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Health & HappinessJanuary 8, 2016

Individualism is Personal Power on Display

By Jane

One of our favourite sites Stylelikeyu launched 2016 with a video about Cathy Cooper as part of the Whats Underneath project. Cathy is a rebel who battled a heroin and alcohol addiction and reinvented herself as an artist of all… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 7, 2016

The Grenson and New Balance 576GRB collab sneaker for middleagedads

By Amanda

Be still my beating heart, our favourite shoe brand Grenson has created a stylish, brogue-y sneaker with New Balance that is the best thing I’ve seen in shoes for a long time…..(I’m not sure brogue-y is an actual word, but… Read More

Art & CultureJanuary 6, 2016

Serial is back!

By Amanda

Were you hooked to Serial back in 2014 like I was? It was a great example of engaging documentary storytelling which became a world wide hit, reaching 5 million downloads faster than any podcast in history. The first season looked… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 5, 2016

In 2016 I Will be………..

By Jane

As Amanda said yesterday, we are not big fans of detox/dry January. After such a warm December, we are sure to be in for some cold weather soon, so the next few months will be all about hunkering down at… Read More

Home & GardenJanuary 4, 2016

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!

By Amanda

Happy New Year to all our readers and welcome back from the festive break, did you all have a good time? As part of my break I went to Copenhagen and although we don’t really do New Year’s Resolution’s here… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 23, 2015

Merry Christmas and Happy 2016

By Jane

It’s been another great year for The Womens Room. We had a make over and as always had some really interesting experiences – writing a blog may be hard work at times, but the fascinating events we are invited to,… Read More

Things We LoveDecember 22, 2015

The Very Best Christmas Scented Candle by Annick Goutal

By Amanda

I know I’ve already written about scented candles, but just before we break for Christmas I need to tell you about this beautiful Limited edition Noel one from Annick Goutal. It is the mother of all tastefully blingy scented candles.… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & GardenDecember 22, 2015

Hygge Christmas! And a big thanks to all our guest bloggers

By Amanda

The last of our guest bloggers of 2015, Juliette Chisholm, offers some sound advice on how to adapt our favourite home trend of the year, hygge, to the Christmas season. We’ve had some really brilliant guest bloggers this year on… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 21, 2015

Music for the shortest day of day of the year

By Jane

Lets pretend it’s cold and snowy outside rather than warm and wet and get in the mood for the holidays with some winter tunes. If you still have shopping to do, or are preparing for a barrage of house guests… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 18, 2015

A present to yourself this Christmas

By Jane

Every year on Christmas Day M.A.D produces a small perfectly wrapped present and announces “look what Father Christmas bought me”. It is usually technology based, expensive and quite possibly his best present. It’s his present to himself – which quite… Read More

Art & Culture, Home & GardenDecember 18, 2015

Guest Blogger in Residence: Selvedge looks at Harris Tweed

By Amanda

Today is the last of our guest blogger in residence posts from Selvedge Magazine. We’ve really loved having Polly and her team write about textile heritage for us and hope you have too. Today they are looking at Harris Tweed.… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingDecember 17, 2015

Fashion’s Front Line by Nilgin Yusuf and Niall McInerney

By Amanda

Strange as it may seem to today’s digital natives, there was a time when behind-the-scenes at a fashion catwalk show was a place few got to see. Before Instagram and slick marketing departments, BTS coverage was pretty much non existent.… Read More

Middle Aged MumDecember 17, 2015

Middelagedmum.com: The one where I get FOGO

By Jane

Anyone that knows me IRL (in real life) knows I am a lover of a party – a good time girl who in her hey day would go to the opening of an envelope. Never one to turn down an… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 16, 2015

Festariums, The New Terrariums

By Amanda

Terarriums! So last season! It’s all about the Festarium now…. OK, I made that up, but look how cute the terrarium looks when you make it a Christmas decoration. I learnt how to pimp up my terrarium at McQueen’s Flower… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 15, 2015

Christmas Gift Guide for M.A.Ds

By Jane

Today’s Christmas gift guide is brought to you courtesy of M.A.D and is particularly relevant if the M.A.D in your life is a graphic designer/architect type, as it is packed with tasteful/practical ideas as well as the odd ridiculously expensive… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 14, 2015

Party clothes for grown ups, AKA another excuse to visit &Other Stories

By Amanda

This weekend I had my friend Lyndsey up from deepest Pembrokeshire, where there are plenty of beautiful Welsh blankets, but fewer stores selling well priced, current fashion. She is always keen to bring herself up to sartorial speed on her… Read More

Art & Culture, Home & GardenDecember 11, 2015

Guest Blogger In Residence: Selvedge Magazine Investigates Welsh Blankets

By Amanda

This week, Selvedge Magazine looks at Welsh Blankets and I’m warning you, you’re going to want one after you’ve read the post…… Wales’ rich community of designers and makers – both historic and contemporary – is often overlooked in comparison… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenDecember 10, 2015

Good Gifts for Grown Up Gardeners

By Amanda

While we’re out and about in a festive shopping frenzy, or indeed doing it all online this year, it’s worth taking a moment to look at the imagery being used to flog us stuff. We grown up women had the… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 9, 2015

Christmas Gift Guide for Middle-aged mums

By Jane

Today its my turn to bring you my pick of the most interesting Christmas gifts for middle-aged mums – or indeed any of the women in your life. You may also want to send a link to any clueless men… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 8, 2015

A Christmas Card Strategy (and special offer) with Cath Tate Cards

By Amanda

Aeons ago, back when all we had to communicate with was paper and pen (remember those days children? Oh, no, I guess you don’t) middleagedad and I used to dread doing Christmas cards. Even though we didn’t send that many… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 7, 2015

Christmas Gift Guide for Teenage Girls

By Jane

Todays Christmas gift guide is curated by our very own in-house beauty expert and font of all teenage girl knowledge – my daughter. My mum always used to say, having a daughter keeps you young and it is indeed true.… Read More

Art & CultureDecember 4, 2015

Guest Blogger In Residence: Selvedge Magazine Investigates The Aran

By Amanda

This week, the Selvedge team discuss the Aran jumper, and remember if you are in London, the Artisan Fair is on today at Chelsea Town Hall, and in Bath on December 12th. Check for details (or do your shopping on… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutDecember 3, 2015

Christmas Gift Guide for the Boy About Town

By Amanda

For the second in our series of gift guides, I thought I’d ask my sons what were the crucial, stylish must have items for every teen and twentysomething boy about town. The conversation went something like this…. Me: what are… Read More

Things We LoveDecember 2, 2015

The Present Tree

By Amanda

We loved this idea from The Present Tree, a mail order company that sends out small trees, beautifully wrapped and with full instructions for care, for any occasion. Including Christmas. You could gift a bay tree, or a wild pear,… Read More

Things We LoveDecember 2, 2015

Simplux Flameless Candle

By Jane

Candles are the best thing for creating that Hygge effect at home and I always have several burning in winter – even during the day. But occasionally I get slightly freaked out at the thought that I may have gone… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingDecember 2, 2015

Patch’s Grand Dog Show by Sally Muir and Joanna Osbourne

By Amanda

For some of us, reading Sally Muir and Joanna Osbourne’s fabulous books on knitted dogs is the closest we’ll ever get to owning our own. So when Joanna volunteered to write a post on their new book, Patch’s Grand Dog… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 2, 2015

Christmas Gift Guide for stylish women (and men)

By Jane

So it’s officially December and time to start thinking about buying presents. Is it just me or does Christmas seem to have been going on for months already? In order to help you find the prefect present, or to point… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 1, 2015

A sweater worth considering from Lands’ End

By Amanda

Now, fessing up, Lands’ End is not a brand I go anywhere near normally, as I think of it as a bit boat-shoes-and-pastel-sweaters. I don’t mean that unkindly, as the quality is good and there’s nothing wrong with a boat… Read More

Health & HappinessNovember 30, 2015

Listen to this: Lena Dunham’s Women of The Hour

By Jane

If you have a long (or short) journey coming up, or the chance to sit down and relax, I urge you to listen to the Women of The Hour podcasts by Lena Dunham. The conversations about work, love, relationships and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 30, 2015

Cold Weather Pyjamas – currently on offer at M&S

By Amanda

I know the current thinking for us grown up women is that we’re all lounging around glamourously in our Athleisurewear/beautifully ironed crisp poplin PJs/seductively sexy silk jersery pre bedtime, but in my shockingly draughty Victorian pile of a house, the… Read More