Kitchen makeover on a budget

THE STORY What do you do when your kitchen starts falling apart, but you don’t have thousands of pounds free to replace it? Work with what you already have and get stuck in. Some background. Our kitchen was over 10 years old. It looked a bit dated, but that didn’t feel like a good enough… View Post

Bedroom makeover with Livingston Designer Outlet

In my third and final post for this partnership with Livingston Designer Outlet, we decided to show off the outlet’s interior design section – perfectly timed for me as I have genuinely been hitting ‘refresh’ on my home decor lately! I’ll be honest – most of my time spent at LDO has been in Tommy… View Post

How to change your bathroom on a budget

Unless you’re very comfortable financially, it can be tough to prioritise the luxuries in life. It’s often the case that holidays, home decor, clothing, cars, gadgets and hobbies are dictated by our bank balances and so we have to constantly decide what’s most important, and sometimes what to sacrifice. Annoying, but c’est la vie. We’ve… View Post

Ideal Home

Interior design is something I haven’t really covered much on the blog, mostly because my home isn’t quite how I’d like it to be. Ideally, we’d replace the bathrooms, our conservatory, the kitchen cabinets (and build an island or breakfast bar) and all of the flooring throughout the house, as well as paint the exterior… View Post

Winter Warmer

Usually, I love this time of year, when the crisp leaves have fallen weightlessly to the cold, hard ground to create a golden carpet. We crunch our way here and there, puffs of cold air leaving our mouths with every step, our eyes glistening beneath the low but bright sunlight. Rewind two weeks and you’ll… View Post