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• The kitchen - before and after
  on Apr 16, 2012 in kitchen after before
  We've finished the kitchen!!! Here's the befores and aftersOther viewThe kitchen is the Chilton from Magnet, the tiles are Prismatics Kiwi tiles in brick pattern. Wall paint is Natural Calico by DuluxDo you like?! x...
• Before and After - the dining room
  on Apr 16, 2012 in after before dining room
  We finished the dining room! Here's the before and after photosWe changed the radiator, painted the walls, painted the tiles inside the inglenook, changed all the sockets. I'm considering changing the fire surround but not 100% sure yet. Not really t...
• Before and After - The Lounge
  on Apr 16, 2012 in lounge after before
  We've almost finished the lounge apart from the fireplaceHere's the lounge before:Check out the crazy paving hearth! GrossWe had to strip the wallpaper so this is duringand here's the finished product Cat sticking her tongue out! The green...
• This month's updates
  on Jan 22, 2012 in tiling kitchen after laminate hallway furniture bedroom
  I haven't blogged in ages but that doesn't mean that nothing has happened! We've started ordering furniture - the sofa and armchair and footstool get delivered in Feb and I've ordered a bookshelf from Argos but have no idea when that's coming (Argos...
• The carpets arrived!
  on Dec 26, 2011 in lounge after hallway before interior design carpets bedroom spare bedroom
  Just a quick update on the last post, the carpets have been put in and look lovely!
• Weekly Updates
  on Dec 20, 2011 in fireplace tiling lounge bathroom after hallway before painting carpets bedroom fire
  We are cracking on with the house! We ordered carpets last week which are being fitted on Thursday (22nd!) We have chosen Lifestyle Floorings' Country Twist in Slate which is a mid grey that I LOVE! Yeah... looks really appealing in this close up...
• Kitchen has gone!
  on Dec 1, 2011 in gutting kitchen before
  Just a quick photo update. The kitchen has gone from this...to this...Stay tuned!
• Weekend updates: painting, gutting and an IKEA haul
  on Nov 28, 2011 in gutting bathroom kitchen before shopping haul paint painting IKEA bedroom
  Lots went on this weekend. I had a moment of madness in IKEA, James ripped out the kitchen and I started on the lounge finally! The lounge now looks like this:We've painted the ceiling, white-washed the plaster and I painted one layer of Natural Cali...
• Our to do List
  on Nov 23, 2011 in bathroom colours before dining room bedroom spare bedroom fireplace lounge after decisions kitchen hallway paint furniture interior design garden
  I saw the inspiration for this post on Adventures in Building Beauty and had to do the same, if not only to get my head around what I need to do! So here goesLoungeStrip wallpaperGet Walls PlasteredGet cracked window replacedChange the sockets - work...
• Weekly Update: The progress
  on Nov 16, 2011 in fireplace lounge bathroom after before dining room holes interior design fire
  So another week and another round of updates...In the dining room, I bought some matt black tile paint. The tiles in the inglenook were wonky, horribly coloured and I just hated them BeforeAfter It's still wet here but will dry matt. Eventually...
• Trend Watch: Birds
  on Nov 15, 2011 in inspiration furniture interior design
  This is my first simul-blog - This post is for both my fashion/beauty blog Lauren Loves Blog and my home/interior decorating blog Lauren Makes a Home Birds have been a big trend since Mui Mui put their swallow prints out on the catwalk and the f...
• Halfway through the Bathroom...
  on Nov 8, 2011 in bathroom before paint interior design
  The bathroom, as to be expected is a mammoth job and firstly I want to say a huge thank you to my AMAZING dad for doing pretty much ALL the work on it. So here's the bathroom beforeIn the house buying pictures it looked ok....But in reality there was...
• The Spare Bedroom
  on Nov 1, 2011 in colours after before paint bedroom spare bedroom
  We've finished painting another room! Here's the story so farThe room was originally orange with green woodwork but they'd painted the room more "normal" colours (different ono each wall) around the furniture!  Simon took the CD racks off t...
• Halloween, Horrifying fireplaces and Wallpaper Stripping
  on Oct 31, 2011 in fireplace lounge horrifying stripping wallpaper fire
  So Halloween has hit and it's our first with our own house. As we're not living there we're not going overboard but I did make a special pumpkin  I made him using an orange paper lampshade which I got for £1 on eBay and a coloured marker pen! E...
• The Master Bedroom
  on Oct 25, 2011 in colours after before bedroom
  We finished the master bedroom! Here's the journeyThe room started beige and the walls were full of holes so I covered every single tiny one and spent a day with an electric sander creating "dalmation walls"Then I filled the gaps with...
• The dungeon under our house
  on Oct 17, 2011 in lounge underground creepy den
  This weekend, we've got loads done which I'll update you on later. When installing a shaver socket on Friday, Simon climbed under the floorboards to find a wiring loom and stumbled upon this...Under the lounge, someone has clearly been living. there...
• Week in Photos and Holes
  on Oct 7, 2011 in bathroom whoops before holes bedroom
  While I've been working normal hours 9-5 Monday-Friday, Simon has been working on the house between lectures. He's also been emailing me photos regularly - most of them of holes and entitled oops. Here's the galleryFirst there were the holes caused o...
• The Back Bedroom
  on Oct 5, 2011 in before paint bedroom
  The back bedroom is slightly larger than the front, and has a larger recess around the chimney breast for a wardrobe so it's going to be the main room. Here's it before:The room was painted roughly for selling to cover over the bright colour that the...
• Getting Started
  on Sep 30, 2011 in colours bathroom kitchen decisions paint
  The early stages of redecorating are frustratingly slow! I'm eager to get going but we have to wait for things to be delivered, contracters to arrive and do their work... I just want to get on with it. Yesterday the boyfriend ordered this bathroom fr...
• Got the keys!
  on Sep 28, 2011 in kitchen cleaning completion keys interior design
  So yesterday I got the keys to my gorgeous home! This isn't my house key, it's a Tiffany Key necklace (I got a *coughfakecough* one in Thailand)I booked the day off work, got the keys at 10.30am and went straight there with a fridge and freezer from...

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