Collective Gen

I’ve decided small, thoughtful gifts are my new love language, so I put together this little C.A.R.E tray for a friend for Christmas! If you’re not familiar, earlier in the year, I started doing little trays at nighttime. I’d been trying to create a better wind-down for myself to switch off at night, so I decided to make it fun and create a nightly little tray, I called it a C.A.R.E tray (craft, a little treat, refreshment, episode).

Home DIY Dec 18, 2025 After sitting on my Pinterest board for sooo long I finally got the motivation (aka procrastinated hard enough on something else) to start this project! My daughters have wanted an indoor trampoline for so long but let’s be honest, they aren’t cute.

If you’ve been craving some creativity, now is the perfect time! Because our annual Geneva’s DIY School sale is on until December 2nd, and you can save 30% on all course bundles! Our courses are a creative escape, a gentle reset and a gateway back into the joy of doing. And they make incredible gifts! Because what’s more thoughtful than giving someone the spark to try something new, to unlock a skill they didn’t know they had or to rediscover their creativity?

There’s something about giving a tired old piece a new life that gets me every time. During the whirlwind that was our ‘renovate the house in a week’ challenge (yes, with a TV crew that arrived just shortly after!) I wanted to prove that even the most overlooked furniture could become a statement piece. And this time it was a secondhand shelf that caught my eye. I found it for $10 and it was wobbly and with the usual orange varnish.

There’s nothing better than making some beautiful handmade gift wrap, but sometimes it can be time-consuming and tricky to do, but not these gift boxes! I recently made these and they close with a gentle pull of ribbon that draws the sides together. .

I’ve just finished renovating the kitchen, and while it was feeling mostly done, something was missing!! You know that feeling when a space looks good but still needs a little something extra? For me, it was the windows. I wanted Roman blinds, something a little elevated, a little cosy, and definitely striped. But everything I found was either way too expensive or just not quite right. So I decided to make some myself.

I’m so excited to finally share my third book with you! New Again: 100+ Projects and Ideas to Reimagine Your Furniture and Decor. It’s available for pre-order now! So what’s New Again all about? We all love the feeling of something new: the freshness, the excitement, the possibility. But from a young age, I learned to find that same joy in making things new again.

Home DIY Feb 20, 2025 Giving new life to an old ottoman! Repurposing old furniture is one of my favorite ways to give new life to items that would otherwise be thrown away. This upcycled ottoman is a perfect example! My parents had an old, basic ottoman that they were about to toss, but when I took a closer look, I saw so much potential. I have been loving everything ruffled lately, so I decided to transform this ottoman with a brand-new ruffled slipcover.

Home DIY Feb 20, 2025 Welcome to Art Club! It’s been a few years since we built this cubby house, and after months of rain let’s just say it’s looking a little worse for wear and is totally ready for a glow up!I’ve been trying to work out what to do with this space to make it more about active play and creativity (rather than just endless games of playing shops) and I realised….

Recreating the magical mouse world of Brambly Hedge for my daughters! Looking back, I think I might have been little bit insane embarking on another last-minute dollhouse project. But after so many of you told me that rather than simply giving my daughters the Brambly Hedge books I needed to make their tree mouse house, I couldn’t stop thinking about it! So Iā€™m so excited to share with you how it went.