I'm not sure if you have noticed, but the plaster cornice throughout the house is covered in gloss paint. Traditionally in a house of our age, it would have been painted with a lime wash, which definitely wouldn't have been shiny and glossy. We are also aiming for a more contemporary finish and gloss paint just wouldn't go with the look we are trying to achieve. This is what the cornice was like when we moved in. We tried stripping the cornice with a chemical stripper and in parts ... Read the Post
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How To Restore Wooden Windows
Last year didn’t quite turn out as we expected but one of the projects we did manage to start working on is restoring our period wood windows. It’s an absolutely epic task with a whopping 68 windows to strip, sand, repair and repaint. It honestly wasn’t a job I’d been looking forward to, especially as I calculated it would take me about 1.5 days of work per window. And, if you do the maths - that’s a solid 102 days of window restoration! If you have wooden windows in your ... Read the Post
How To Apply Silicone
The first project we tackled just after moving into our house about two years ago, was a temporary bathroom upgrade. Amongst loads of other jobs, we renewed all of the silicone joints. However, two years on they have become a bit really, disgustingly grubby. There are patches of mould all along the side of the bath and it looks really dirty. After putting the job off for ages, we finally got round to redoing the silicone this weekend, and this is how we did it. 1. First you remove ... Read the Post
Please Mind The Gap
Is it just me, or is it getting colder? After this ridiculously wet summer, it already seems to be autumn. About time we start to sort out some of the remaining insulation and heating issues our house still has. We have already insulated under our most of our ground floor (you can read about that here), we’ve added extra insulation in the loft, replaced some windows and sealed the gaps around the remaining existing windows. We have also replaced the living room fireplace. You ... Read the Post
How To Lay A Vinyl Plank Floor – Easy DIY Project For Beginners
Ad - This post is sponsored by Bricoflor. We’ve barely unpacked our moving boxes and most of our new home is still in a complete state of disarray but that’s not stopped us from working on our first room makeover. And, for the first time ever, we’ve installed a new luxury vinyl plank floor! Isn’t it gorgeous? I totally admit that I was a bit daunted about laying a whole floor myself. Whilst we’ve tackled hundreds of DIY projects over the years, laying a floor is ... Read the Post
Our First Big Room Makeover – What We’re Planning
Ad - This post is in collaboration with Bricofloor. If you’ve been following our adventures on Instagram, you’ll already know that we’ve spent the last couple of weeks working on completely renovating the first room in our new house. Just like the rest of the house, this room needs a complete overhaul. The electrics and heating need replacing, all woodwork has to be stripped and repainted, the draughty window needs a lot of TLC and the whole room will have to be ... Read the Post