Category: Hygge for home
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…