With over 10 years of home improvement and DIY projects under our (tool) belts, we’ve inevitably built up a bit of a collection of tools. We always get asked for tool recommendations, especially when it comes to tools for beginner DIYers. You'll probably be surprised at how few tools you need to tackle most projects and we’ve put together a list of our favourite must-have DIY tools including the very basic ones that we think everyone should own and a few more advanced tools. These are ... Read the Post
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To DIY Or Not To DIY
We love DIY. Ever since we bought our home (5 years ago now!) doing DIY has turned more into a way of life than just a necessity. When we first started looking at buying a house, we quickly realised that we would have to compromise in order to get a home in the area we wanted to be in. Both location and size were important to us, so inevitably we had to compromise on the finish and overall condition of our house. We soon realised that for us, DIY would be an inevitable part of home ... Read the Post
How To Lay A Plywood Floor
[Ad - This post is in collaboration with Ryobi and may contain affiliate links] With our guests arriving tomorrow, our small guest bedroom is finally starting to take shape. We already have a new window, our boiler has been moved into the cellar, the walls are plastered and we’ve also just finished laying our new DIY plywood floor! Although we love our sanded and varnished original floorboards which we have almost everywhere in the rest of the house, we already knew that we wouldn’t be ... Read the Post
How To Stop Heating Pipes Making Noise!
We have a secret and it’s a rather noisy one! Last year, amongst a load of other projects, we attempted to tidy the upstairs hallway. Whilst it is looking better than before (yes, we still need to finish stripping and painting the last bit of dado and skirting), there’s something much less pretty hiding underneath our newly sanded floorboards. It’s our heating pipes and they’re sooooo noisy! Or at least they were, as we’ve finally managed to sort out the problem and it couldn’t have been ... Read the Post
How To Schedule A Home Improvement Project
Have you ever wondered how to schedule a home improvement project? Renovating a whole house can seem overwhelming but it doesn't have to be! We're sharing exactly how to schedule a home improvement project so that you can keep your renovation on track. When we recently shared our tips to on how to stay motivated when renovating a house, a few of you asked about the picture of our project scheduling plan that we share in one of the images and asked about how we plan and schedule ... Read the Post
How To Remove A Radiator in 8 Simple Steps | Full DIY Guide
In preparation for having some of our rooms plastered, one of the things we've had to do is remove some of our radiators. Surprisingly removing a radiator is actually a really easy and quick thing to do – if you know how to remove a radiator. These are the tools you'll need to remove a radiator: This is how to remove a radiator: It doesn't matter if you're removing a radiator for painting or plastering or if you're removing a radiator because you want to switch it out. The steps ... Read the Post