House renos

Nick and I have somewhat limited DIY skills, so when I say 'reno' I mean stuff like painting and...well, pretty much painting.  We loved the house when we first saw it at an open day in February this year, but shortly after moving in I realized that I really, really didn't like the heavy oxblood red which was the curtains and feature walls.  I replaced it with a fresh shade of Paradise, and gentler curtains.

("Mo-o-o-ommmm...what have you done??!!!!"  It's called being committed to painting the wall the next day!)

Grandma and Grandpa

I think you're going to be seeing a lot of upcycling projects coming up on the blog.  Before we moved I spent ages on Pinterest, looking longingly at all the ideas which I'd never thought to implement and getting impatient to start experimenting!  We bought these chairs shortly before shifting, and I made them my first project.  They went from this...

to this...

to this!