The bathroom is often the smallest room in the house and although it’s essential for all sorts of personal tasks and is, ideally, a place where you can soak away your cares, between the essential fixtures, fittings and accessories, it can quickly become cluttered to the point of claustrophobia. Rather than… Read More
The last couple of years has seen us take on a number of projects from designing and building our new kitchen ourselves from scratch to completely gutting both bathrooms. We still have a pretty major project coming up soon which I’ll reveal in a few weeks but our thoughts are also turning… Read More
The problem with having a large family is often the issue of space. It’s not as bad when tiny feet pitter patter but when they start to lollop and stomp and small people begin to grow into strapping, bigger people, you begin to notice available room and space diminishing pretty rapidly. Growing children… Read More
I love flowers. There are few ways to make a house more homely than with a bunch of fresh flowers. If like me you’re reluctant to let go of sunny summer months (okay, so we haven’t had much of them here in England) and want to hold on to that flowery… Read More
This is a great weekend project that will add a little personal touch to your home. It isn’t too time-intensive – you can pretty much do a bit at a time and leave it – so it’s the ideal project to do when you only have smaller blocks of time available. What… Read More
Stephanie has been living in her maisonette flat for a while now but juggling two jobs and working above and beyond ordinary full-time hours only until very recently meant that she hasn’t had time, opportunity or spare money to deal with decorating. She had bought the flooring but that was another thing… Read More