The Honest House Tour: The Lounge
Hi everyone. Thanks so much for all of your lovely comments on my last honest house tour – if you haven’t seen it yet, see the kitchen tour here. If you’re…
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The Ram & The Reading Nook
When we redesigned our lounge last year, we never anticipated that it would need to accommodate such a little bookworm! The toys, we planned for – we have a toy…
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A Lounge Makeover
It’s finally happened. We’ve made enough progress on our lounge this year that I’m happy to share it with the outside world. In fact, we actually gave it a dramatic…
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A Living Room Update: Part 3
A few months ago I posted Part 1 and Part 2 of our Living Room Updates. We’d finally covered the horrendous plaster walls with fresh white wallpaper (textured – to…
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A Living Room Update: Part 2
The skirting and coving have been added and replaced – respectively – and the next stage in this living room makeover includes wallpaper. (Read all about those additions in my…
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A Living Room Update: Part 1
I remember September 2011 very clearly. We had just bought our house at the tail end of the previous month and it was what a house inspector referred to as…
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The Day Our Kitchen Flooded: Part 1
Part 1 – What the heck happened? The weekend just gone was a bit of a disaster if I’m honest. After a wonderful Thursday evening spent in a Yorkshire hospital…
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Do we have enough mirrors from Ikea yet?
No. I think that answers the question. No we don’t. But allow me to explain. Last week, Joe sent me a text whilst I was at work saying he had…
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Privacy at last
Although not the most exciting of big projects, last Friday our blinds arrived. For the past six months, Joe & I have been concentrating on getting the lounge and our…
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Why we are converting to supervised DIY
This weekend, Joe & I thought it would be a great idea to finally get some stuff on the walls of the lounge. Pictures of the family and a canvas…
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