I’d never decorated before but i learnt fast!

After outgrowing our three-bedroom house where my eldest son was squashed into the box room, we started looking at new-build homes in the same County Durham village. At the time, I’d never even painte

I had moved into Matt’s flat in North Shields, but we were eager to buy a bigger place near Whitley Bay where we grew up. We viewed this house and, despite the decor not being our style, we could imag

We moved into our new-build house in 2022, and it was a blank canvas, with white walls and no flooring. One of the biggest selling points for us was the solar panels and, from day one, we had ambitiou

Using her artistic talents, Karen Willis turned a jaded former rental property into a stunning first home for her and her husband

Emma Parnell and her husband Jamie chose to buy this Victorian house to have more space for their growing family. ‘We decided to move purely because we needed to upsize,’ she explains. ‘We loved our o

Many buyers overlook Sixties properties but, as one Liverpool couple discovered, their clean lines and generous proportions offer the perfect opportunity to add character and create a welcoming family home