Everyone I know right now is doing up a house. Ros spends every lunch time in our local chazza shop emptying it of the best stuff for Margate (I’m so happy for her. I’m moving my lunchtime forward). And people are still emailing me about tiles. The infectiousness of all this is that I’m doing […]
My son is being shifted into the tiny room upstairs that used to be my home office. Decoratively speaking it’s the lost room. I’ve never done anything with it other than painting the walls white and adding a plywood tiled floor to replace the old carpet – a very budget-friendly choice. Also a very boring […]
It all started with a message in our inbox. “I started following your blog when my first son was born, feeding constantly, and I could sit on my arse and read blogs. Now, with the arrival of my second son, I have very little time to leisurely scoot around Pinterest and websites for inspiration, but […]
The bathroom project is happening. Slooooooowly. The layout’s all sorted – the shape of the shower area, repositioning the bath and basin – and I think I still like the idea of the black tiled floor mentioned here. But all I do is think about what can be done with the rest of it. Like painting […]
‘If they’re original I love them. If they’re fake I hate them.’ Readers, we need your help again. This time, on behalf of my friend Mia, she of the expensive mega trend and of the above quote. It relates to her new house in South London, an amazing building site early Victorian Coach house – yeh with […]