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Starting your renovation
Why you shouldn’t start your project with an architect
You might have thought that this was the best way, but we have news!
What we wish we knew before we started renovating
They say that hindsight is a wonderful thing! Here’s what we wish we knew before we started
Designing your renovation
Rarely talked about tips for designing your home
In this guide, Fi shares proven home decoration tips that she practices daily as an interior designer
Ultimate Guide: How to plan your bathroom layout
Bathrooms are are one of the hardest projects to get right…here’s some help
Our Renovation
Welcome to our house and ‘work-in-progress’ renovation project. We’re currently 90% the way through the mammoth task of dragging an extremely dated 1930s semi-detached house in Sussex kicking and screaming into the 21st century! Take a look at our best bits…
We get so many lovely comments about our front door on Instagram that we thought it was about time we revealed how it used to look…
Our 1930s house renovation was a learning experience like no other. If you’re new to a renovation, hopefully some of these experiences will help you make your project run more smoothly.
In this post we share a list of mistakes that we made during the renovation of our 1930’s semi-detached house. Make sure to put on your cringe-protection suit as you venture into our quagmire of renovation face-palm!
About to buy a house soon? Make it a fixer upper! We’re sharing all the reasons why it’s a must-do project…
When it comes to budgeting for a house renovation, and predicting costs, it’s the one area we felt very confident in managing. I’ll tell you why…
This is one of my most requested blog posts, even though it was such a simple room to make over. Read how I transformed our unloved conservatory to a utility room…
After a 2 year wait living in the most retro bathroom you can imagine, finally we did it. Take a look at our bathroom makeover, with before & after pictures (and promo codes if you’re renovating too!)
Like the impatient blogger I am I have been DYING to share this post for over 6 months now, ever since we began planning our kitchen diner makeover – and finally, IT'S HERE! My dream kitchen makeover and everything that happened in between. Come inside and I'll stick the kettle on...
If you're about to shell out on a crazy priced house improvement I think you might be interested in our take on this...
In this post I share with you my Kitchen Diner mood board, tips to create yours (in 10 minutes flat!) and a clever way to project manage your decorating.
Renovation Info & Inspo
How much did your house renovation cost? is one of the most frequently asked questions Neil and I get. Our insights will help you budget effectively for your home renovation, so you can transform your space within budget.
Renovating a house and not sure where to start? This step-by-step guide will show you a typical timeline of a renovation so you can prepare and transform your home.
Uncover expert tips for selecting the ideal house for renovation, maximizing your investment, and transforming it into your dream home with our guide.
It’s been a few years since we fitted our Howdens kitchen, so I thought I’d write a review in case anyone is interested in investing in a Howdens kitchen and is curious about how long they last…
Discover why we chose Howdens Kitchens over IKEA in our comprehensive comparison, including factors like quality, design, price, and installation process.
Wondering how much a bathroom costs?. If you’re about to save for a bathroom renovation and you’re wondering how much it costs to fit a new bathroom in the UK, here are all the details.
Neil and I bought our house in 2016. There it is in the photo above. Having never bought a fixer-upper before it's safe to say there were a lot of things we were completely blind to when we came to the house to view it.
If you're on the market for a fixer upper, or you think one day you'd like to do a renovation project and make a house completely your own, then there's a few points I've learned to look out for along the way.
We spent an entire day doing the first two modules of our own course in order to create a budget and layout for our master bedroom, it brought into view once again just how much work and thinking is required in a renovation.
Our 1930s house renovation was a learning experience like no other. If you’re new to a renovation, hopefully some of these experiences will help you make your project run more smoothly.
When you’re renovating a house, costs can quickly spiral. Here’s our top tips to control your renovation costs and make a saving.
In this post we take a look at the top 10 renovation costs that could creep up on you during the renovation process.
We've had plenty of experience with lots of different paint brands, but in particular Valspar and Farrow and Ball, so if you’re trying to decide between the two, we want to give you a little bit of a heads up about what to expect from each paint brand.
In this post we share a list of mistakes that we made during the renovation of our 1930’s semi-detached house. Make sure to put on your cringe-protection suit as you venture into our quagmire of renovation face-palm!
In this post I share with you my Kitchen Diner mood board, tips to create yours (in 10 minutes flat!) and a clever way to project manage your decorating.
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!
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Discover why we chose Howdens Kitchens over IKEA in our comprehensive comparison, including factors like quality, design, price, and installation process.