I genuinely thought everyone did this when they hung a new pair of curtains. 😁But when my friend popped round the other day, I was in the middle of training my curtains to look pretty and she thought I was going mad so I figured, if she didn't know about my little curtain hack then others might not know about it either - hence today's post... It’s one of those little things that my mam taught me years ago and I’ve just always done without really thinking about it. Whenever I get a new pair of curtains, I wash them first, hang them while they’re still slightly damp and … [Read more...]
Don’t Rush Your Home….
When we moved into this house, we could easily have gone shopping and bought everything we needed in one go. It would certainly have been quicker, and within a few weeks every room would probably have looked finished. There would have been furniture in every corner, pictures on every wall and accessories on every shelf and although there's absolutely nothing wrong with decorating like that, I don't think our house would have felt like ours in the way it does if that's what we'd done. We've chosen to take our time decorating and furnishing our new house. There are still shelves … [Read more...]
7 Ways a Garden Pod Cuts Household Costs….
When we moved into our house earlier this year, we quickly discovered that there was no shortage of things we could spend money on. Every room seems to come with its own to-do list and we're constantly weighing up what jobs are worth doing, what can wait and what will actually make a difference to how we live. It's amazing how quickly you can spend money on a house if you're not careful. 😁 One thing I've seen becoming much more popular recently is garden pods. A few years ago, I probably would have thought garden pods were a bit of a luxury, but the more I've looked into them, … [Read more...]
Why we’re fitting a new shower door this weekend….
When we moved into our new house, one of the very first things we did was fit a shower in the main bathroom because somehow, there wasn’t actually a shower in there at all and that was a non-negotiable for us. 🚿At the time, we decided to save a bit of money and cut a corner by using a shower curtain instead of fitting a proper shower door straight away. It felt like one of those “that’ll do for now” jobs while we focused on everything else that comes with moving into a house that needs updating. Fast forward to this morning though, and the shower curtain pole has completely fallen … [Read more...]
Six things you can do to help your house sell faster….
There's no getting away from the fact that selling your house is stressful! You feel like your life is in limbo (or at least I did) because you don't know what's happening and when. I hated the waiting game - waiting for someone to decide they liked our house enough to buy it whilst desperately hoping that the house we wanted didn't sell in the meantime, waiting for our offer to be accepted on the house we wanted and now, waiting for it all to go through and be finalised. I wanted to do everything I could to speed up the sale of our home and I honestly think that the things I … [Read more...]
How to fake a tidy house when you have last minute visitors….
There's nothing I like more than a tidy house, especially when I'm expecting visitors because no matter how much they might say that they're visiting me and not my house, I still like it to be looking its best.FYI: I originally shared this post in 2018 but I thought it was worth resharing today as I was just linking to it from a post I'm writing now about selling your house. I've been following these steps before viewings this last week or so as we've had a few last minute visitors booked in and obviously, I wanted to show the house in it's best light. 😁 So, back to me … [Read more...]
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