Dreaming and Scheming: Planning the Utility Room
This may very well turn into a rambling stream-of-consciousness post because I've got way too many things going on in my mind and what better place to put them all down than my blog? And then you get to have a little peek into how my brain works which, to be fair,...
My Living Room Midi-Makeover Reveal in Autumn Colours
I mentioned we were going to be replacing the flooring and the sofas in the living room on my Instagram not long ago, referring to it as a 'mini-refresh'. Well, I was very quickly corrected by someone who said, "A mini-refresh is some new cushions!" Ha! And I realised...
Renovation Complete: The Reveal of Our New Taupe and Pink Dining Room
So it's our second reveal of the week but today, it's the turn of the dining room! If you haven't yet seen the kitchen reveal, then I'd encourage you to look at that one first. We spent the last 6 months tearing out the back of the house, building a small extension...
Renovation Complete: The Reveal of Our Green Pink and Gold Kitchen
We finally made it, folks. After 6 months of dust, tradesmen and chaos, I'm finally sharing the results of what has been rattling around in my brain for nearly 2 years. I'm not even really sure where to start but I suppose we'll go back to the beginning. That seems...
Pretty Utility: New Bits for the New Kitchen
As you are probably already aware, we are just at the very tail end of a rather large renovation project that has taken most of the year - knocking down walls, adding a small extension and creating a brand new open-plan kitchen-diner. It's been a hell of a journey and...
Transforming Our Non-Working Dining Room Fireplace
Some call it a non-working fireplace, I call it a 'hole in the wall'. The place where there was at one time a fireplace and at some point in time, someone (tragically) decided to rip it out, plaster it up and call it good. I've seen quite a lot of them in my time and...
My ยฃ25 & 3.5 hour Guest Bedroom Mini Makeover
It started on Thursday morning. I sometimes have a little browse of my local listings on Facebook marketplace - I've been keeping an eye out for a vintage mirror to use for our dining room (no luck there) and some bits for the guest bedroom seeing as the renovation...
Renovation Diaries: We’re Nearly There and Kitchen Units are In!
So I feel like a lot has happened since my last renovation update even though we really only laid the flooring a couple of weeks ago but at this point, it might as well been a year ago because of everything that's happened since that point. Right now, as I write...
DIY: Laying Engineered Oak Parquet Flooring
It's been my dream to have parquet flooring long before we moved into our current house. Back in 2010, when we moved into our previous home, one of the very first projects we took on was laying new pine flooring in our living room. At that time, I loved the look of...
Dining Room Mood Board Reveal
As things go with almost any renovation project, over the last 8 or so months, my entire focus has been on the extension and then the new kitchen. As a result, I feared (for a while there anyway) that the adjoining dining room may end up being an afterthought at best...
Designing My Dream Kitchen with John Lewis of Hungerford
I debated whether to share the design of our kitchen on the blog. I didn't want to ruin any 'surprises' for when it's finally installed but at the same time, I do love reading about other people's journeys in creating spaces they love. So, after doing a poll on...
Summer Garden Reveal in Peaches and Pinks
I think sometimes this is just how things go when you are updating your home: one small change leads to another and another and then all of a sudden, you're knee deep into a brand new look! (Whoops) And this is essentially what's happened with our back garden this...
Garden Planning & Mood Board in Peachy Pinks
As I mentioned in my recent post, we recently added a new deck to our back garden and this weekend, we (well, Wayne) installed the paving slabs for a patio in front of where the new kitchen will be. And while we haven't been able to do much inside the house (I'll get...
The Plans for the Back Garden and a New Deck
So the good news is that the building phase is officially complete! Can I get a 'hell yeah'?! Of course, this doesn't mean it's done done. Oh, not by a long shot - we have so much to get on with ourselves but essentially, all the things we hired contractors to do is...
5 Lessons I’ve Learned Living Through a Renovation Project
We've been in the midst of a renovation project now since early March. That's nearly 8 weeks of upheaval and chaos, of tradespeople being in my house almost every day of the week, of noise and mess, of a myriad of decisions needing to be made. When I told people...