Miami Mint

Hello, 

On the blog today the spare bedroom getting a makeover with a lick of paint. This room has always been white, white is clean, white is safe, white is easy to clean, who doesn't have a tin of white paint lying around to touch up marks? White is great, I love white, but I had an urge and you know what happens when you get the urge, well for me until the job is done I can't stop thinking about it! The perfect shade was Miami Mint and I love how the room turned out, it might just be a little bit harder to get it back to white the next time I have one of my urges! 

Have you been acting on any urges recently? 

Hope you're all having a good week x

Ta-Tah the finished kitchen!

Hello!
Our kitchen makeover has been a gradual one that has taken nearly a year to complete. After the smashed up vintage plates mosaic was finished the next job on the list was to paint all the kitchen cupboards white. I've wanted to do this since we moved in 5 years ago but it always seemed like such a big job, actually it wasn't. Instead of rushing it we took off a couple of doors at a time, sanded them and painted them, we had the whole kitchen done in 2 weeks. Then the floor, I loved the old tiles but they were extremely dirty and the floor was always freezing, we didn't have much cash so we just went for cheapo sticky tiles and they do the job just fine. Our kitchen looks so much brighter now, I especially tidied up for these photos too, just for you!

Next room on the DIY list is the shower room, it badly needs a.lick of tile paint to freshen it up, I'll get round to it!
Hope you're all having a good start to the week xxx

Cheap and Cheerful

Hello,
The spare room/my dressing room is finished and it cost zero to make the changes, everything I used I already owned, I just swapped things about. When Bob moved out I took down the vintage fabric tree, I asked my friends of Instagram if anyone wanted it and I posted it off to find new roots in England. Another new addition to the room are four amazing vintage Eve big eyed children pictures, one of my favourite Instagrammers @hollie_harris had a giveaway and I was the lucky winner! I couldn't believe it! I absolutely love these prints. Check out Hollie's Etsy shop here. I moved the display cabinet from the hall upstairs to house my growing shoe collection, I've picked up some great shoes in the charity shops recently, I think they need a blog post of their own. I took a LOT of photos of the new room....

 

Have a lovely week everyone xxx

Empty Nest

Hello!
Our house is a little quieter this week, Bob has flown the nest. It's weird but Bob definitely needed her own space to spread her wings, having all her stuff cramped into a small bedroom was no good. Sad to see Bob go but on the plus side I now have two rooms to play with and space to spread my own wings! Everyday after work I've been cleaning, moving furniture, rearranging stuff, I love changing rooms about. When I was a kid I used to change my bedroom around constantly, I've never grew out of it. I'm 96.5% finished the changes, just a few things to do like iron and hang a curtain, make some new cushion covers, hang a picture, find some space for tshirts to go and then I'll take lots of pictures of the finished rooms to show you!

 The place was a mess, I started with Bob's room, cleared everything out and cleaned. Leftover paint from the kitchen makeover so the wardrobe has added a splash of colour to my wardrobe.

I'll save the rest for the finished room post!

Have a great weekend! xxx

Kitchen Makeover Update

Hello!
I'm very pleased to say the smashed vintage plates mosiac in the kitchen is FINISHED!!!! I ruined the tiles ages ago by painting them, the paint started to chip off and it looked a bit crap and dark. The tiles under the windowsill were given the mosiac makeover first and it was quick to cover such a small area. The tiles on the other side were a different story, I started it ages ago and totally lost momentum with it. It sat unfinished for months until I finally crawled out of my I can't be arsed phase, the big lad and I joined forces and got the project finished. I'm really happy with how it looks! The kitchen makeover continues......

My little sunflower seedlings, a birthday present from my sister are sprouting up!

Have a great week everyone xxx