Hosting friends and family in your home should be one of life’s simple pleasures. Yet sometimes the pre-arrival nerves can turn what should be a pleasant experience into something a little more anxiety inducing. Opening your home up to visitors ... Read the Post...
Around here lately (The 2021 edition so far)
What a year. If you follow me on Instagram you'll see I've had some big changes. I haven't written at all lately. I just haven't felt like it. I've been pretty guarded and quiet about life because I also haven't been well. Both physically and ... Read the Post...
Adding a rendered board to the kitchen
I didn’t know what to put on the back of this kitchen panel. But then I thought why not try some render?! It came up pretty good I think. I painted it in a off white and now it adds a bit more texture to the room. I’m going to add a teeny bit of trim ... Read the Post...
A kitchen before + after
Another before and after. 🤩 Here’s the kitchen! It just has a few finishing touches to go. The whole space was ripped apart, walls re-sheeted, a door filled in, bulkhead built and the cabinetry was all DIY from Kaboodle through Bunnings. What a huge ... Read the Post...
A bedroom before + after
Here’s another before and after bedroom. It’s almost done! Just some skirting and patching around the shutter. I absolutely promise this is the same room. When I first looked at it, it only had a single bed and the window was off centre. I ... Read the Post...
The Block 2021 – Week 8 – Living & Dining
Kirsty & Jesse Score: 28 ½/30Spent: $86,411First Place The biggest space by far – more than twice the size of some of their competitors – was always going to give Kirsty and Jesse the biggest challenges, but as the judges saw when they ... Read the Post...
How to paint your bricks
I'm in the middle of a full renovation. It's been so full on. I really really had to get rid of all of the brown on this house. And the best (and cheapest) way was to paint the bricks. I own a spray gun and it's a very simple and easy ... Read the Post...
How to pot a cactus
When you see someone selling a cactus on Facebook Marketplace and you head to their house buy 1, but then come home with 4.... ha! I couldn't help it. I was given these pots by Northcote Pottery ages ago and I'd been saving them. I didn't know for ... Read the Post...
A before + after of the lounge room (sort of)
This area is not quite finished and I do need a better before+after photo, but the transformation already is impressive! See the before? Wow. It was in bad condition. The 40+ year old carpet revealed the most stunning cypress pine floors ... Read the Post...
Almost there on this bedroom reno
Well this room is coming up a treat! There's some skirting, quad and robe doors to fit off, but it's almost done. The final part bringing it all together was the blockout roller blinds and sheers. These were from iseekblinds and all DIY. I chose ... Read the Post...
The Block 2021 – Week 9 – Hallway, Laundry & WC
Kirsty & Jesse Score: 29 ½/30Spent: $44,428First Place With a sleek hi-tech lock on the glass-panelled front door, a bench seat just inside for preparing to head out or in, a fun shell chandelier, in-floor lamps highlighting arches Jesse ... Read the Post...
Bathroom Reno Number 1. Done!
If you've been following along at my Instagram you would have seen this final reveal of the bathroom reno I've been working on. It's been a long slog, but so worth it. When I bought this little flip house the shower had been leaking and it was gross ... Read the Post...
