Category: Hygge for home

  • What Happens in the First Two Months of a Home Renovation?

    What Happens in the First Two Months of a Home Renovation?

    Every build is going to be different with its own unique set of challenges. In this blog I will share what happened as we started work on our “diamond in the rough’. Ten weeks after planning permission there had been a whirlwind of activity at the site and the home renovation of our bungalow was…

  • Indoors Outdoors Living – Garden Accessories

    Indoors Outdoors Living – Garden Accessories

    “We bought the house for the plot.  Our outdoor space is surrounded by trees, a stream at the end of the garden and the landscaping will turn it into the idyllic garden we have always wanted”  A year on from purchasing our bungalow renovation and we are finally onto landscaping the garden. The timing couldn’t…

  • A 1960’s Bungalow Renovation – Grand Dreams Into Grand Designs

    A 1960’s Bungalow Renovation – Grand Dreams Into Grand Designs

    My New Dream and Vision for a Family Home In January 2018 we were ready to move on from our first family home in Cardiff, which was a Victorian Terraced House. My three girls were born here and we put a lot of work into this property to make it our dream house, but the…

  • Bringing the indoors outdoors: A Cosy Modern Rustic Garden Design

    Bringing the indoors outdoors: A Cosy Modern Rustic Garden Design

    It has been nearly two years since we left our much loved home of seven years that saw our family of three grow into a family of five. We spent years renovating our run down Victorian house and left the garden until last so only got to enjoy the space for one summer. It was…

  • Renovation Diary: The potential and positives of a Bungalow

    Renovation Diary: The potential and positives of a Bungalow

    My earliest memories of home are open fires, creaky floorboards and DIY projects to fix another problem, yet I was mesmerised by the charm and history of old buildings. Since then, apart from my stint at university, living in a 1970’s brutalist building which shared a likeness to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I continued…