...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Jul 12, 2019 | Business murals, School murals
Summer has finally arrived, the sun is shining (most of the time!), the tennis is on and my own locality is about to be descended on by the F1 circus. The schools are breaking up, some already have and parents up and down the country will be looking for something...
by Sarah Hodgkins | May 17, 2019 | Business murals, Care home murals, Childrens murals, Home murals, Mental health
As mental health awareness week draws to a close, it has got me reflecting how my business affects mental wellbeing. There have been several studies recently highlighting what many of us always knew, that being creative helps us to feel better. Mindfulness without the...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Apr 15, 2019 | Business murals
I heard Jimmy Carr on the radio last week, he was talking about how his job is actually more fun to him, than having fun. This might seem like an odd concept to a lot of people, but I get it. A couple of weeks back, I was very, very close to not going on holiday so I...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Jan 18, 2019 | Business murals, Decorating, Home murals, restaurants
New Year often heralds a time of change new beginnings. Who doesn’t know someone who has embarked on a diet, exercise regime or pledged a new work life balance for themselves this year. However, we don’t always look to ourselves for change, many, like myself, see it...