family life & travels
Whether you’re looking to sell your house or you’ve finally found your forever home, if you’re thinking of renovating your property at some point in the near future, it’s often worth researching which big changes will make a difference to your life and to the value of your home. Research shows that a sparkly new
Let’s start from the very beginning… “How much will it cost?” Now the jolly tiler who’s inspecting my bathroom turns steely as we start crunching the numbers. It’s out of budget and he’s not available to do it for months. Suddenly, I wonder if my bathroom refit dreams will only be realised on Pinterest, and
In an ideal world, we’d have a separate en suite for the ‘grown-ups’ on the house, with a complete separate bathroom for the children at home, right? But unfortunately, it doesn’t look like anything like that is going to be happening in our home anytime soon. Likewise, for most people this isn’t going to be a
We’re toying with the idea of moving this year, as we would love a larger home with more space. Having an office would be a dream too, rather than working from my dining room table. It would mean moving areas too, though, so it would be quite a large step. We might just stay and
For me the bathroom is one of the rooms in the house that I want to feel most luxurious. I don’t even know why really. I guess it is the room where I do my hair and makeup so it is nice to be surrounded by a little luxury when you’re getting ready. Anything that
If you are thinking about making some changes to your bathroom anytime soon, then where do you start? I know it took us a while deciding on the types of tiles, flooring, and units that we wanted. Bathrooms can be pretty pricey to rebuild, though. So if unless you want a complete bathroom redesign, then
We moved into our home just over six years ago now. Which is crazy to think about really (how has the time gone that fast)?! It was in a dire state and the whole thing needed gutting. It makes sense why we got such a good price for it. But we were young and child-free
The bathroom is one of the rooms your family might spend quite a bit of time in during the day. But unfortunately, there are a lot of dangers which could harm your kids. Therefore, it’s important to keep it safe so your children can use it without you worrying. Here is some advice you need
Ah bathrooms, mainly forgotten corners of the house that serve the purpose of cleaning ourselves and using the toilet. A well designed bathroom, though, can make you feel like a celebrity. Just think of Will’s bathroom from Will and Grace or Frasier’s bathroom from … well, Frasier… To turn your bathroom all the way up
