Following on from my post last week about family-friendly open-plan living, I realised that I had never actually shared the kitchen banquette seating that my handy husband Ben built for our kitchen diner a couple of years ago. These are…
Styling the Seasons: February 2016
: Styling the Seasons, by Apartment Apothecary and Lotts and Lots : “Reflect the change of seasons and show those changes in your own home, by styling any surface (shelf, dining table, mantelpiece) with something you like to reflect the…
The floors are finished
The finished tiling…
We can unpack boxes…
{Furniture choices} dining table
Now that the new ground floor space is coming together, it’s time to start making exciting choices about furniture, decoration and accessories (my favourite bit). Until the wall between the kitchen and dining room was knocked down, Ben and I…
It’s finally worktop day…
Coping with building work and toddlers
Where am I right now? At my desk, writing the three homes features I have outstanding? Meticulously leafing through my collection of interiors magazines to find ideas to use in the new space downstairs? Painting the acres of new plaster…
New window and doors in
It’s absolutely amazing what a difference the extra light has made to the whole space…
Ready and waiting for the doors and windows
There has been a little bit of a delay while the builders waited for the delivery of the new patio doors. They were finally delivered yesterday at 4.45pm, so today should be an exciting day.