Renovation essentials

Renovation essentials

The tools and kit that you need if you’re starting a renovation project. One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is, “I’ve just bought…

Sanding and restoring floorboards

Sanding and restoring floorboards

There’s no sugarcoating it, sanding floorboards is awful! It was definitely one of the grubbiest and stressful jobs we’ve done (including the time we knocked…

All about lead paint removal

All about lead paint removal

Since I’ve been documenting my scraping off layers of old paint off various things in the house on Instagram, I’ve had some panicked messages from…