2016 was a total roller-coaster; we’ve began making some of the biggest changes to our home this year and it’s definitely made a memorable year – although not entirely all for good reasons. We started the year gearing up for a huge change…
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December is such a busy month for us. We work in retail, so there really is zero holiday season for us. Instead our hours increase, workload increases and we spend December feeling more stressed than any other month of the year. This year…
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A few months back we took the plunge into finally purchasing a wood burner and since then we’ve been enjoying many nights snuggled by the fire, enjoying it’s glorious heat. And if you didn’t already know – this is a pretty huge deal…
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At this time of year, my Instagram feed turns from beautiful flowers, blue skies and autumnal leaves to fire, log burners, fireplaces, and a few pesky broken boilers (always the way!) yep – it’s almost winter. We may not have central heating,…
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Steel beams – you either love them or hate them. Their purpose has absolutely nothing to do with being an interior statement, but to safely support the building that sits on top of it. However with industrial interiors becoming a growing trend, there’s…
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If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you’ll know that our garden lacks privacy somewhat. We don’t have full height fences, but a half height wall with a kind of trellis on the top. It means is that our garden is…
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I hope you don’t mind a slightly more chatty post for today – or the topic of Christmas either. I know it’s probably (definitely) too soon, but when Christmas catalogues are being launched and shelves are being appropriately stacked with tree decorations and…
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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know we’ve had absolutely zero form of heating in this house for the last two winters. When we viewed this house (and read the selling form) we were overjoyed that it had a…
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So you’ve seen our new kitchen walls and you’ve also seen our recent roof addition, the Velux window (still LOVE IT!). Today I’m sharing our new ceiling! It’s not that exciting, I admit. But when you’re renovating, every small step towards the end…
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This post is either stupidly late since summer has been and gone – or perfectly timed, in preparation for Bonfire Night. You choose which 😉 Building a fire pit was something I’d planned loooooong ago – seriously, over 2 years ago it appeared…
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One of the biggest negatives about our kitchen (I say that word very loosely – we currently have no cabinets, flooring, or anything that resembles a kitchen – but you get what I mean…) is that it doesn’t have any windows to the…
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Five years we’ve lived without heating. Five years with one single electric radiator moving from room to room with us as we move around the house. I kid you not. Central heating is something that’s completely alien to us. Throughout the two houses…
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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
