Catching Up With The Living Room

It’s Saturday night as I write this and I just dug out an old pic of the living room to share to Instagram stories followed…

Where We’ve Come From…And Where We’re Going

Did you know I’ve won an award? Albeit a self-proclaimed one. From here on I shall be known as the world’s slowest home renovator. Can…

Three Budget Tips To Care For Your Stove

Fitting a wood-burning stove back in the summer of 2015 still remains one of our greatest renovation triumphs. Although I think everything we do to…

Cleaning Hacks for Log Burners

When we had our log burner fitted last summer, the mild cynic in me doubted its claims of being self-cleaning – as clever as those…

DIY Guide: Painting a Rendered Fireplace

One of my absolute favourite blogs and go-to places for DIY inspiration is Little House on the Corner, by couple Christine and Jan who are…

Reno Diaries: Silver Linings and Wood Burning Stoves

What beautiful weather we’re having – in typical fashion now that our wood-burning stove is finally in there’s a heatwave. Not that I was really…

Reno Diaries: Getting Ready for Winter

I can’t actually believe that is the subject line of a post when we haven’t even had a proper summer yet so far, but in…