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Jan302017Jun 6 2017

Quick and Easy Kitchen Makeover – DIY Painted Cabinets

Hi everyone, today I am sharing with you our mini kitchen makeover.  We are currently renovating and decorating our dream home.   The kitchen in our house is in good condition, but it is a bit dated and definitely is not our dream kitchen.  The big reno has been put on hold for a few… Read More

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Jan162017Feb 8 2017

Dream Home- Hallway Makeover

Hi everyone I hope you have enjoyed my posts, where I shared our experience with buying our first home and the makeover process.  You can catch up with our Dream Home posts here.  We have worked very hard on making it our dream home and we can finally reveal the biggest project we have attempted so… Read More

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Dec132016Feb 8 2018

Introducing Sleepbear – A New Type of Mattress

Today I am really excited to share this post with you.  I got the opportunity to work with Sleepbear UK and received their amazing mattress* for a review.  I was very keen to work with them not only because I got a chance to review a great product but also because of their work ethic and values. My… Read More

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Nov142016Nov 14 2016

Hallway Makeover #2 Choosing the Right Colour

I shared with you the first part of the hallway makeover  process where we encountered some wall issues, you can read more about it here . We also closed one of the doors in the hallway  and I will be doing a seperate post on that very soon! Today I am sharing with you part two of… Read More

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Oct202016Nov 7 2016

The DIY Doers Club and Fabulous GIVEAWAY

Today I am sharing something that I am extremely excited about as you know I love to DIY everything!! Not only I get to share the fantastic concept that Wayne and Steph have created, I also got a chance to enroll on their DIY online course  (which I must say was very helpful and also super entertaining… Read More

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Oct132016Oct 18 2016

Using Wallpaper for Decorating your home – Yes or No?

The options are truly endless when you are decorating your own home.  It can be such a fantastic feeling but at the same time it is so overwhelming!  I am extremely happy and excited that we are finally homeowners, but it also means we are now making all the decisions. I love interior design and browsing… Read More

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Oct32016Feb 8 2018

How to Install Flooring and Skirting Boards DIY

I shared my post on how we chose our flooring for the house and you can read it here. Today I will be sharing with you how we installed the laminate flooring and the skirting boards. As we were changing the floors, we also got the chance to change the old skirting boards. I got offered… Read More

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Sep212016Jun 6 2017

Choosing the Flooring for our New Home

Today I am sharing how we chose the flooring for our home.  Everything in life is about compromise and flooring isn’t an exception!  I absolutely love wooden floors, where Shaun prefers carpets.  Decisions decisions.. If it was purely my decision I would put wooden floors throughout the house! Unfortunately, it was not, so we had to… Read More

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Sep122016Feb 8 2018

Spare Bedroom Update and Blackout Blind Review

As you may have noticed from my last few posts, we have finally bought our own house! This is so exciting as we can finally decorate it as we want and make it into our dream home! This week I am sharing with you a post I did in collaboration with* Order Blinds.   I got… Read More

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Aug282016

Craft Room and Office Space Ideas

I told you in my last post, that we have finally bought our own house! YIPEE!! Now comes the fun part (and the hard part too!) – make it into our dream home.  First, we need to decide what to do with the space, which rooms to decorate, what jobs need doing first and how much… Read More

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Aug162016Aug 16 2016

Final Part – WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!

If you have been following our story.. here comes the exciting post. The last and most exciting part of our journey..  *******Spoiler Alert********* – WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!! In my last post I told you that Shaun and I found two houses.. both beautiful, both within our reach (well almost!), now was the decision time.  Do we… Read More

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Aug82016Sep 12 2016

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IN THE AMARA INTERIOR BLOG AWARDS 2016

Hello  everyone !! Today I am super-excited to announce that I have been nominated for the Amara Interior Blog Awards in The Best DIY & Crafts Blog category.  !!!! I need your vote! The Amara Interior Blog Awards was created by Amara  and the first awards ceremony was held in 2014.  It  is an extremely important… Read More

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Jun292016Jun 25 2021

Commercial Interiors with BoConcept Glasgow – My Favourites

Disclosure:   This Commercial Interiors post has been made in collaboration with   BoConcept Glasgow. You can view our full policy here.  All opinions and ideas expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.   Hi everyone you may remember my post I did with BoConcept Glasgow last month when I shared my living room inspiration post with you.  Today… Read More

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Jun32016Feb 8 2018

Bedding Review with House of Fraser

Disclosure:   This post has been made in collaboration with  House of Fraser, and bedding for this review has been provided to me free of charge.  You can view our full policy here.  All opinions and ideas expressed are my own and not influenced in any way. I was super-excited to do this review as we have just purchased a new… Read More

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May122016Feb 8 2018

Introducing BoConcept Glasgow – Modern Design and Living Room Inspiration

Disclosure:   This post has been made in collaboration with  BoConcept Glasgow. You can view our full policy here.  All opinions and ideas expressed are my own and not influenced in any way. As you know Shaun and I are currently in the process for looking for our first home together.  As you can imagine it is a very long… Read More

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May92016May 19 2016

Dream Bathroom Makeover – Winners Announced

Hi everyone… I am soooooooo excited to share these news with you…. Remember my ‘Dream Bathroom’ contest entry in the Bloggers competition I posted in March? The winners have now been announced… did you guess it did you guess it??? My entry was one of the winners and it came in second place!!  If you missed it,… Read More

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It’s so nice to look back and see how far we’ve co It’s so nice to look back and see how far we’ve come.. I knew this house was special from the day we stepped our foot in but my head kept overthinking - are we crazy to take on project this big ?? Maybe .. maybe not 🥰 5 years on this house has taught me many lessons and is definitely my happy place .. 
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Adding a bit of colour to our home .. so excited a Adding a bit of colour to our home .. so excited as you can see .. 💛 🌞 💛
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Anyone who has done a renovation project will tell Anyone who has done a renovation project will tell you it is bloody hard work. It is not fun living in dust trust me …Having done all the hard work on this house, I can finally look back and think yes I can do all that but you know what I don’t want to 😂 we have still plenty of things to do but I am definitely taking my time and not letting the house take over .. I can do it all but I don’t want to .. well at least not all of the time .. weekends are also for enjoying yourself even if the Billy makeover has taken me nearly two months … 😜 
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It’s so exciting to find gems hiding under the old It’s so exciting to find gems hiding under the old carpets when you are renovating … is it Victorian tiles, is it beautiful parquet … ?? not what we ended up with 😂 it took me forever to remove these Lino tiles - I have no idea what was used to stick them down but they were solid 🙈
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Disaster on Sunday morning 🤦🏻‍♀️… not sure how or Disaster on Sunday morning 🤦🏻‍♀️… not sure how or when but the paint tin got knocked over and the paint was making its way down the tumble dryer … that’s what you get for dumping everything in this space ..Here I am trying to save as much paint as I can, desperately scooping it back into the tin… it does look like something straight out of an episode of Dexter! 😜😂
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Our (now) beautiful bedroom … I finally put up the Our (now) beautiful bedroom … I finally put up the artwork on “my side” of the room and it finally feels finished … even thought it’s not (we are saving for a carpet) swipe to see the before & during .. ♥️ so proud of how this room turned out- most of the furniture is upcycled and we built the wardrobe ourselves too 💪🏼 it’s now finally time to enjoy this cosy room 💤 
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Floor to ceiling cabinets = extra storage .. we or Floor to ceiling cabinets = extra storage .. we order almond milk in bulk so this is the perfect storage space 👌🏼 

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Custom wardrobe - yes please but make it budget fr Custom wardrobe - yes please but make it budget friendly version 😜 we built this with zero experience and although we love it and saved over 5k I’m in no rush to do it again … 
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September so far has been a mixture of fun, relaxi September so far has been a mixture of fun, relaxing and a few DIYs.. decided that it is worth celebrating small wins and every day moments that me me happy so sharing my September “wins” with you .. ♥️ tell me one thing that made you smile in September ✨🫶

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