Wallpaper sometimes gets a bad rep. You either love it or you hate it. Most people only consider using wallpaper to cover up bad plasterwork, but it’s actually the ultimate way to turn a bland room into a beauty.
Thinking about selling your home? Presentation matters. Take a good look at your house – if you were coming to view it would you put in an offer? What would sell it to you? If you wouldn’t make an offer on your house then neither will anyone else. You need to pull out all the stops to impress and show your home off at its best. Make sure you play to your home’s strengths.
So last week I posted the mood board I created for the living room. It’s still a work in progress and I’m sure elements of it will change between now and when we finally get round to starting it, but any time I see a mood board I want to know what inspired it, so in this week’s post I’m going to break down the elements on my mood board and hopefully some of my inspiration will also inspire you and help you to create your own makeover mood boards.
Everyone has something in life that they love to do. For some its sport, others it’s fashion. There are those who love gaming and those who love knitting. Me? Well I love renovating houses.
When Michael Dunlop published his autobiography last year I brushed it off as not worth reading, what could a twenty-something lad write autobiography about? In my eyes he had barely lived at all. Then my dad got himself a copy and gave it a read. “It’s good”, he said. “You’ll be surprised.”
Humph.
So, my dog eats my knickers. Disgusting, but true. He also eats socks, tissues, boxers and he used to eat guinea pig poop. But the knicker eating is the real bane of my life. I have to buy new pants every couple of weeks because he eats through them so damn fast. I’m not really 100% sure what it is about them that makes him want to eat them, but it’s bloody annoying, disgusting and EXPENSIVE!
Today we did a big thing, today we ordered a full set of new windows for No. 28. It was A HUGE step in the renovation process, and one that was long overdue.
We had been holding out these past three years for a time when we could afford to refurbish the house’s original sash windows, but over the past few weeks we have realised that not only would that time probably never come, but (and I was really loathe to admit this) the sash windows also probably weren’t a practical option for us in the long term.
Last week the husband and I were invited down to Crossgar for a tour and tasting session at the Shortcross Gin Distillery – Slainte!
The Rademon Estate in County Down is one of the oldest historic estates in Ireland, and since 2014 it has been the home of Shortcross Gin.
Shortcross owners Fiona and David are immensely proud of their gin, and so they should be – Shortcross Gin is not only Northern Ireland’s first craft gin, it has also won the most awards out of all the gins distilled on island of Ireland.
