Flat No.2 – Renovation Progress

The title is a misnomer - there hasn't been much progress and in part it is to do with Christmas. Mostly, it's to do with IKEA. Here comes our abysmal experience over the last 3 weeks, not so much as a rant (but, yes, a rant), more of a way for you to learn from the …

Kitchen Reveal

Originally when I wanted to do this reveal, oh, five months ago, I'd planned on styling my kitchen to make it sah sah beautiful. But, I never got round to actually doing it because 1) once i've cleaned and tidied I'm very sleepy, 2) the thought of re-arranging my hundreds of pieces of crockery fills …

To Ikea Kitchen or Not to Ikea Kitchen

I find the best way to do anything is to write two columns - YES SIR and NO SIR. I mean, how else can you make stupidly momentous decisions like spending your hard earned dolla on a kitchen? As I have an Ikea kitchen I feel I am qualified enough to columnise the experience, except …

We’re In! Moving house + Paint Colours

Yep, we moved in and it was right rainy. Getting everything out was terrible, I sat drinking tea watching over the horror unfold whilst Mr. Brown, his brother and removal man Greg hauled everything into the basement car park - not an easy feat. The greatest packing lesson I've learnt is it is worth packing …