Category: Home Updates
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Kitchen Diaries: 2 it was delivered
It’s a very exciting time. I had to organise for the kitchen to be delivered we did run into a few issues, their van broke down, then there was a delay but because I wasn’t working at the time so it didn’t bother us. We were just happy to receive it. The van arrived very […]
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Repurposing our dining room table
We are moving into a house that already has a beautiful mid century modern table in perfect condition that really suits the house. But we also have our gorgeous dining table that I absolutely adore. I don’t want to get rid of either but we don’t have room for both so I am thinking of […]
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We are moving: Restoring the Family home
It’s been a funny few months, we hadn’t planned to move. We are and we’re happy in this house but we had an opportunity to move to a slightly bigger house, in a slightly nicer area, with dog friendly pubs and the best bit a much larger garden. So we are moving. So I have […]
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It’s been a long week
I have ticked off so many jobs from my list it has been a long week. Today I painted the ceiling in the dining room and the side of the porch. It’s all coming together nicely and I am really tired but I feel good, mentally anyway! I dislike painting ceilings but this was okay. […]
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14. Protecting, Painting my decking: sprucing up the garden
I have wanted to paint the decking for a while it was my top summer project. A few months ago our neighbours were chucking out old decking which was in great shape. Ours is not. All my pot plants have been rotting the deck so we actually have holes in our deck. So now we […]
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Plan with me: first week in September
Happy Monday I hope you are well. I have taken the dog for a walk, picked some blackberries of a vine on the way and collected some wild sweat pea seeds. This morning have been productive considering I had a late start. It’s a 4 day week and I have set myself a challenge to […]
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Latest bargain find
I love a bargain but this year I didn’t want to buy stuff for the sake of it. When it came to clothes shopping I have just focused on EBay and H&M. I want to invest in myself whilst being a bit more conscientious. I have picked up some great bargains from my Lucy Yak […]
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New rug IKEA update
I bought this rug a few months ago for the kitchen but I have to admit that it is too big for this kitchen however the colours work in the sitting room. The colours are more blues than greens and it still looks too new for my liking I am hoping in a few years […]
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Sitting room refresh and updates
It’s been a busy week. I have not stopped and feel really good for it. My sitting room is 95% complete, the walls are painted. The clutter removed. All I have left to do it paint the corner above the window and hang my pictures and it’s done. It looks like a bigger room. I […]
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Why can’t I clean my art room?
It’s a tip. It’s been a while Six months of mess and my motivation to clean it doesn’t exist. I do a little and it looks worse. I have boxes of fabrics and materials. Pens, paint random embroidery hoops for the bee illustration I haven’t started yet. Nor have I started the room yet. It’s […]
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