I am a little behind my extension posts but writing from our sofa in the living room is clearly not as comfortable as typing away in our dining room (to which I do not have access at the moment). Anyway, our third week of building works went according to plan and it was definitely the noisiest and the most interruptive…
For months I have been putting this daunting task off. Builders finally told me that they need a furniture layout showing the location of plug sockets, radiators and lighting. I really left it last minute (as usual) but managed to make all the important decisions in the end. Here’s the thing. Our new extension will be a long but quite…
Our new extension is coming along nicely. We are replacing an old conservatory with an open-plan extension. During the first week of building works our builders didn’t waste much time (you can read about it here) and the room is already starting to look like an extension rather than a building site. Week 2 was no exception. Builders were working hard…
It has been a bit quiet on the blog lately because our lives are pretty hectic at the moment. We are living in the middle of a building site as of last week. I wash rushing to get all the paper work completed before the work could start; planning permission, building control, builders, Party Wall Agreement etc. My husband left…
* Updated: June 2026. If you’ve ever pulled glasses out of the dishwasher looking more cloudy than clean, you’re not alone. After nearly a year with our AEG kitchen appliances, this was exactly the problem that sent me down a rabbit hole of dishwasher settings, salt levels and engineer visits. Here’s my honest AEG review (and everything I learned along…
