If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. My parents instilled that in us as children. It seems they did a fairly good job of it because I have succeeded in convincing the Bavarian that we need a new floor. It has only taken me eight and a half years of trying. Really,… Continue reading On Bad Laminate and Good Skirting
Back in January I posted about how we were about to embark on one of our house dreams – creating a library wall. I was so excited about it and now that it is pretty much done I am still majorly excited about it. It is not a big extension or a complete room makeover.… Continue reading Creating A Library Wall On A Budget
Last week I was looking at inspiration for the kidney table I rescued from being dumped. I told you about how its little dipped legs were the source of my inspiration for the final design. Today I am going to show you how my table has turned out. Before that though I’ll give you a… Continue reading Renovating a Kidney Table with Dipped Legs
Those of you around since the early days will know of my love of salvage. It has been a while since I posted anything on my recent finds or renovation projects. That’s not to say I haven’t been thinking about it. I have. I’ve been thinking about the shabby garden chair that I am going… Continue reading Deciding On A Kidney Table
Chair – a word that sends a shudder down the spine of my long-suffering husband, The Bavarian. With my renovation habit focusing heavily on chairs, he has more of less become conditioned to shouting “No. We are not taking it” whenever I look in the direction of a chair at a flea market, second hand shop or… Continue reading Re-upholstering A Dining Room Chair – A Tutorial
You know that hashtag on Instagram #ihavethisthingwithfloors? If you don’t, look it up. There are some incredibly pretty floors out there. I could scroll through the photos for hours. Well, anyway, I actually do have this thing with floors, in particular the laminate floors in my house. When we moved in, we hadn’t the time,… Continue reading What Lies Beneath, Part Two
Last week I wrote about the accessories I bought this summer for our upstairs bathroom. They gave me the kick I needed to get going on making some changes to the bathroom I was beginning to hate. Just a few short weeks after beginning the makeover, I love my bathroom. Several small changes were all… Continue reading Our Budget Bathroom Makeover
Our upstairs bathroom. Sigh. It is one of those rooms which, no matter what you do to it, seems to be a permanent source of frustration. Inially I thought it was fine. To be perfectly honest, when we viewed the house and the estate agent opened the door to the upstairs bathroom I thought to… Continue reading Decoration Frustration Solved
Long time readers will know that two years ago *ahem* a little while back I bought a toy grocery shop at a flea market. I had big plans to do it up and have it ready for Number Three’s first birthday party. I had a rocking horse for him too, similarly in need of work. His birthday… Continue reading Toy Grocery Shop Restoration – Finished At Last
There is an ad on TV here in Germany for a DIY store and the slogan translates as “Finish it before it finishes you”. Every time I hear it, I think “How true” and remember all the little things that need finishing in our house. When you have a house and a garden, there is… Continue reading Finish It (Before It Finishes You)
