5 steps to lay a simple and festive table

December 12, 2018 Hannah Bullivant

Christmas day is just 13 days away (gadzooks! I am not prepared!) and just in case your thoughts are turning to hosting and styling a festive table, I have pulled together some tips for ES Homes&Property. These are all summarised from my ebook: A Soulful Gathering and focus on my core advice; plan ahead as much as possible, ask for/accept help and keep things simple. I also include some styling tips too.

I’m hosting my final workshop of the year this Saturday and it’s all about laying a festive table! It’s in central London at Berry Brothers and Rudd so there will be excellent wine! Tickets are only £35 and the workshop is 2 hours, 12-2. Guests will make a table garland, mini wreaths and posies, and you can get a ticket here.

A Soulful Gathering: Simple Ideas To Host 2 or 200.

November 11, 2018 Hannah Bullivant

A Soulful gathering: Simple ideas to hot 2 or 200. Hannahbullivant.com

Hello and Happy Sunday! I'm so so excited to tell you that my brand new E-Book is now live! I've been in a writing cave for the last few weeks, and before that, in a messy but fun photo-taking studio cave. I have loved putting this together, stretching myself with the photography and styling, and flexing my long form writing muscles (thank god for editors) It's called A Soulful gathering: Simple Ideas to host 2 or 200. It's 130 pages (It's a beast!) of all of my best tips and tricks, inspiration and guidance to help you to host your own gatherings with soul. The release is timed to coincide with the Autumn/winter gatherings we are all thinking about ahead, but it is applicable all year round. I designed it to be inspirational yet practical and achievable.

10 wonderful things to make, do and celebrate in November

November 4, 2018 Hannah Bullivant

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Hello friends,

Things have suddenly felt wintery here in the UK, yet amongst the still blazing colours of the trees. November is a month on edge of two seasons; Autumn holds on, but winter gathers force. November has some of our favourite celebrations, and it's a good month to take stock and quieten down before the furore of December too, so clear those decks and hunker down.

I find noting the changing of the seasons, especially into the colder months, such a grounding, helpful thing to do for my mental health. The switch in to winter mode can be a particularly triggering the for people sensitive to darkness or find the Winter months difficult. Spending time outside, or simply looking out of your window, just noticing whats happening in nature, can be an immeasurably helpful mindfulness practice, it’s absolutely free and can be done anywhere. My favourite ideas are below.

My experience of a solo hotel stay.

October 31, 2018 Hannah Bullivant

I turned 34 a couple of weeks ago. It happened on a Monday amidst the usual family bustle, and also as it happens, at the beginning of a bad stretch of anxiety. A serendipitous meeting the previous month with a PR led to me booking a solo hotel stay at The Gallivant for my birthday, and it ended up coming at the most perfect possible time. It was heavenly.

The experience of being alone was just bliss. I simply pleased myself. I had a pedicure, ordered room service breakfast, journaled in the window seat. I made liberal use of the toiletries kindly gifted by the hotel; the body oil, foot cream and face mask. I journaled some more. I went for a walk at golden hour and was moved to tears by the sunset reflecting off the wet sand which placed the sky beneath me and above me. I was aware of my family and thought of them, but I just knew deep in my guts that I needed this. (Truthfully I needed 2 or 3 nights of it, but we couldn’t spare me for that long!)

A cosy bedroom update with Eve Mattress

October 23, 2018 Hannah Bullivant

Bedroom update with Eve Sleep | HannahBullivant.com

This is a collaborative blog post with Eve Sleep, and includes gifted items.

I am slowly writing about each room in my home, which we moved into last December. You can see my study/studio in this post here, and today I’m showing you our bedroom. The colder weather always makes me want to nest and cosy up, and especially to focus on the bedroom, ready for winter. This room has a working fireplace in it (I know) so it has become our favourite room to relax in in the evenings.

This room was used as study when we moved in, so we first had to remove some wall mounted bookshelves, then fill, sand and repaint the walls. We stalled there for about 6 months. Auden’s cot was in here until a few months ago too, so when he moved into Frankie-Rose’s room, it spurred us on to finish the room. Our home is rented so we weren’t making huge changes, rather finishing off, making good and dressing it as beautifully as possible.