Bathroom remodels can be a significant investment, with the average cost for a completely new bathroom running upwards of £6,000. However, if your bathroom needs a refresh but you’re on a budget, don’t worry. There are plenty of small, affordable changes you can make to transform your space and create a more satisfying room that meets your needs and looks good.
4 Trending Kitchen Designs for Your Makeover Project
The kitchen is one of the most-used rooms in the entire house. Not only is it the space where food is created, but it tends to be a gathering spot for family and guests, so you want the space to reflect your style and also be functional. If your current kitchen design looks dated and tired and you’re wondering what you can do to spice things up, we’ve got four trending kitchen designs that will be perfect for your makeover project.
4 DIY Bathroom Remodelling Projects You Should Try
Bathroom remodelling can be challenging, but as a space where you usually start and end your day, you cannot overlook an overdue upgrade. Moreover, you wouldn’t want your guests and potential buyers to be appalled by the sight of your bathroom! Unfortunately, renovating your bathroom isn’t cheap and could cost you
Fantastic Ways To Make Maximalism Work In Your Home
While minimalism has been doing the decor trends for a while, maximalism has been hot on its heels for the last few years and, with Ikea stating that 2022 is the year for a trend that they’ve termed ‘cluttercore’, the tides are finally turning against the less-is-more decor mindset.
5 Ideas To Create a Luxury Home on a Budget
When it comes to our homes, most of us have a picture in our minds of how we want it to look someday – I’ve got Dream Home Makeover to blame for that! We scroll Instagram and Pinterest and wish we could have someone make our home look like that. Let’s face it, most of us don’t have the kind of money it would take to have a team of professionals come in and create our dream house. But, there *might* be another way.
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Here are some easy-to-do ideas from the experts and some great DIY home decorating tips to allow you to use your creativity without breaking the bank.
1. Add Luxury Features
Here’s an interesting article loaded with DIY tips from Lottoland. The Lottoland article recommends using vintage furnishings, self-made artwork, framed fabric, bits of wallpaper, and other tricks to custom design your home. Take a look to see more affordable tips.
2. Instant Elegance With a Canopy
To make a bedroom look taller and instantly elegant, add a gauze canopy. For an even more striking look, consider flat black or charcoal walls. The dark walls with the flowing white canopy give even the most modest bedroom the look of luxury. Hotel vibes, here we come.
3. Colours and Patterns
Let yourself go with patterns and colors. Once you master mixing colors and patterns, you can decorate any space with flare. The general rule with patterns is to use 3 or 4 patterns in 3 sizes – layering the patterns adds interest. You can also layer throw-cushions, window treatments, and throws. Sometimes adding an extra layer is all it takes to bring your room together. The colors compliment each other without clashing. Try color combinations you don’t usually think of together. Here are a few examples:
- Apricot Orange + Pastel Blue
- Yellow-Orange + Teal
- Greens + Brown
- Turquoise + Cream
- Gold + Royal Blue
- Green + Red
If bold colors are not your style, try using geometric patterns to make simple black and white look elegant and chic. Try using marble accent pieces or backsplashes in the kitchen. If you are decorating a living room or a bedroom, accessorize with natural textures. Examples include:
What You Can Change When Renovating Your House
Renovating a home is a big project. It can be an overwhelming process, especially if you are unfamiliar with all the different trades and materials involved in any given renovation job. For that reason, it’s essential to know what you can change when undertaking a renovation project. Here are some of the important items that most people think about when renovating their home, from flooring installation to kitchen design choices.
Tidy Friday: Sophie & Alex’s Kitchen
Here are some before and after snaps of a recent kitchen organisation project in Nottingham. Sophie and Alex are baking addicts and cook from scratch A LOT. So, it’s safe to say they have lots of ingredients but they also had an amazing amount of space in their recently renovated kitchen but they didn’t know quite how to use it in the best way. Plus they had a habit of buying things they already had in. I left them with a shopping list of items they DON’T need to buy for a while!
I followed the usual process of getting everything out of the cupboards to see what space we actually had, discussing changing the locations of most of their items and then we started decluttering (there’s always some mugs that can go!) and organising into relevant categories before putting everything back in a slightly different way.
Now it’s easier for them to see what they have before buying more, they have a dedicated breakfast station and their biscuits are where they should be – near the tea! We also moved a lot of duplicates into their utility room as to use as a backstock and moved some of Alex’s Myprotein stash to the main kitchen area where it’s more handy for him to access.
Check out the before, during and after snaps below.
The Before
“Tidy Friday spent the day organising our chaos and I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s immediately changed how I feel about my home.”
The During
“I’m a stressed and messy person and don’t have the headspace to sort things out.” – Sophie
AD – Can our DIY projects join the war on plastic waste with Hippo?
AD – Sponsored post with Tembe DIY and Hippo Products
You’ll know that we love to do DIY, decorate and change up our interiors but of course, this can come with lots of rubbish, packaging and unfortunately plastic waste. But, there’s a DIY company here to try and make a change. Hippo are declaring their ‘War on Waste Plastics’ in the constructions industry and is going green! Did you know that 23% of plastic produced in the UK is consumed by the construction industry and 25% of construction packaging waste is plastic? Shocking, isn’t it? Hippo believe that no one can do everything, but everyone can do something so we’ll try to be a lot more eco-friendly with our choices of DIY materials in the future.
Hippo create caulk, filler and sealants – all things we use in our day to day DIY projects. All of the products I’ve been sent to trial are available as part of the 14 product Hippo Pro advanced range of sealants, fillers and adhesives from builders’ merchants throughout the UK including Travis Perkins, Jewson, Crown, Selco, Buildbase, Boys & Boden amongst others. There are products like the Hippo General Purpose Silicone and Filltite Decorators Caulk which are definitely both product we’d use in our next interiors makeover. Could you change your usual caulk brand to something a little more eco-friendly like Hippo?
The materials you’d use to seal a bath or shower are commonly packaged in non-biodegradable high-density polyethylene but Hippo is packaged in eco-friendly aluminium foil ‘sausage’ packaging and they’ve replaced their standard plastic cartridges with new Eco-Pacs. The packaging is still super strong and are obviously much better for the environment! They actually generate 96% less waste and less than 1% plastic compared with standard cartridges. Plus, you get more product in this packaging too!
In the UK it is estimated that five million tonnes of plastic is used every year, nearly half of which is packaging. The construction industry accounts for a quarter of the plastic consumed in the UK, making it the second largest consumer of plastic. Tembé DIY and Building Products, an independent company based in Doncaster who create building and decorating products for professional trade has declared a ‘War on Waste plastics’ in the construction industry and under its Hippo brand of sealants and adhesives launched a green range to kick the plastic habit.
Interiors: Master Bedroom Glow Up
Our little master bedroom change up is complete! I chipped away at this for weeks during the third lockdown and it seemed to take me forever. The before is the Rightmove pic of course, as you’ll recognise our lamps, prints and the bed from our old bedroom and the right hand image is how we’re living with it now. I’m really happy so far, there’s a few tweaks and additional decorative bits to do but I’m much happier with the colour and the feel now.
We wanted a calm and serene room with lots of soft furnishings and for it to feel cosy and relaxing. The purple and greys were too cold and I didn’t like them for a bedroom so I chose Overtly Olive for the panelling and Almond White (the same as in our bathrooms) from Dulux for the main walls. I wanted to contrast the green with a bit of copper so included some rust-coloured cushions from our old living room and some rose gold accents with photo frames.
I added some natural textures with our old living room rug (out of shot) and the Iconic Lights lampshade in wicker/rattan. I also added lots of soft furnishings including a big cosy knitted blanket and extra texture and interest to the back wall with our panelling which I absolutely love, I think it makes so much difference to the room.
We kept the original Roman blinds and replaced the Venetians (of course with Luna Blinds). On the opposite to the window wall we added a row of three prints of black and white images that we’ve taken in places where we have fun and lovely memories in Prague, Skegness & at Mam Tor. I bought the frames from Photo Frames & Art as it took me so long to find the right size and shape for the look I was going for. Let me know what you think of the changes!
3 Ideas for Personalised Home Décor
Having spent more time than ever in our homes over the last year, there is no surprise that there has been an increase in the number of people who want to redecorate. Having stared at the same tired wallpaper for the last however many months, who can blame us! I am definitely one of those people. Here’s a few more ideas if you’re looking for some redecoration inspiration for your home.
