Garden design

I’ve come to realise that garden design is incredibly difficult! Unlike interior design where I find it easy to visualise the end result and how to get to that point, I could not for the…

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Transforming the exterior of a 1930s terrace

There are lots of 30s houses that have interesting features, pretty shapes, beautiful brickwork or quirky windows. However, our house has none of those; it is a pebble dash square box with uPVC windows. Therefore,…

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Painting the exterior of our 1930s house

Two months ago we planned to spend around £1000 on removing the concrete in our garden and replacing it with some sort of seating area. It was just supposed to be the beginning of improving…

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Transforming Mimi’s nursery into a child’s bedroom

Just before lockdown I had started making changes in Mimi’s room to make it work better for her age. When we moved to our house she was one and we basically moved her baby nursery…

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DIY wall panelling

I get loads and loads of ideas from Instagram and if I get stuck with what to do with one of my own rooms it is often a place I can find inspiration. I have…

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