Walls plastered, floors tiled, electrics complete, new gas line in place – more than 12 months from the start of our kitchen renovation and we’re finally at the painting stage, so close to a finished kitchen!! Getting to the painting stage is always…
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*Not a tutorial, just info on what we did. Please always get advice before carrying out your own building work* Okay so, mega confession. One of the reasons I stopped blogging for so long was because I managed to delete ALL the renovation…
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You’ve probably seen a glimpse of our new tiles over the last few posts, because well, our kitchen renovation has been done in a kind of sporadic order, going back and forth between jobs like crazy. It’s a job we started back in…
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Well I’ve had a mammoth break from blogging, a lot has happened and at the same time, not so much has happened. The kitchen is *almost* finished, we took two weeks off and went travelling around Sri Lanka and we’ve now hit our…
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So, you’re renovating – pinning 100 images a day, searching endless hashtags on Instagram #ihavethisthingwithfloors and googling the most unlikely of questions you thought you would ever be asking, “22mm copper pipe, or 15mm copper pipe?”. It’s fun, exciting, daunting and oh-so bloody…
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In my last renovation update post, I shared our DIY plastering. But one thing we didn’t plaster (did you catch it?) was the ceiling. Why? Well, because after my not-so-great attempt at the bathroom ceiling and some of Grants imperfect walls (although once…
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Last year Grant went on a DIY-plastering course to learn all about how to plaster, DIY-style. With small budgets and trying to do everything ourselves, we knew this was an area that was vital we did ourselves to save some cash. That being…
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Spring, Spring, Spring! Have I mentioned that word enough on the blog lately? I’m so bloody thankful Spring is here! For me, it means one main thing – gardening. I absolutely love gardening, more than I love painting walls (which if you don’t…
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We’re always talking about DIY and renovating. How to make a home better, how to rip out walls, pull of tiles, smash up a kitchen, tear up the floor – you get the picture. But what often doesn’t get talked about are the…
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I simply cannot believe we are already in April. Say what? Seriously – where is the year going? How can we be already 1/4 of the way through? I am however eternally thankful for the miserable British winter to go away and sunnier…
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I’m so glad to see the back of Winter and welcome spring – owning an old home certainly brings about its challenges during the winter period and keeping it warm and toasty is often easier said than done. Older homes weren’t exactly designed…
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I don’t know about you, but there’s just something about Spring that always makes me feel more productive and want to whip out my paint brushes, gardening tools and even cleaning products in a kick of energy to just get stuff done! But…
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Hi - I'm Kezzabeth! Self-taught DIYer, Renovator and Blogger on a mission to turn our house into a home. Seven years ago I was clueless and skill-less, but since then I've learnt how to build, tile, plumb and more. This is my little place on the web where I share everything I've learnt so you can learn too. Read More
