I'm sure you remember the story of the Frog Prince. As a quick recap, a Princess finds a frog in a pond after dropping her ball into it and after giving it a kiss it turns into a handsome Prince with whom she lives happily ever after. And what has that to do with your home?! Bear with me here. Our sense of space in a room is defined by the walls, beams and columns and the … [Read more...]
Can You Really Extend Your Home for Just £20K?!
Lets be honest.. We all love a good Home Improvement show on TV. Whether its Grand Designs, Amazing Spaces, Property Ladder, Homes under the Hammer… you name it, we lap it up! But how useful are these shows to us in the real world? How much of it is just gloss and shine for the cameras and what can we actually learn from them for use in our own projects? Its time we … [Read more...]
Renovating Your Home With Mobility In Mind
My aunt Nuala was in a serious car accident a few years ago. She got caught in the middle of a three car pile-up at a dodgy 4-way junction with no traffic lights. She was wheelchair bound for many months and luckily after some intensive and very painful physiotherapy she managed to get back on to her feet and could eventually walk again. That said she still has … [Read more...]
How To Choose A Property To Renovate
Whilst most of the information on this website is for people who already have a property that they are going to renovate, I thought I would chuck in a blog post about choosing a property in the first place and finding one that has plenty of potential for renovating so you can maximise your return on investment in it. It can be very difficult to find a property in our cities … [Read more...]
Grade Your Kitchen In 2 Simple Steps
If there’s one thing for sure is that the kitchen is the centre piece of the home. It’s the place where our meals are cooked, where we eat and where we meet and socialise with our families. Now I’ve mentioned many times before that terraced houses are not designed for modern living and that applies more so to the kitchen than any other room in the house. The terraced … [Read more...]
