My Minerva Worktops (And The Story So Far…)
**UPDATE!** Click here to see the worktops installed / Click here for how we finished the joins / Click here for the finished kitchen / Click here for how our worktops are holding up one year on So I promised an update on the kitchen this week and whilst it's not as...
DIY Hanging Planter – From Industrial to Glam!
You may recall that recently I was invited to Rose & Grey's new showroom in Altrincham. Whilst I was there, I spotted a cute hanging planter in the shop. It was quite industrial in it's design (which as you probably know by now, isn't really my kind of thing) but...
The REVEAL of My Back Garden Patio Makeover!
It's the patio reveal day!! These are my VERY FAVOURITE POSTS TO DO. Honestly, I wish I could do them every week but alas, I would need a much bigger house and a heck of a lot more money. But today the little spot in the back of our garden is ready for it's big debut....
Back Garden Patio Makeover Plans and Progress
I'm back!! Goodness, it's been a whole two weeks and it feels like FOREVER. I've missed you guys!! It's been a good couple of weeks for the most part with Menorca proving the perfect getaway from the rain that took over the North West that week. We recharged ourselves...
Blogger Stylin’ Home Tour Summer 2016
Happy Summer lovely peeps! And I can actually say that because after what proved to be a rather damp and cold summer of 2015 which was followed by a rather damp and cold autumn and and a rather damp cold winter here in the North West of the UK (sensing a pattern?), it...
VIDEO: How to Create a Faux Marble Shelf
You all know my obsession with marble-effect contact paper or sticky back plastic as it's known here in the UK. I have used it throughout my home for various projects - you can see my marble topped chest of drawers, the floating vanity we created for the dressing room...
My New Gold Glam Light Fixture in the Bedroom
After I revealed the new wardrobes in the bedroom, I shared a sore point that also desperately needed to be addressed. I had removed the previous light fitting that had been too big and subsequently sold it but hadn't decided on a new one to take its place. In my...
Dining Room – All the Sources PLUS a Giveaway!
So first I have to say I have been blown away by the response on my dining room reveal. Honestly, my head was in the clouds all day yesterday reading your comments on the blog and across social media! I'm so excited you seem to like it! I know my tastes are a little...
The REVEAL of My Eclectic Boho Glam Dining Room!
You have no idea how excited I am to finally be sharing this room with you. And I know everyone is just gonna scroll down to the pics (because yeah, I'd be doing that too) but since early February when we started the work on this room, not one inch of the space hasn't...
Decisions Decisions! Choosing Lighting for the Bedroom
First of all, I just wanted to thank you for all the amazing comments on my wardrobe reveal on Monday! I am so happy so many of you seemed to like the black-on-black effect because well, I love it too. Sometimes things don't need to shout in a room. I mean, I am all...
Bedroom Wardrobes Reveal!
So you may be aware that I recently shared a most shameful and embarrassing secret. Whilst I was always happy to share the 'pretty' part of my bedroom, what was lurking on the far wall was anything but "Pinterest-worthy" and it certainly wasn't "swoonworthy" either....
Dining Room Remodel: The Fireplace Before and After!
I am so excited to finally be sharing the fireplace remodel in the dining room with you. It's taken us a good few weekends to get this done but I have to say, I'm so pleased with the final look!! It took longer than we'd planned as we hit a few snags along the way and...
My Shameful Bedroom Secret – Revealed!! *GASP*
So one of my goals for this year for my blog was to be more transparent with you guys. While I know that looking at pretty pictures is something we all love (yep, me too), sometimes it's difficult to imagine that the people who own these homes we see in all their...
Bedroom Update: DIY Feather Bolster Cushion Insert
I recently recovered my dining room chairs in Jamil Natural fabric as you may already know. Once the upholsterer was finished with the work, I asked him to save any leftover fabric for me because I had a little DIY in mind. He returned over a metre of fabric to me so...
Nailing Down Plans for the Kitchen
Aside from some shiny new accessories and a little DIY, I haven't really talked much about the kitchen recently despite it being on my 'hit list' for the year. The last time I really talked about my plans was in September when I was in two minds about going with a...
Dining Room Remodel: Choosing Tiles for the Fireplace
First off, sorry for the lack of post on Friday! I had a crazy week with not one but TWO film crews in my home. The first, I can't really talk about just yet (promise I will spill all as soon as I'm able) but the second is the one I spoke a little bit about in this...
My Formula for a Perfect Coffee Table Vignette
As both Wayne and I have been battling colds for the past week, we decided to take it easy this weekend and give ourselves a break from the last 8 or so weeks of constant DIY on the dining room. The only things we did were hang a blind and install the door handles and...
Dining Room Remodel: Putting Up Eades Bespoke Wallpaper
So in my post on Monday, I shared the painted walls in our room in Farrow & Ball's Blackened which I absolutely love. Over the last weekend as it was a 4 day bank holiday weekend here in England, we took advantage and threw everything we had into getting this room...
Dining Room Remodel: Is Farrow & Ball Worth the Money?
So this weekend, we were finally at the point where everything in the room had been prepped, filled and panelled within an inch of it's life and we could finally get to the good stuff - painting. Now, as I mentioned in this post, I'd decided on Farrow & Ball's...
Glam DIY Bread Bin and My New Ruffoni Jars
I know that there is no such thing as a 'glamorous' bread bin. I know this because I tried to find one and failed miserably. Perhaps bread isn't sexy enough to warrant fabulous storage - it has very rustic roots in tradition and craft. It's not the kind of thing one...
Dining Room Remodel: Installing Wall Panels!
So for the last two weekends, we've been working on all the wall panels (or moulding) on the dining room walls. We probably would have finished it last weekend but half way through the work, our staple gun decided to die so we had to move on to a few other...
Dining Room Remodel: Picking Paint and Planning Panels!
Apologies for all the dining room posts lately but well, this is basically consuming my every thought at the moment aside from client work and so I figured I'd share what we got up to this past weekend! As much as I'd love to show you beautiful pictures every single...
Dining Room Remodel: My Jamil Natural Chairs!!
OMG you guys. I picked up my chairs at the upholsterer's this afternoon and so in love with them I am that I had to share with you straight away. I couldn't wait. If you have been following along with our little dining room remodel, you'll know that I decided to...
Dining Room Remodel: Architrave, Skirting Boards and Dado Rails
You might remember in discussing the design of the dining room, I talked about adding architectural features to the room. It's something that I knew would make a huge difference to the space and I couldn't wait to see how my relatively plain room would be transformed....