Following on from my posts on our Victorian hallway makeover (see HERE and HERE), we needed a new console table to put all our hallway crap on. You know, like keys, spare change, candles, plants, mirrors – the usual stuff. I also needed something to disguise the radiator a bit. Here’s our custom console table tutorial!
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My Garden in July & August
This is a bit of a combination of months. I feel I’ve let my garden get away from me this year. It’s been such a hot summer and the garden has really suffered! I’m sure a lot of other people are in the same boat. Our lawn has become really parched. We have clay soil, which is usually too wet and means the grass dies over winter. This summer it…
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Victorian Hallway Makeover – Before and (partial) After!
Do you remember our grotty hallway? If not, here’s a shot of it in all its horrible glory. Think manky carpet, smoke damaged walls and a general layer of grubbiness built up over goodness knows how many years! This is it before our Victorian hallway makeover… This was the mood board for the hallway. I wanted to keep it light and airy while letting the period features shine, as they’re…
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Recipe – Quick and Easy Pizza Sauce
Holly never used to like pizza, and is actually quite a fussy eater much to my annoyance. Now she LOVES it and I totally blame this quick and easy pizza sauce. This pizza sauce is so easy to make from scratch. It’s also good to make ahead and I always have a batch made up in the freezer, which makes this meal even easier! Once you’ve made this sauce, you’ll…
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Recipe – Quick and Easy Pizza Dough
This recipe for quick and easy pizza dough is a huge favourite in our house. It’s a great recipe to cook with kids. Holly loves making her own pizza and looks forward to Friday night pizza night (as do I, it’s minimal cooking and minimal mess!). For the dough I used a stand mixer with dough hook attachment as it’s there on my worktop. You can make this by hand…
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Victorian Hallway Makeover – Sanding Original Floorboards
Wondering how to sand original floorboards? This post will give you a guide to sanding original floor boards. Read more now. Following on from my inspiration post on our Victorian hallway makeover, my hatred of the hallway carpet increased to ridiculous levels after our chimney fire. The firemen (obviously doing a brilliant job, stopping our house burning down) had left a dirty trail all over the carpet. I said…