Hey-o! If you’re new here, my name is Lydia; I’m a freckled, ginger, mum of 3, finally making my house a home by doing as many DIYs as I can manage. I’ve been going room by room, slowly but surely, trying to create beautiful spaces for my family on a tight budget. I call it … More Main Bathroom Budget Room Refresh – SPRING 2020 ORC WEEK 1
After nearly 5 years in our house we’re finally making an effort to make it more our own. You can read all about that in my post about making our house a home. I set SMART goals for 2020 in regards to the house and established a plan to go room by room and undertake … More Master Bedroom Budget Room Refresh
If you want to bring some character to a wall then I highly recommend this easy DIY Grid Board and Batten tutorial. There are lots of these tutorials out there, but I want to break it down really simply. It’s not as hard as you may think and can be done quite inexpensively! Especially if … More Simple and Affordable DIY Grid Pattern Board and Batten
A couple of months ago I wrote about how we’re trying to make our house a home. We’ve been in our home for nearly 5 years now but I was a 23 year-old expectant mother when we bought it and since we didn’t have much money to beautify the place we furnished it with hand-me … More Budget Room Refresh Challenge
Do you ever just get the urge to paint your brick fireplace at 9:47PM? No? That’s just me? Oh, okay cool. Well I guess that’s just one example of how I’ve opted to sacrifice my sleep for the sake of home improvement. I love a good Before and After. And I have no regrets! In … More Making Our House A Home
The Dappled Willow 