Here are some great small bedroom ideas and top tips for maximising space! Recently we moved our smallest into his own bedroom. It wasn’t our intention, but it has worked out quite well for the time being. However one of the reasons we weren’t going to do this in the first place is because the second bedroom is not very […]
Child in a small bedroom? Five great ideas for maximising space Read More >>
When you’re planning an extension, one of the key things to consider is natural light. Not only to the new build part, but how the build will affect the level of natural light to the existing rooms. It can be really tricky, because if you are building across the complete stretch of your house (like we did), then the new
Let there be (natural) light: Things to consider when planning an extension Read More >>
When we first started toying with the idea of a house extension, it was with the idea that we would be living here a long time and our children – girl and boy siblings with a 20 month age gap – would eventually need to have their own rooms. Until that time, they would share a bedroom. The kids have
Separate rooms for siblings? Why we stopped our kids sharing a bedroom Read More >>
This will either be of interest to you…or not at all. Sorry to those that don’t give a monkeys, but this is big news to us. Finally our room is ‘done’ enough to move into! It’s not done, done… The fitted wardrobes are being built in the last week of November; the carpet and vinyl flooring for the en suite
A sneaky peek at my new bedroom Read More >>
We had our garden office, affectionately known as the shed, built in December last year. Since then it has come in really handy. I’d go as far as saying we wouldn’t have been able to cope without it. That sounds pretty dramatic, but my husband’s work closed their London office and the only reason he has been able to stay on
Eight reasons to get a garden office Read More >>
I have gone a bit quiet on the subject of my extension, I realise. To be honest the process hasn’t been as painful as I first envisaged and all the funny stories of woe that I was expecting just haven’t materialised! This probably isn’t a bad thing I realise. So we’re nearly there; the upstairs bedroom and the porch have
My extension wishlist; walls, floors, lighting and units Read More >>
Among other things, last week was the week that we got rid of our conservatory. When we bought our house in 2009, one of the reasons we chose it over the others in our budget was the conservatory. The glass cathedral, we called it at the time; I’m fairly sure Doug came up with that one. It wasn’t actually that big;
Farewell, conservatory; gone but not forgotten Read More >>
You may have see this post, in which I briefly mentioned our plans to extend the house. In case you were blissfully unaware, for well over a year now, we’ve been waiting for this damn extension to get started. The plans for said extension went in to the Council in December 2015 and since they were given the OK we’ve
Don’t mention the extension Read More >>
Remember back in December, when we had our garden office built? No? Let me jog your memory. Despite the fact it’s bitterly cold outside at the moment we have been making regular use of it; Doug (daddy; seems a bit weird to refer to him as that out of context though) has been using it to work from home without
Our garden office (part deux) with Posterlounge Read More >>
Well well; the log cabin garden office which we’ve been deliberating over for a year, and planning for about three months is finally here. We started looking at getting ourselves a garden office back in 2015, but once we’d factored in the electrics, the insulation, the build etc etc we dismissed the idea as too expensive and instead decided that
The desk at the bottom of the garden: Our log cabin garden office Read More >>
