Get busy this bank-holiday weekend and inject some fun into the functional areas of your home. Pep up a utility or cloakroom with folksy wallpaper, painted skirting boards and curtains for hiding clutter...
Forest of Dean wallpaper in Midnight/ Multi, £125 per 10m roll, Sanderson. For a similar paint colour, try Beetlenut Architects’ eggshell, £32.50 for 750ml, Paint & Paper Library. For similar ticking fabric, try Just Fabrics. For similar glass jars with cork lids, try Eden & Willow.
For a similar jute rug, try Benuta
Ekobo bamboo storage canister set, £19.99, Curated Pieces
Stripe leaves ply snack tray, £23, Gabrielle Good
Scallop edge oval basket, £18.50, Matalan
Burnt orange side table, £27.99, TK Maxx
Utensil rail kit in Antique Copper, £38.87 for 600mm, Rothley
EXPLORE some of the famous and beautiful college buildings, then go for a walk in the University’s own Botanic Gardens, created by Charles Darwin’s mentor in the 1800s (Visitcambridge.org)
STAY at Graduate Cambridge, a fabulously decorated boutique hotel complete with pool and riverside terrace in the centre of the city. From £183 per night (Graduatehotels.com)
EAT at The Old Bicycle Shop. Once the country’s oldest bike emporium, it now serves fresh, locally-sourced food in quirky surroundings celebrating its heritage (Oldbicycleshop.com)
Build-your-own bouquet
Say it with Lego flowers
Lego’s grown-up Botanicals collection has been so successful that two new sets – a table centrepiece and wildflower bouquet – have been launched. It's a great gift idea for the recipient to have fun assembli
