Greetings...I have written before about a doing a quick makeover on my daughter's student flat last autumn, and have just spent the last 2 days finishing off a new makeover. What became really apparent since the last time was that good storage was needed, and some room shifting was a necessity as a result. So the sitting … Continue reading Weekend Makeover – Student Digs
THE CHALLENGES: My youngest has always had one of the smallest bedrooms in our house. I think that is generally what younger children get actually in the pecking order of families! Poor them... they are definitely overlooked a lot.... she also always got hand me down clothes for years, but I did always get her … Continue reading Teenager’s Room & Spare Room Makeovers
You know when time slips away from you...I am feeling full of guilt as I have not posted for ages, and I apologise to those of you who nudge for an update. 24 HOUR MAKEOVER I have been really busy of late, my daughter has moved to London to study music at a Conservatoire and … Continue reading Student flat 24 hour makeover
Today I have been looking back at last years blogging, sometimes done a bit intermittently I must admit, and noticed that the most popular posts always seem to be the DIY ones, so here is a round up of the ones that still get the most hits, and I only hope that as a result … Continue reading Most Hit Posts of 2016
Fa la la la la, la la la la.... I LOVE Christmas decorating! I had a photo shoot last month in the house for a Christmas decorating feature to go out next year in a magazine, and as it was not quite December it didn't feel 'christmassy,' (although the photos I saw looked beautiful). Plus … Continue reading Decorating for Christmas
Just a quick note today about the Swedish giant emporium that is IKEA. I am preparing the house for an interior shoot this week, and thought I would pop by IKEA to pick up some spare tapered candles. Just candles, don't need anything else.... Am I the type of person in the world who enters … Continue reading A brief note about IKEA
How to hack a Kallax or two.... So it seems ages ago that I started on the Ikea Hack, which you can read my plans on here. I spent 3 afternoons at my sisters building away, and it took ages to get around to photographing it due to flu, distance and time! However, here it … Continue reading Ikea Hack – Bookcase Unit – Part 2
PLANNING: Yesterday I was over at my sisters house. She has been working really hard recently on decorating, de-cluttering and generally removing the ravages of children over the years. She has a sitting room with a newly installed woodburner, (she enlarged the fireplace and taught herself how to lime plaster to help install this, bravo!), … Continue reading Ikea Hack – Bookshelf Unit, Part 1
a universal product I had a family member visiting us once from Australia, and their small daughter pointed at some IKEA Moppe drawers in our house and she chirped 'We've got those at home'... We also had the same plastic kids mugs and flower plates, so I am sure she felt comforted by those worldwide … Continue reading The humble Moppe drawers
I love the Ikea Hackers website, (who have put up my upcycled lights DIY instructions), and saw this other great idea today for apothecary chests... aren't people brilliant! http://planq-studio.com/redesigned-rast-dresser-ikea-hack/
