Our Home House Renovation News- Loft Conversion Go-Ahead! Posted on March 23, 2015 By Becky You may or may not remember a while ago I blogged about our dream of carrying out a loft conversion within our current home? Well, fast forward several months and I can confirm that the dream is about to become a reality come September, as we’ve been given the go-ahead!… Read more
Our Home Our Festive Home Posted on December 4, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky It’s that time of year again when I can once more get excited about giving our home a total makeover, that lasts for approx one month, before it all comes down and normal service is resumed once more! It’s actually quite weird if you think about, all this temporary house… Read more
Our Home Trimming the tree 2014 Posted on December 1, 2014 By Becky Yesterday we (and when I say ‘we’, I mean ‘I’) could no longer hold back, and set about attending to one of my favourite activities of the year- decorating the Christmas tree! After an illness-plagued birthday on Saturday, I thought focusing on all things festive would cheer me up. We… Read more
Our Home Our Kitchen Posted on October 15, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky When we first looked around our now-house nearly 3 years ago, it was, to put it politely, in need of a bit of TLC and a serious makeover. You may have read my previous post regarding the grim bathroom, and the kitchen/diner situation wasn’t much better. There was a rather… Read more
Our Home Downstairs Toilet Makeover Posted on October 1, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky Our downstairs toilet makeover Let’s face it- what your downstairs loo looks like is probably way down on your ‘things to do’ household agenda- which is why it’s taken us 2 and a half years to pretty ours up. When we moved in and carried out extensive renovation work, we… Read more
Our Home House Renovation – The Bathroom Posted on August 26, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky When we moved into our house in early 2012, the bathroom was one of the first things that I was desperate to change. In fact, I remember saying to Adam that I would only contemplate making an offer on the house if we could do something about it immediately. Before you… Read more
Our Home The Chalkboard Wall Posted on July 28, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky When we first moved into our house two years ago, we focused on the main building work that the house needed at the time (kitchen, bathroom), and decorating ours and the children’s bedrooms. The hallway got rather neglected until last summer, when we decided the crack on with it as… Read more
Our Home Home Comforts – Vintage ‘Vogue’ Mirror Posted on April 19, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky This early 1970s vintage ‘Vogue’ mirror was salvaged from the house clearance place on our street, where I have found many treasures prior, and also where I source some of my vintage crockery from. At £15, it was a bargain in comparison to the over-priced £174 I’ve seen a… Read more
Our Home Home Comforts – 1970s Charity Shop Clock Find Posted on March 28, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky I seem to come across the word ‘thrifted’ a lot in the blogging world lately, which I guess is a slightly twee way of saying you nabbed something from a charity shop. Well, let’s call a spade a spade here- this fabulous (in my eyes!) 1970s clock was salvaged… Read more