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It’s hard to believe that we’ve now been in our little Victorian terrace for almost eight years. When we first moved in, the house certainly had character — but it also needed a lot of love, care, and patience. We’ve never wanted to modernise it beyond recognition or strip away its history. Instead, our goal …
When we first bought our Victorian house, one of the very first things I fell in love with was the original fireplace. It is such a beautiful feature and instantly gives the room character, charm and that unmistakable Victorian feel. Unfortunately, the chimney had been capped off and needed quite a bit of work, which …
We’ve been in our Victorian terraced house for just over two years now, and we’ve been busy giving the whole place a makeover! One of the rooms that we’ve given a big makeover on a budget is the bathroom. We’re really lucky to have a big spacious bathroom – it was originally the second bedroom …
When we moved into our new home together I often had people ask me how we managed to afford to furnish the whole house, carry out repairs and redecorate the place so quickly. There’s no big secret – we just did it all on a budget! And I like to think that it’s possible to …
One of the things that made us fall in love with our Victorian terrace house when we first viewed it was the cellar. There’s not many houses in the UK that come with a basement.. I thought it was so cool! Just think of all the things you can do with a cellar! Well.. for …
In my last interior post I shared with you our living room transformation, and today I will be showing you our dining room makeover! The dining room was one of the most important factors on our shopping list when we were looking for a house. Apologies that the photos in this post aren’t the best …
I mentioned in a recent blog post that I had spent a lot of time during lockdown giving our garden a full makeover on a budget! We moved into our Victorian terrace in September last year and we hadn’t really ventured out into the garden at all over winter. When I was furloughed from work …
We’ve been doing up our new house bit by bit over the last six months and the place is really coming together now! Before we moved in a family of tenants had been living in the property for a few years so the place was livable but definitely needed a deep clean, a fresh look …
We bought our new home in September 2019 and time has gone by so fast! I thought I’d share with you our thought process when house hunting and why we ended up choosing an old house Vs a new build in Milton Keynes. If you’d like to keep up to date with our Victorian terrace …