If you’re all set, ready and raring to turn Horace in to something tasty, give this little recipe for sourdough waffles a go. We found it earlier this year over on the Food Network & it’s bloomin’ tasty for a breakfast in bed treat!

Ingredients

1 cup of Horace

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1 tablespoon sugar

2 cups of water

2 cups of batter (this will make sense later)

3 large eggs, separated

1 cup milk

1/4 cup butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 tablespoon baking powder

Night Before:

Mix together the sourdough starter, flour, sugar and water in a large glass bowl or plastic container (just make sure it’s big enough of the batter might overflow as it produces carbon dioxide and expands)

Leave it to sit at room temperature, loosely covered for 6-12 hours

Next Morning:

Beat the egg whites from the 3 eggs together until they form stiff peaks

In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks, milk and butter together

Stir in the basic batter (if you have any left over, pop it in the fridge for another day)

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda together

Stir into the egg yolk mixture

Give the mixture a 10 minute breather and then gently fold in the egg whites

Ladle the batter on to preheated waffle iron and you’re good to go!

We like to serve them up with a good handful of fresh berries and a pouring of warm maple syrup alongside a steaming cuppa!

Happy Loafing x

But when we planned our big launch of sofas and armchairs on May 1st we all felt our trusted name, The Sleep Room, would soon seem a bit strange.

So we decided we’d change to…Loaf. Four letters. Easy to remember. And with nice Sleep Roomy connotations of comfort and schleppping about.

We’ll be introducing this slowly in all our press ads and here at www.thesleeproom.com over the next 6 months. We’ll also be expanding our Ladbroke Grove home to over 6000 square feet by the end of June. Then in October we’ll be switching everything over to www.loaf.com

Nothing else is changing. Same people. Same products. Same dodgy cardies worn by Charlie every day. We’re very excited about it and hope you love all our new products – there are some right belters in the collection!

Taking photographs in late November is always interesting as there’s so little daylight. But somehow we pulled it off and got the best out of the lovely Karen’s beautiful home.

"Eh up lad, is this the Hovis ad?"

"One does enjoy a good chin-wag by the Aga, what?"

"Am I bovvered?": Minna, our Head of Snores in background

The thing about tuna meatballs is that you have to ensure that it doesn’t overcook. A few seconds too long and you’ve blown it. And then there are all sorts of rules in most Italian regions about how you shouldn’t put cheese with fish, shouldn’t put Asian ingredients in pasta, should only wear tan shoes with a blue suit. It’s a minefield. But we’ve taken the plunge and can assure you that, like Spag Bol, this just works. So here goes our recipe for Missy’s Tuna Carbonara:

-Mix together: chopped fresh tuna, a bit of chopped basil & parsley, some fish sauce and soy sauce, fresh chopped tomato, salt, pepper, fresh red chilli, dash of olive oil to bind it together

-Form smallish meatballs -about the size of one of those large marbles. Put in the fridge for at least half an hour so they hold their shape

-Get your pasta on the boil

-Heat some olive oil in a separate pan and brown the meatballs and then take off the heat. NB This must take no more than 30 seconds as you don’t want to cook the insides at all

-Drain the pasta when ready

-Whisk two eggs. Throw this into the pasta along with some grated parmesan. Mix it up

-Put the meatballs into the pasta making sure they are covered by the pasta so they take on the heat. Put a lid on and leave for 3 minutes

-Tuck in

And there you have it. It only took us 15 years. Let us know if any of you give this a go. It’s an absolute belter. x

No tools are left in this van overnight!

We’d like to meet the cove who drives this puppy. Must be a character. x

One thing that caught our eye were these particularly garish pillow cases – very Versace!

Disco bedlinen, what the person who's got everything hasn't got.