On Form, Cotswolds and a bit of Writing

I feel like I should write a blog post about something as I haven't been particularly diligent lately but I don't really know what to write about. I could write about writing -- I wrote 7,000 words last Friday and I have been in a coma ever since. It will forever be my PB as …

What it’s really like renovating with your other half

I have never wanted someone to suffer endless and insurmountable amounts of pain until I began renovating flats with my boyfriend. A lot of people exclaim in moments of rage that they want to "kill", not so in my case; I want to inflict irreparable damages that he has to live with for 60 years, …

Renovation Progress

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter. Please don't lie to people and tell them you're over chocolate, we all know it's not true. Yesterday saw some great progress with our flat. The shed arrived at 6:30am (mid-storm) and is now stored inside our flat in the living room, which at 6:30am on a Bank …

Design Mistakes – The Bathroom

I naively believed that with our new flat we would be so very experienced (after only one renovation under our belts) that we wouldn't make any big mistakes. Honestly, I don't know when I started to think we were Chip and Joanna Gaines but I was very delusional.   Let me start by explaining that …

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 …