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My biggest home decor pet peeves
Everyone has pet peeves, and they can reveal as much about you as your homestyle. It’s incredible how simple and harmless things such as accessories, colours, materials and patterns can trigger strong negative emotions and feelings. One of the main reasons why I use...
Renovation lessons: 7 things that didn’t quite work
After renovations, everything is new, nice and shiny. There are no more decisions to be made, so you can now relax a bit and enjoy your home. Soon, though, you start noticing the good and the bad of your renovation decisions. Based on my experience renovating a...
Peculiarities of the Scottish home buying process
I’m finding the relocation process from England to Scotland fascinating from a professional point of view. As England and Scotland have different legal systems, many things work a bit (or a lot) differently, which is an exciting learning opportunity for a legal...
The linguistic challenges of renovating a house abroad
By the time we started renovating our Victorian end of terrace in Oxford, I’d been living in the UK for four years. I expected the full renovation project to be difficult for several reasons, but I certainly didn’t expect to face linguistic challenges. I’m a...
Transformation: from old outhouses to new extension
An example of how a small one-storey rear extension can transform the living space in a Victorian end of terrace home.Extensions, even small ones, can make a huge difference to small homes. Continuing my series on room transformations, today I’m sharing how we turned...
Room transformation: from old office and WC to new office
An example of downsizing when renovating a Victorian end of terrace Renovating rooms usually means making them bigger and better, or at least better. You rarely renovate a room to intentionally make it smaller, but sometimes – especially in small houses –...
