It may only just be the beginning of autumn but I’m already in full-on Christmas planning mode. Now, before you start thinking that I’ve finally lost my marbles, there is a reason - there will be 13 people in our apartment for the holidays! Inevitably, this comes with a few logistical challenges one of which is that we don’t have enough chairs for everyone. Now, we obviously don’t want our guests to have to sit on the floor which is why we decided to build a DIY dining room bench! We’re ... Read the Post
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How To Paint A Radiator | Easy DIY Guide
To say that I got carried away while painting our master bedroom would be a bit of an understatement. I love the colour so much that I ended up painting everything. Doors, walls, skirting boards and even the light switches & sockets weren’t safe from my paintbrush! The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that my painting escapades didn’t stop there. I painted the radiators, too! I love how everything seamlessly blends together and now that everything is the same colour ... Read the Post
Our Tool Box
There are so many tools & building supplies available, that it can easily feel totally overwhelming to find what you need for your project! To help you avoid the mistakes that we made, we're sharing our go-to favourite tools and products here! This post contains affiliate links. As always, we only recommend products we love and think that you will, too! Read our full disclaimer here. All products shared here are the ones we own and use. We only recommend products we love and think that ... Read the Post
What To Do When You’ve Chosen The Wrong Paint Colour & How To Fix It!
We’ve all been there. You bought a can of (possibly very expensive) paint, slapped it on the wall and within seconds of the first stroke of your paintbrush, you know that the colour you thought would be perfect is all wrong. You keep going back to the room hoping that the colour is better than you remember it to be, even though you only saw it a couple of minutes ago. You hope that it’ll dry differently. You hope that somehow the colour will miraculously change and you try to ... Read the Post
The Ultimate DIY Guide: How To Plan And Install Panelling
It may have taken us way longer than expected (we started the project back in December last year!) but we’ve finally finished panelling our guest bedroom - and we love it! It adds interest, texture and a luxurious feel to any room and we think it suits the style of our apartment which is, let’s face it, way more grand than we are! Installing panelling is a really easy DIY project and we learned a lot from the last panelling project in our house in Manchester where we added panelling to ... Read the Post
Front Door Makeover In Paean Black
It was kind of inevitable, really. We’ve given our front door a makeover. Yes. Again. We’re now on the fourth colour and I can honestly say that I’ve never had so much trouble choosing a colour. Ever. But, as you may have already seen in our Instagram Stories, we’ve finally found a colour that we love! Can you guess what we chose? Just as a reminder, this is what it looked like until recently... After all of the back and forth, I knew that we’d finally found “the one” as soon as I saw ... Read the Post