This marks the beginning of not only our bathroom renovation, but also the beginning of our house-renovation altogether. I’ve been planning this out for some time and I actually hoped to have started this much sooner; but as always, life doesn’t go to…
Read More »Our first owned home had no heating paired with single glazed windows – if I say it was preeettty cold throughout winter, you probably can’t appreciate just how cold it could be. We lived in this house for 3 whole years and learnt…
Read More »What a miserable day today has been; nothing less than non-stop rain! Although I must admit, I do really enjoy listening to the sound of the rain falling on the conservatory roof. I could listen for hours! Today was also the day our…
Read More »This is just a quick update really.. 9 days since my last grass growth post and what a difference it has made! The majority of the garden now has thick grass growth! Whilst you can still see the soil when you look straight…
Read More »Yesterday I attended Grand Designs Live at Birmingham NEC. I’m sure everybody knows what Grand Designs is, but just in-case you’ve only just come out of hibernation; it’s a TV programme showcasing real-life unique and unusual grand house-builds. These houses are grand beyond belief, in…
Read More »Two months ago I posted how I’d bought a new sofa blindly from made.com – I thought I’d do an update on it – because after an 8 week wait, it’s finaaallllyyyy here! Can you tell how excited I am? I swear I…
Read More »It’s now been an entire week since we sowed the seeds for our new lawn. The bag said it would take 7-10days to start producing a lawn – I wasn’t sure whether this meant by 10 days the process would be near completion of a…
Read More »Today we decided to take an Autumn trip out with the dogs to Sherwood Forest. We went here a couple of years ago in the summer when we just had the one dog, but oh my gosh, visiting in the Autumn is even…
Read More »Yesterday I finally got round to sowing seeds for our new lawn to come (hopefully). We’ve chosen a hard-wearing family grass as we have two dogs and we enjoy the odd garden party too – Ornamental grass simply wouldn’t do. Any grass with…
Read More »I’ve done a fair bit of pet-shopping over the last couple of months and thought I’d share some of my purchases. Doug the destroyer has issues with destroying dog beds. In my new-house wishlist, I was after a new dog bed because Doug…
Read More »I can’t believe how lovely the weather has been the last couple of days! It’s been a summer heaven again – I’m definitely not complaining! I took the happy weather opportunity to do a bit fun spray paint DIY. Whilst we were digging…
Read More »Doug is a digger. I don’t mean he’s an actual digger; I don’t use pet names for machinery (hell, I actually wish I had a digger).. No, what I mean is, he digs. A lot. If we’re going to successfully grow grass the seeds need…
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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
