A farmers market, an interior class and filling the house with Christmas cheer

This week... a Gumtree home bargain, a trip to a very christmassy place in Sussex and a very bad paint job. Boo. 

Just before the autumn leaves disappear and the winter sets in, Neil and I managed to squeeze in our annual autumn photoshoot :)

Last week was probably one of the first weekends since we moved to No. 42 where we found a day we could go and explore the woods and fields out the back of our house – and not do DIY! Hooray.

A little update on our living room renovation :)

Interior inspiration can come from the most unlikely places... Like Friston Forest in the autumn :)

A weekly update on the renovation project & life in general

Me and Neil were chatting about paint colours for No. 42 the other day. I asked him which wall sample he preferred in each of the rooms and he replied:

"I don't mind, as long as the whole house isn't grey. These samples all look grey"

Oopsy!

Progress at No. 42 is going steady. We're almost complete on the plastering of 2 rooms, living room and first bedroom, so we've set ourselves high goals to have these both complete by Christmas (sounds too good to be true given they look like this right now)

I found myself flicking through the pages of Issue Twenty-One of Kinfolk magazine when I came across this new term I hadn't heard of before. 

Hemmablind. 

The direct translation is: "blind to flaws of the home". 

From now until December 2017, inspiring places like this will become my office. 

*Yay*

Our grantastic to fantastic house renovation hit a new rock bottom last week.

Our budget spreadsheet told me we'd hit £10,000 on outgoings doing up the house so far, yet when I look around the place looks worse than when we moved in.

Updates on our renovation! It's been a while since I've blogged about it all because I've been up to my elbows in wallpaper.

So where are we at 8 weeks on? A heating system is installed. Finally!

Having lived here for almost 4 weeks now we're beginning to get a better feel for how we want the house to look and work practically. 

Grantastic to fantastic Neil calls it :-) check out our plans

You know that feeling. You've just moved in and you're itching to see what kind of flooring there is underneath the carpets. Are the floorboards in good nick? Well check out what we discovered when we ripped up the carpet in our master bedroom...

Ok, here goes nothing. Are you ready to see the house we just bought? Here's what we're turning from grantastic to fantastic

After choosing possibly the worst time to buy and sell (thanks Brexit!) we've moved! Hello No 42, I can't wait to decorate you from grantastic to fantastic!

Before we move and all the rooms in our flat become just a distant memory of laughter and netflix sessions, I thought I'd share a full home tour to remember what a fun place to decorate it was! 

Whether you're on a budget looking for simple fixes to cheer up a dull patio, or you're almost on the market and want to achieve the best price for your property, read how we updated our slugfest garden into a tidy tranquil place

...and the biggest most radical change we made to our living room since we moved into the flat. You're going to love these.