With the new year behind us, we’ve began planning and prepping our home for its next year of huge renovations. If you’ve been following my blog for some time now, you’ll know that we’ve been tackling our home improvements room by room. Whilst…
Read More »Hello January, the month we take a look at our finances and go “Oh my god” as we realise our bank account is declining year on year. It’s also the month lots of our yearly bills renew giving us the opportunity to search…
Read More »When we had our extractor fan wired up by the electricians around 15 months ago (has it already been that long?!), we were asked whether or not we’d be having downlighting as well – a very common and popular trend for kitchens and…
Read More »If you read my post on our renovation goals for 2016 you’ll know the main focus of this year is on the kitchen. We have heaps to get done, including structural alterations, gas work, electrical work, plumbing and much much more. This is…
Read More »Welcome back to our spare bedroom! We’ve been working hard over the last few weeks in this room and whilst we’re not quite finished just yet, we’ve made huge progress! Today I’m sharing some changes to the position of electrics in this room…
Read More »Eeep, so over the weekend I turned 25. Twenty-five. It wasn’t the most thrilling of days – Grant had been working the previous night which meant he slept all day and then I worked a night shift that evening. I did have plans…
Read More »Happy New Year to you all! I hope you’re not too hungover 😉 It was a relatively quiet one for us – no parties, little drinking, just a cosy night in. We don’t have many of those! As the new year begins, we’re…
Read More »I actually intended on doing a cost round-up of each room as we finish it, however we’re yet to fully complete a room (although the bathroom is ridiculously close!) so I thought it might be a good idea to do a yearly cost-round…
Read More »2015, what a long year you’ve been – but still, not nearly long enough! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! With the festivities out the way, we’re now looking forward to a new year – January marks our 18th month living…
Read More »I apologise for my blog being a bit quiet recently, it’s been all-go here and I haven’t had a lot of free time. I did have a few little Christmassy-DIYs planned, but the reality of renovating your home, keeping up a day-job (or…
Read More »One niggling thing about the smallest bedroom is that it contains the water tank/immersion heater (whatever you choose to call it!) – not only is this a giant waste of good bedroom space(!!) but it also means the pipes run through the bedroom….
Read More »Progress continues in the smallest bedroom! It’s been a pretty hectic month so far, so progress is far less than I would have liked. But non-the-less, we are making some progress and this week I tackled the cracked ceiling. When we renovated the…
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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
