I cannot believe the speed at which our builders, or should I say builder as it is mostly just one man, work! The room is coming on. Yeste...

and the winner is............... jo Congratulations jo I shall spend some time studying your blog before dispatching your bag full of goodi...

I came back from shopping in Exeter yesterday to find that we have most of a ceiling! When you go in the bathroom now, which is just above,...

The electrics are being chased in. Special tanking put on walls to keep out damp. We have chosen wall lights and a sideboard but the paint...

Ok, day 2. It looks as though nothing much has changed but they have removed 3 layers of paint and wallpaper, removed the nasty concrete ski...

The ceiling is down. It was a great surprise to everyone that the ceiling was lathe and plaster as the cracks in the ceiling were in straigh...

No not Christmas decorations. This time last year we were all decorated ready for Christmas because we did the shoot for 25 Beautiful Homes...

Ok folks, as promised here is the second giveaway. This time it is one of Cath's Xmas bags for Tesco filled with goodies. For those of ...

A Thrifty Mrs . Lizzy pulled the name out of the hat and was so delighted to do it that she wanted to pull out another, and another, and an...

Please can anyone help? I have decided to have linen curtains made up for our living room once it is decorated and now need 30 metres of fab...

Where oh where does the time go? I have been so busy that I haven't had time to blog and now I have so much to tell you. You might as w...

Many of you may remember this . Well one year on it is now in print. See the current edition (December) of 25 Beautiful Homes. It brings b...

Yesterday was a wonderful day. I persuaded Paul that he and I should take the day away off work and spend some time together. We were goin...