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In mental health, self-care

Purple Teapots and Bubble Baths: Looking After Myself

Sometimes I don't feel so great. Everyone goes through periods of being a little stressed, burned out and/or feeling generally rubbish. I know I have. But when I tell someone close to me that 'I'm not feeling so good today', they know what I'm feeling can't be remedied by long soak and a Lush bath bomb. 'Not so good' has become my euphemistic...

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In Capsule Wardrobe, Chambray Shirt

Wardrobe Essential | US Navy Issue Chambray Shirt

I've been on the lookout for a decent chambray shirt for a while. The ultimate transitional piece, it's the kind of all-purpose item that can be tucked into white jeans in spring, worn cropped with shorts for summer, paired with indigo denim and boots in autumn, or layered under chunky knit during the colder months. It's also more practical than white.  Unfortunately, every...

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In Food, Health

Healthy Recipe: Colourful Chaos

While I might be trying to bring more simplicity to my wardrobe, cluttering my galley kitchen with pots and pans every time I make dinner is a habit I just can't seem to break. I do intend to bring less chaos to the kitchen in future, but sometimes a throw-it-all-together attitude can create something beautiful and, more importantly, delicious. Also, I have no...

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In Capsule Wardrobe, Fashion

Creating Space for my Capsule Wardrobe

Following the big clothes purge of 2016, the next step in my journey towards minimalist wardrobedom was finding the perfect way to display the pieces that survived.  Obviously, this step is completely unnecessary and not very 'minimalist' at all; your normal closet will absolutely suffice.   But seeing as I also planned on starting a blog I thought I'd better get my insta-head...

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In Capsule Wardrobe, Fashion

Beauty in Simplicity: Building a Capsule Wardrobe

The reason I started this blog (other than to become an international blogging sensation, of course) was to document my transition into becoming one of those oh so chic 'capsule wardrobe' women. I wanted to be more minimalist and less stressed about 'what to wear' in a morning. I wanted to end the daily process of scanning my eyes frantically over a mess of...

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In General, Reflections

Welcome to Decisions & Revisions...

Hi, I'm Fern, a 27 year old living in Sheffield, UK, with her boyfriend, Arran, and her whippet, George. Why I decided to start blogging... Decisions & Revisions is the result of a post spring-clean mid-year's resolution to streamline my life, wardrobe and finances and to concentrate on achieving the things I want the most: to a) travel to beautiful places, b) save enough...

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