Hi there and welcome to Our Little House in the Country!

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy your time here!

My name is Ciara, mum of two, wife, teacher, lover of all things creative, simple living and education!

Our little house in the country is a  record of our adventures as a family of four with lots of tips, tricks and thoughts learned and gleaned along the way!

I started this blog a long time ago when my children were very young and I was taking a break from my teaching career to stay home with them for a year or two.  It was my space to share some of our adventures, fun activities for younger children and sometimes some advice from an educators point of view as well as sharing my passion for decorating our little house in the country. You will still find all these posts on the website and hopefully they will be of use to you.

Having taken a break from the blog and social media for several years due to the hectic-ness of everyday life as the children got older I now feel like it might be nice to take up where I left off only now my kids are older (teenagers) and a lot of life has happened since back then.

So what can you expect from Our Little House in the Country now? Well, I hope to share an insight into our life – our travels, our home, my love of books, all things creative, as well some information and advice on Autism gained from my career as a special education teacher as well as being a parent to a neurodivergent young person(without impinging on their privacy). I hope to continue sharing tips and tricks as mentioned above but this time with more a focus on older children and navigating the teenage years.

All photos and opinions are my own unless otherwise stated and credited.  I have not been paid or otherwise reimbursed to review or mention any products or establishments/attractions named in my posts unless specifically stated. 

I’m hoping you will enjoy visiting us here at Our Little House in the Country.  Please stop by anytime.

Ciara x

I’d love to hear from you, leave a comment or email me at ourlittlehouseinthecountry (at) gmail (dot) com. I always try to reply x