4 Days in Lisbon
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt about living and renovating your own home – it’s that you don’t get a break. Ever. We work, we sleep and we work some more. We have paid jobs and we then we have our unpaid job…
Read More »Bathroom Makeover: Fitting a Towel Radiator
A couple of months ago, we began renovating Grant’s parents bathroom. It was a loooong arduous five days and we ended completing at just 70%, leaving a few jobs left to finish off. You can read about the renovation here, here, here and…
Read More »Grand Designs Live 2015
I have a real love for these kind of home and garden exhibitions! I’ve been to a few now and I really enjoy them. It’s great for inspiration, ideas, finding new brands and companies and discovering new ideas and concepts in design. The…
Read More »Gorgeous Christmas Bouquets
With just 66 days until Christmas (yep, you read that right!) it’s needless to say the planning prep has officially begun. Lists are being made, presents are being bought and bank accounts are slowly emptying. I currently have a list about as long…
Read More »Installing the Shower & Enclosure
This post marks the end of our bathroom renovation. Everything else that’s left to do in this room is purely decorative. The only largish (not large at all) jobs include re-hanging the door and boxing up the open stud wall, where we hope…
Read More »The New Consumer Unit Is Installed!
A bit of a boring post, this one. But, renovating the home isn’t always as exciting as it might seem. This job has been in the making for a long long time. It’s probably the entire reason we haven’t pushed harder to complete…
Read More »How to Remove and Restore an Old Door Lock
We’re down to just completing some final finishing touches in the bathroom – one of which was to restore the old rim lock. We’re actually going to be rehanging the door so that it opens up the opposite way, but more on that…
Read More »Gorgeous Gardens: PureLand Japanese Garden
Since this blog is all about the home and garden, I thought I would share a recent visit to one of the most gorgeous gardens I’ve ever visited! Last week we had the very last (I hope not – but probably so!) bout…
Read More »3 Simple Ways to Deal with Condensed Windows During the Condensation Season
It’s October. Condensation season is upon us. Well, almost upon us – this glorious Indian Summer sadly has to come to an end eventually. Today I’m sharing with you the ways in which we have dealt with condensation in the past. What causes…
Read More »Through the Blogger Keyhole: Win £100 John Lewis Vouchers!
Over the past several months we’ve been busying ourselves renovating our new home. We’ve planned, prepped, got dirty, had a few little DIY mishaps and pushed through to the other side where a room has now become a place we can use and…
Read More »DIY Geometric Painted Table Top
Since we moved to our new house last year, I’ve been hoarding some old furniture (lots of furniture) ready for a few upcycling projects. I was given a few things from a friend’s mum, who had a garage-load of her late Grandma’s furniture…
Read More »Bathroom Progress: Installing the Bath & Basin!
I have huuuge progress in the bathroom to share with you today – we now have a working bath and basin! OHYEAH. It’s been a loooong time since we had usable water in the upstairs bathroom and it feels GREAT. After finishing the…
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