Guys, this is going to be such a DiY setback… meet Goldie!! We got her about 3 weeks ago and she is SUCH a bundle of joy. She’s the snuggliest, sweetest and most confident little thing. However, where the existing cat (Stevie) very sensibly makes herself scarce when projects are going on, reappearing every so… Read More New Addition to the Family
Sorry, can’t stop to chat, I’ve got a hallway that needs doing. I am so close with this guys, but there are still quite a few things to tick off: 1. Finish painting the woodwork (architraves, door frames, skirting boards etc) – I have done the landing but not the downstairs. I’d forgotten how much… Read More Quick Hallway Update
I purchased our coffee table second hand, mostly because it has storage inside, and a shelf. More places for more crap amirite? When I got it, it looked like this – kinda meh…boring, ugly dark stain. It was chipped and the hardware was broken. With the bleugh brown colour it felt like it was sucking… Read More Coffee Table Upcycle with Washi Tape Detail
We have FINALLY sorted out the floors in our knocked-through living / dining area. Now I just need to sort everything else to complement it. We hadn’t actually planned to do the floors until the weather got warmer, but then we booked in to get a new carpet fitted in the front room and suddenly realised… Read More Sanding the Dining Room Floor
Here’s a little post about the mini makeover I did with my new sunburst clock. OK so it’s hardly knocking down a wall, but it’s made one corner of my home that bit easier on the eye. My home decor preferences are not attached to a specific era. I feel like if was obsessed with… Read More DIY Sunburst Clock Makeover
Here’s how I replaced a cheap and nasty frame with another cheap and nasty frame, which I then attempted to make look more expensive and chunky. I love this print. I’m actually in love with Botticelli’s work, but I do feel it’s a bit naff to have a print of an original Botticelli hanging in… Read More Frame Hack
Since we moved in two years ago, our bedroom has come a long way. Not necessarily in the right direction ha! The people who owned the house before us put in a whole wall of mirror door wardrobes. What. So terrible. And I also kind of love it. Now don’t worry, I DEFINITELY would not… Read More Bedroom Progress
Hey ho. I have had a bland little bedside table next to the bed for some years and finally decided enough is enough. It’s very functional, good size, handy drawers, but oh-so boring. Beech tone laminate. Bleugh. No hardware at all. Yawn. So inoffensive that it violently offended me every time I laid eyes on it.… Read More IKEA Malm Hack
There is SO much stuff I want to do to this house. There is stuff I may never get to do to my house due to limitations with time and money and the fact that although we imagine being happy here for quite a few years, this will not be our ‘forever house’. In the… Read More To-Do List Torment
I’m Eve, and I have a bit of an obsession with 1930s houses. Ok so this obsession actually only started right about the time I bought a (what do you know) 1930s house. There are more semi detached 1930s houses than any other kind in England. In the 30s city councils suddenly started building squillions… Read More Welcome
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