

Dark Walls: Embrace your Small Space
Often when presented with small, awkward spaces in the home we turn to our old pal white paint. We lash a few coats of ‘Brilliant White’...


Show us yer Gaff!
As you may have ascertained - that show that I subtlety hinted to in my last blog post was RTE's Home of the Year. It was a delight to get i


Hallelujah - we have a functioning hall!
When renovating a house you make sacrifices - they may be small (Dulux VS Farrow and Ball) or they may be big (Pay troop of builders VS...


Let's go buy: Part One
It's that time of year, where my day begins with bundling myself into a waiting cab at 5 in the morning and frantically applying makeup...


How to ... fit a blind!
Full disclosure here guys ... I'm not the biggest fan of blinds or curtains. I see them as kind of an unnecessary evil and so shoved them...


How to install a light fixture
Before you do anything – turn off the electricity, not to your entire house just where you are putting up the lights. YOU’LL NEED: A...


Welcome to Flatland...
And so construction began, and by construction I mean DESTRUCTION. As I may have mentioned previously, the house had been chopped into...


You’ve got the keys now what...
For some lucky folk out there, the general house buying process goes like this – bid on house, win, get solicitor, get suitably freaked out