The dining room floor is in...

The dining room floor is in! And what a difference it makes!The house was built in 1960 and SOMEBODY thought it would be a good idea to lay black floor tiles in the dining room. How wrong they were.In the seventies the family that lived here could take no more and carpeted the dining room, hall, stairs and landing with this...(for good measure, they painted the walls and doors...

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Door dramas...

I've been looking for a door for about 18 months. I needed 4 panels all in a row, I needed cheap and local. I've looked on ebay but I just haven't seen anything local enough to avoid mega delivery costs. I didn't want to part with £70.This is what I want it for:SourceThere are lots of these door headboards on Pinterest. There's no headboard in the master bedroom (my husbands)...

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Botched carpentry and a plate rack makeover...

I've been tinkering with my new plate rack and I figured it might be time for another carpentry masterclass. Or, how not to do things as the case may be...This was my inspiration:Found on Pinterest (Vintage House blog) Whaddya know? It's a Swedish blog! No wonder it's so gorgeous.What I loved about the first plate rack I found on eBay is the wooden rails to keep the plates...

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Dining room paint colour...

The dining room was painted in F&B Pale Powder some years ago. It's a really pale neutral blue and I really liked it. It needed repainting as it had got marked and had some holes where I'd taken things off the wall.I fancied a change and something cheaper. I wanted something more sophisticated. I opted for a colour called Portland by Dulux Trade Paints. (Always go for...

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Straight Lines on a Textured Wall

So I will be perfectly honest with you, I am (if you don't know already) not a crafty person, or a true diy gal. I'd like to be but #1, I'm a little afraid of power tools (need to work on that), #2, I'm a bit lazy and would rather just buy it than make it, and #3, did I mention I might be a tad lazy?However, one thing we definitely do around our home is paint ourselves. I...

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