I can’t think of anything more stressful than hanging pictures on the walls. I hate the damage afterwards (in case you happen to change your mind) and it does require some planning and patience (which I don’t have). That’s why I have left this nasty job to my husband in the past but I am happy to report I’ve found…
We built a new extension earlier this year (see before and after pictures here) but the truly fun part has been furnishing our new room. It was also previously empty so I had the opportunity to start from scratch. Since this is such a sun filled room, I decided to go ‘all white’. Well, it’s not technically all white. I…
Apologies for the silence on the blog. I am currently taking a bit of a holiday from blogging and enjoying my time during the summer months between Finland and the UK. I will be back with some new blog posts in the autumn. There have been quite a few developments in our house since the new extension believe it or…
We have been planning to replace our old, leaking conservatory for quite some time now. After years of brainstorming and looking for the right trades people, we finally decided to demolish the old conservatory and build a single storey rear extension earlier this year. You can read about the progress week by week in my previous posts week 5, week 4, week 3, week…
So, the 4th week of extension building works is behind us and for the first time I was actually getting anxious for our extension ‘project’ to finish once and for all. The excitement has worn off and all the dust and noise is starting to get to me. I still don’t regret living here whilst carrying out the building works,…