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...]
Our moving day nightmare….
Did you see my post a couple of weeks ago about how everything that could go wrong when we were selling our house did go wrong?Well today I thought I'd share our moving day story, because it went about as smoothly as you would expect based on our house move journey up until that point.... 😁(we moved in the last week of February but my operation happened shortly after and then I was getting better so it's taken me this long to share)We decided early on to book a moving van rather than try and do it all ourselves. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do any heavy lifting as I was … [Read more...]
Four BIG things that went wrong when we were selling our house….
We accepted an offer on our house in August 2025 but didn’t actually move until the end of February 2026, which is seven months. Even by UK standards, that’s a long time.It was a really stressful few months because at various points it genuinely felt like it could fall through at any moment. We got there in the end though and we’re now in what is definitely our dream house… or it will be once we’ve finished making it ours. 😁 Looking back, there were a few moments that caused delays or unnecessary drama, so I thought I’d share them because if you’re in the middle of a house move, … [Read more...]
A Pre-loved home office {on a budget}….
For the first time ever, I have an actual office at home.In our old house, my “office” was basically just a corner of the dining room and honestly, I didn’t mind it at all. I loved being downstairs in the middle of everything. I worked long hours back then and quite often ended up logging back in on an evening or over a weekend to help someone or deal with something urgent, so having my desk downstairs meant I still felt part of whatever was going on in the house while I worked. I could answer emails while tea was cooking, quickly check something while everyone else was watching TV … [Read more...]
The worst things about living in a Victorian reno project….
I absolutely love living in an old house. I love the character, the high ceilings, the big rooms, the wonky little details and the fact that every single corner seems to have a story attached to it. What I do not love quite as much is the fact that every single corner also seems to have a job attached to it.Living in a Victorian reno project sounds very romantic when you say it quickly. It sounds like you spend your weekends wandering around salvage yards, drinking coffee in a sunny bay window and casually choosing between Farrow and Ball colours with names that sound like … [Read more...]
Things I Forgot To Do When I Moved House (So You Don’t Have To)….
I like to think I’m quite an organised person. 😁 I make lists, I plan ahead and I’m generally on top of most things… I own a filofax so that makes me organised by default, right? Moving house humbled me though and showed me that I am not the organised person because I managed to forget some really obvious things! Not big dramatic things, just the kind of small, annoying jobs that you don’t think about until they come back and bite you in the bum later on. I completely forgot to tell most of my friends that we'd actually moved house and one friend who had obviously missed … [Read more...]
