Rethinking the LED bulb and Lighting Up My Dressing Room with Philips LED Deco
The following is a paid advertising feature for Philips LED Lighting. I admit, a few years ago when I heard that the EU would eventually introduce a ban on halogen bulbs, I panicked a bit. I considered stockpiling them, buying enough to last me a good few years so...
Can You DIY Shutters? (Hint: Yep, You Can)
Long before we even found our home, while we were still living in our previous home on the outskirts of Manchester, I had a dream. And that dream was that we would have window shutters. I know, it's a strange one, but bear with me here. I'd seen them on so many homes...
The Reveal of My Tiny Makeup Room & Vanity Space
If you follow me over on Instagram and watch my Instagram Stories, you'll know I've been busy working away on the tiniest (and possibly quirkiest) room in my house. I'd initially deemed it the 'Jack n' Jill' room as it's a term used in the States to describe bathrooms...
Jungle Glam: The Reveal of our Master Bedroom Makeover
I can't even begin to express how excited I am to be FINALLY sharing a room reveal on my blog. And not just a quickie paint job but an honest-to-goodness makeover. It's the first one I've done in far too long and while I've been working with what we have and the...
How I’m Phasing the Bedroom Makeover!
So as you probably know, we've recently had some electrical work done where the living room, master bedroom and both hallways were rewired. It's messy work but it's one of those things that is always better to get out of the way before you do any decorating and once...
Let There Be Light! Updates in the Living Room
And.... I'm back! So I've had a whirlwind couple of weeks whilst I've been away from the blog - some of it dusty and messy, some of it rather lovely. The week before last, as you may recall, we had the electrics replaced in the living room, master bedroom and hallways...
My Combined Office and Dressing Room (For Now)
This is a continuation of what you might consider my 'before tour' - the rooms that are liveable but are in no way, shape or form, complete! As a little background, in our previous home, the second bedroom was my office and the third small box room was my dressing...
Back Garden: First Look and What We’ve Done So Far
I know I've shared plenty of rooms with you so far in our new home including a full tour when we first moved in but one thing I haven't shown in any detail is our back garden. When we first viewed the house, it was December and Shrewsbury was completely covered with...
My fantasy home office and what a psychologist said about it!
A few months ago, before we'd even moved into our home, I was contacted by Made.com to see if I wanted to take part in a little psychological experiment. No, they weren't going mess with me Darren Brown-style but they did want me to pull a home office space together...
How I’m Making Do With an Ugly Kitchen (For Now)
So I asked the other day on Instagram what you'd like to see next on the blog - our plans for the garden or my ugly kitchen. And, funny enough, the majority chose my ugly kitchen in the poll. We are always told as bloggers that people want to see beautiful,...
How to Create the Perfect Guest Bedroom
As you probably are already aware, we moved into our home around 2 months ago now. In that time, we've hosted 7 visitors and 5 of those were overnight stays. After not having a dedicated guest bedroom for years, you can say it's been a steep learning curve to make...
How I’ve Styled the Dining Room (For Now)
Okay, let's just start off this post by saying, I'm not happy with this room. Not really even as just a 'temporary situation'. There are a whole host of reasons why this is not even close to what I want this space to eventually look like, starting with the fact that...
The Compromises We Made When We Bought Our House
Ahh compromise. It's one word we hear repeatedly when people talk about house-hunting. I swear Kirsty and Phil must say it at least 12 times in every single episode of Location, Location, Location. And it was something we were fully aware of - after a while, anyway -...
My Boho Glam Black Bathroom Budget Refresh
I didn't know whether to call this post a 'before and after' or a 'refresh' or a 'makeover' because in my head, they are all slightly different things. I'm not sure I've really done enough to warrant a 'before and after' but I'd say it was more than just a refresh....
What the Plans are for the New House (Hint: It’s gonna get messy)
I had a totally different post I had intended on writing today but sometimes, you just have to go with what's on your mind at the moment. And at the moment, I am trying to put my thoughts together on what we'll be tackling in the house. I know I've shared a few rooms...
How I’ve Styled My Blush Pink Master Bedroom (for now)
As you are probably aware by now, we moved into our home just over 3 weeks ago. It doesn't seem that long, really, seeing as I have only just cleared the last of the boxes (well, mostly - we still have lighting to go but I'm not unpacking that just yet for reasons...
How I Created a Guest Bedroom with No Money in 2 Hours
We had only been in the house for less than a week, but I had a bit of an emergency situation on my hands. Okay, this wasn’t life or death. It was a DECORATING emergency. Ya see, my mother-in-law was planning on visiting the weekend after we moved in. She wanted to...
How I’ve Styled Our Living Room (for now!)
As you probably know, we moved into our new (old!) home just over a week ago now and the first room I knew I wanted to tackle was the living room. In my experience, it's always good to have at least a couple of rooms sorted as quickly as possible when moving house -...
How Using a Moving Company Took The Stress Out of Moving House
So, last week, I finally shared my monster of a post on our new home so you can see what it looked like as a blank canvas! Today, I’m stepping a little bit backwards in time to share the experience we had of moving in. There’s little doubt that the entire process of...
First Look at the New House: Empty Room Tour & Layout
It’s been quiet around here the last week or so but if you’ve been following along our moving adventures, you’ll know that on Friday, 23rd March, we moved into our new home in Shrewsbury. Well, I say new. It’s actually 130 years old. But she’s new to us, having sold...
3 Items I’m Eyeing Up for the New House
So by way of a little update - we have finally exchanged contracts and we have a new move date of the 23rd March - yep, that's next Friday! Can I get a HUZZAH!? I'm relieved and excited and a little bit stressed if I'm honest but ultimately, very very happy. I'm sick...
Kitchen Design Planning: What’s Inspiring Me Right Now
At some point in the next few months, Wayne and I will be taking on our biggest project to date. For those waiting on news, nope, we haven't moved yet. We've had some major delays over the last couple of weeks and I can't pretend it hasn't been excruciatingly...
Moving Diaries Part VI: An update on our move!
So, I'm absolutely gutted to say that, despite my announcement on Monday, we were not able to move today (Friday). I know there will be disappointment as you are waiting on me to share more of the new house but alas, the buying and selling system in this country is so...
House Moving Diaries Part V: OH MY GOD WE’RE FINALLY MOVING.
So guys, my week has been flipped upside down. Last Wednesday we finally got a move date from our solicitor of THIS FRIDAY (23rd February) which meant we literally have less than a week and a half to prepare to move. While we had done plenty in terms of prep, we...