You can see all house updates here. Contains affiliate links. I was sitting in my lovely front room last night, having a cup of decaf tea and watching the Sex and the City reboot (no idea why I’ve just needlessly admitted to that, to be honest) and I realised that it’s been ages – over a month – since I last […]
House updates: Lots of (not chopped) cushions and a classy hall Read More >>
This post features some items – the gorgeous sofa, fireplace tiles, paint and ceiling light which were sent to us for free for the purposes of reviews/social coverage. All words and pictures are mine. You can see all house updates here It’s been a very exciting week here in Whinge Towers* aka our 1930s house, which we moved into at the
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Disclaimer: This post was written in collaboration with Virgin Pure. I was sent the Virgin Pure Home Water System II to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. One aspect of moving to a new county that I didn’t really consider is that the water tastes wrong. I’m sure that whatever you grow up with becomes normal
Disclaimer: I was sent the ceiling light and dimmer switch by Elesi to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. See all house updates here. One easy detail that can dramatically change the whole look of a room is the lighting you choose. The light fitting which was in the house when we bought it – which can
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This post features some items – paint, tiles and lights, namely – which were sent to us for free for the purposes of reviews/social coverage. All words and pictures are mine. Although most of our new house is quite liveable and doesn’t need redecorating imminently, it wasn’t all to our taste and so our plan was to tackle the rooms
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Disclaimer: I was sent the Tapestry Tiles to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here. You can see all house updates here! One of the more simple house projects we decided to take on was the fireplace. Elsewhere in the house there’s an open fire in the main living room,
Tiling the fireplace with vintage-inspired tiles from Porcelain Superstore Read More >>
So the weekly house update thing went well, with me totally forgetting to update last week. In fairness, we hadn’t actually done a lot because we were waiting for the plasterer to sort out the walls so I think it would have been overkill. I did write this nostalgia post instead, so hopefully my tardiness can be forgiven. You can
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Disclaimer: I was sent the OKP K2 Robot Vacuum Cleaner to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here. You can get this robot vacuum cleaner on Amazon for £99 using the discount code 42YP7BBL. OKP is a company specialising in robot vacuum and related household products. The OKP K2 Robot
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Last week I gave a house update and implied that I might do them semi-regularly, so that’s what I’m doing. After all, there’s very little else going on here and I’m not even up on current events at the moment. I managed to miss the coronation altogether, happily. Anyway, I do have a brain like a scatty squirrel, so it
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I’m trying to keep a bit of a diary of things we’re doing to the house. I know that home renovations and such aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but you’re here now; you might as well have a scroll. We’ve been here over a month now, but the time we’ve actually got to do things is quite limited and I’m
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