One of the most hideous features of our living (aside from that floral carpet!) was the 70s style gas fireplace. It just kills the period features in the room. The cornicing, the panelling around the window; all those gorgeous original features, dominated by…
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When it comes to renovating, sometimes there’s this idea that everything needs to be ripped out and replaced with new; whether that’s the plaster on the walls, the skirting boards or even the boiler. But renovating doesn’t have to mean replacing everything for…
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I wrote a post a while back about how to make your home smarter which included all the stuff we have within our home, as well as some stuff we don’t have. Smart lighting was on there, something we didn’t have and something…
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If you didn’t catch my last blog post – then the breaking news of the blog the week, is that we’ve finally started our living room renovation. Yep, almost four years in – and it’s begun. Luckily this room is in fairly good…
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New year, new room! Well, sorta. I mean technically speaking, we’re already a month into 2018 so I’m not too sure we can still this part of the “new year” timings… BUT, we are now finally starting a new room renovation for 2018!…
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Way back when I started planning the conservatory I decided we needed another pallet seating area in our life. Yep, you may remember the pallet seating I built in the garden way back in 2015 (jeez has it really been that long?!) well…
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One thing our house is seriously lacking in is decoration. And by that, I mean walls that aren’t completely bare or rooms that aren’t sparsely filled with oddly placed furniture. None of our rooms has that cosy homely decorated feel to them. Renovating…
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Just before Christmas, I shared the reveal of our new dining room – it still had some finishing and styling left to do, but by the most part, it was done. Within that post, I also shared the unveiling of our gorgeous Victorian…
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It’s January. The month where we’re all paying off those credit cards from Christmas and wishing we hadn’t spent so much on food when half of it ended up as waste. Bank accounts are empty and for one reason or another, money is…
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So I’m kickstarting 2018 by finishing some of those DIY jobs that are half-done – you know, when you start something all excitedly and then run out of steam and it just gets left? For an eternity. Yeah, those kinds of DIYs. We…
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After giving our inner porch a lick of paint on the walls and fitting some Karndean Loose Lay flooring, I felt the front door was crying out for a little bit of attention too. I like to refer to this door as the…
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Luckily, our house still has most of its skirting and original architrave and although it isn’t all in the best of condition, I’m really keen to preserve those original features. Sure they’re massively overpainted, chipped and looking a bit tired in their age,…
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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
