Autumn is my favourite season, it always has been. The crisp early mornings, the colour of the leaves, Halloween, the fireworks and bonfires, it can?t be beaten. It feels extra special now as it was October we got engaged and seeing the leaves turning a familiar gold and amber, brings back floods of memories and I can?t help but smile at the thought of what was to come this time last year, unbeknown to me. Fast forward a year and I am thoroughly enjoying all this wedding preparation and the planning process in general, I almost don?t want it to end but I know just how quickly the next 7 months will go, as I?m struggling to believe we have been engaged a year already? a year!" So, I?m trying to get as organised as possible and all these little projects that are slowly filling up spare spaces are another tick on the list. I have been thoroughly fuelling my DIY engine, flexing my creative muscles and channelling my carpentry heritage. This month my wedding life has revolved around wood, with the help of my beautiful Mum (a decorators’ daughter!) who is undoubtedly the one to trust when it comes to a spot of DIY.
It all started when I found that my dad has access to an abundance of pallets. I?m one of those annoying people that will bring home random things with the idea of turning them in to something else, one man?s trash is another man?s treasure as the saying goes! So with a material as versatile as this, I knew that there would be something I could make out of a...