Lifestyle - Kitchen Makeover

Last November we were lucky enough to have the kitchen in our home replaced, it was a huge relief as the old kitchen was serviceable but such a mess and very mismatched.

I don't have any good pictures of the kitchen before but in these you can see the awful colour and the nicotine stains we have been battling since we moved in!

The yellow on the walls just sapped all the life out of me and the room, it was so dreary, I hate yellow so that might explain it.

The first job was an electrician who changed all our switches out and ripped put the old kitchen, it was very bare and strange over the weekend as he did this on the friday.

I did get excited about new switches!

Next in were the fitters and decorators, who cleaned and painted all the walls then began fitting all the cupboards and appliances it was very noisy and dusty!

New sink and plumbing that makes some sense and doesnt leak all over the cupboard

I actually squealed to have a decent amount of light in our kitchen, we had an awful spotlight that always blew one bulb previously.

Toby was fascinated by it all.

Our worktop selection.

After they leveled the floor we realised we had forgotten to set the timer on the heating, and as the doors had been open for 3 days straight at this point the house was very cold, Josh kindly stepped in and was chucked on the counter by his dad to turn it on! We work as a team :)

We had to wait a few days for the last 2 drawer fronts to arrive but the new floor is such an improvement, eventually we want to tile it as it is harder wearing with the dogs.

The appliances fitted perfectly thank goodness as I was worried it looked so small.

We did some work to the blank wall at the end of the kitchen, which if you follow me on instagram you will have seen my various posts but I will blog more about that later in the week.

Now just to try and decorate the rest of the house so it looks as bright and clean.

Mhairi

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Furniture restyle

So, my house is a disaster, we have been here 3 years and still have not managed to finish decorating, there always seems to be something in the way, be it finances, time or the energy, we still live in a disaster!

So I am starting some projects around the house and want your help on making some of the decisions.

My first project is a pine wardrobe I picked up for free from my local Freecycle.

As a side note, Freecycle is brilliant! I often check it out and post our unwanted items on there as finding something perfect for you and giving it a new home instead of it ending up on a landfill somewhere is a far better ending.

The wardrobe we have is fairly plain but it is solid and well looked after but it is a bit dull and scratched in places from its years of use.

It is very similar in style to this one.

Now, I kind of fancy painting it I am thinking maybe white or a duck egg blue or both.

I came across this image on Pinterest and I am in love!

You can see the post HERE and it links to the awesome blog!

So what do you think, play with some paint or keep the pine?

I am thinking of doing some posts about completing my projects are these something you would like to see? I have garden furniture and other bits of furniture to play with.

Mhairi

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Lifestyle - Bedroom

I often dream of the day I can buy all the pretty things I want, to decorate my home and make it more me.

You all know that day, the dream of winning the lottery, well yeah thats about as likely to happen to me as it raining fish on my front door, so instead I search the web, charity shops and furniture stores like a hawk after it prey until I find things I like!

Recently while perusing the internet an advert came up for an online store called made.com, out of curiosity I clicked through the link and took a look and I am now obsessed with the item below, it is out of my price range for now, but it needs to get in my bedroom asap!

£349

I love the design, the shape, the colours and well everything about it to be honest, I have an obsession with dark wood and this is near perfect in my eyes.

I am preying that the quality matches the price tag as I know nothing about this company, but I think I am willing to raise the cash to find out!

A few other pieces from the site have really jumped out at me including these three below.

£579

£169

£169

I made a promise to myself that I would stop buying cheap furniture and save for some solid old second hand stuff that was made to last, but these newer bits are calling my name!

I would recommend a look around the site there are some pretty things there, but do some research look for some independant testimonials about the company I do it before I buy anything from somewhere new. 

I am planning on restarting some of the decorating in the house, it is normally a crazy mess but would you be interested in some post about it on the blog?

Let me know in the comments.

Mhairi

xxx