Reno Diaries: The Understairs Cupboard

Yesterday I wrote this post about why we have to stop the big plans for the house for the time-being. Instead, each Wednesday there’ll hopefully be…

Reno Diaries: The One With The House Moratorium

The day has come. The day where we just look at each other and say: “stop”. Or at the very least “slow down, we have…

Reno Diaries: Planning for Shutters

Ever since we had the windows at the front of our house replaced, we’ve been a little on the “exposed” side with people walking past…

Reno Diaries: Getting Ready for Winter

I can’t actually believe that is the subject line of a post when we haven’t even had a proper summer yet so far, but in…

Interiors: Planning a Kitchen

The other night I was lying in bed waiting for Pete to come home and I started looking on Pinterest. Ah, Pinterest. The drain of…

Reno Diaries: Recreating a period hallway

Part of the joy for me in owning a period home is the possibility you have to try and enhance some period features or recreate…

Interiors: Dreaming of Bathrooms

In all the posts I’ve written about our home updates and plans so far, the bathroom has rarely featured, if at all. Which is surprising…