Interior Updates

When we got the keys to our house I believed we would be able to walk into the house & transform it into the home we had been dreaming of within a matter of days. Oh how wrong was I!? We've been in the house for 5 weeks & still haven't even managed to order a sofa, yep our bed is were we spend most of time, sitting watching hours of Netflix, eating popcorn, chilling out. 

See, before we moved I never added work, household chores, visiting family, looking after a pug or our budget into the equation, I just assumed things would get done & the place would be perfect pretty quickly. Don't get me wrong, we have got a fair few things done in the short space of time we've lived here, such as re-paint the main bedroom & gloss all the woodwork, strip the wallpaper off the chimney breasts in both the living & dining rooms and we've made a start on painting the bathroom too. It just takes a whole lot longer than I allowed myself to expect. Next week we are getting the damp issues resolved downstairs, it's gonna be messy & involve one wall to be re-plastered & another to have all it's paint sanded off... seriously what did I get myself into!? After thats complete though we can go ahead with getting the rooms done to our taste so it's all exciting stuff really! 

I'm 100% set on white walls & a grey sofa to go with our original wooden floorboards & we have ordered white wood venetian blinds. I did want shutters, but our windows are HUGE & the quotes we got were just insane so I settled on venetian blinds instead. The house is Victorian, meaning it's full of character, super high ceilings & original features which I am obsessed with so I want to keep the decor simple & fresh to ensure that the character doesn't get disguised. 
The Kitchen is the one room I'm 98% happy with, the units are white gloss with black worktops & white subway tiles on the walls. We just need to get a new radiator & it *could* do with a lick of paint at some stage in the future but for now it's a nice place to cook & thats the main thing! We've managed to make the most of how the previous owners left it by adding all the little accessories I collected over the past year & I'm really pleased with how it's come together. 
Upstairs wise our main focus is on our bedroom, we are currently sleeping in the back bedroom until we have the blinds fitted. Luckily it didn't need any work doing apart from cosmetic things like painting & we are going to pull up the carpet because it's worn out & crinkles when you walk on it which irritates me. So we have created a bit of work for ourselves by planning to remove the carpet as the floorboards are going to need sanding down & varnishing at the very least, but it will be worth it! The other two bedrooms are in decent condition too, again they just need a fresh coat of paint but theres no rush to get that done just yet. One room is going to be Dom's man cave to hide away all his geek junk & computer stuff & then the other is going to be my haven... a room for all my beauty products to live, along with a space to blog & be creative. 

We haven't even made a start on the courtyard, the list is literally endless with things I want to do but I am loving every minute of being in our very own place & can't wait to see it all come together over time! Do you like these kind of posts? Let me know if you do & I'll continue to keep you all updated!
L x 
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home decor ideas // the office

Continuing on with my home decor ideas series I thought this time I'd turn to office/workspace inspiration. I'd love to have a spare room that could be used as my little office space where I could spend time focusing on my blog & generally getting my life organised! We are currently still house hunting but we've sorta made it an unofficial priority to try & find a property with enough space to accommodate some form of a "blogging area" for me & an office for Dom. We are both continuously glued to our laptops/pc's with Dom working in IT & being a huge techie geek & myself running this little blog along with going back to uni we both really crave a space to let our creativity run free! Again, I've got a thing for white, clean looking decor & would probably paint the entire room/space white & let the accessories & furniture do the talking. I'd love some sort of bookcase so that we could display all of our books on nicely but also house little trinkets that we've collected throughout our relationship. I'd also really like to get my hands on some artwork, I'm not really sure what but I like the idea of having a wall full of different images & quotes. 
What would your dream office look like?
L x

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home decor ideas // the living room

Following on from my previous home decor post today I thought I'd share some ideas I have in mind for the living room. One thing that I think I've got my heart set on is a grey squishy sofa that can be the perfect place to snuggle up on under blankets & watch movies. I want my living room to be cosy but still stylish & clean looking at the same time. I think a grey sofa & minimal decor will create the "clean" look I want but will still allow me to dress the room with pops of colour in the form of cushions, flowers & ornaments. I've got my eye on an old fashioned style telephone in a mint green shade too! It would be an absolute dream to have an original cast iron fireplace in the living room, I love the character they add to a room. I've actually come across a few houses within our budget that have beautiful fireplaces so fingers crossed the house we end up going for will have one! 

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What would your ideal living room look like?

L x

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home decor ideas // the bedroom

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You may or may not know that I'm currently living back at home with my Mum after over a year of living with Dom in our own little flat. We ended up moving back to the North after being based down South for a few reasons, not only because Dom landed himself an amazing new job (super proud gf!), but we wanted to be closer to our family & friends again, plus it's much cheaper up here so we can get more for our money in terms of property! Living at home with parents again after being independent is so hard, I actually can't cope haha so I've been distracting myself by dreaming about how I want to decorate our house & I've become addicted to Pinterest again! The aim is to have our own house by Christmas, so fingers crossed it works out well but for now I'll continue to develop my obsession for Pinterest & endlessly scroll through Right Move looking for a perfect place to live!

I'm torn between going for a completely Shabby Chic style room with french furniture & lots of florals everywhere or to keep it quite simple & chic. In an ideal world I'd love our first house to have lots of character such as little old fireplaces in the bedrooms, victorian floor tiles & big bay windows so that I can keep the decor to a minimum & let the original features do the talking! I know that I want the bedroom to be mostly white, to keep it looking crisp & clean but I want to inject colour with accessories & perhaps even a piece of furniture that can be a focal point if I find the right item. The main reason I want the room to be white, e.g the walls & flooring is because I want the room to be filled with as much natural light as possible. The flat we lived in was quite dull because of the paintwork being green & magnolia (not my choice), along with huge heavy furniture that blocked out light it felt quite closed in & I found it would make me want to stay in bed longer. There's nothing nicer than waking up to an airy fresh looking room, I feel like it would put me in a better mood for the day. 

What would your dream bedroom be like?

L x

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