As we are having our new home totally transformed, we have a certain budget set aside for each room. We sat down and decided what we needed the most, things we would spend money on, things we would save for and things we would.. well make and do on a budget! You can read more… Read More
You know I absolutely love using stencils when I am doing a piece of furniture. I think it is such a great way to add something extra to the piece. I have not been brave enough to tackle a big project such as a wall until now! ****SPOILER ALERT*** It is actually not as hard… Read More
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
As you know we have been renovating and decorating our beautiful house since last year! I shared with you last week the full hallway reveal and if you have been following our journey you know the issues we have encountered along the way! One of the issues was the sagging ceiling.. so as promised I… Read More
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
Our house is taking shape and I could not be happier with the results!!! It has been such hard work as we have tried to do most of the work ourselves, but it is also very rewarding to see the difference!! I shared with you a post on our problem walls in the hallway and how we… Read More
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
I am so excited to finally share with you some of the things we have ben up to since we purchased our house back in July. Unfortunately some of my craft projects have been on stand by as there is SO much to do in our house and of course some most things don’t always go… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
Our road to buying our dream home continues. Whoever said it was fun to look for a house was very wrong!! I must admit, I was so excited to start looking for our dream home. However, I now realise this is the most stressful time of our lives. To be honest I didn’t really enjoy viewing houses… Read More
Hi everyone.. Here is the next part to our journey on buying our dream home.. You can read Part 1 & Part 2 to keep up with our story.. As I said buying our dream home didn’t quite work out first time.. so we are still looking. I think I may have a slight obsession with looking at houses… Read More
You may have seen my first post where I shared our exciting news that we are on the road to saving for our dream home and hopefully purchasing our first proper home together! If you missed it you can read it here. This is the second part to our story… My husband and I agreed… Read More
