Buying my first home has been the best learning curve

I knew we were taking on a project when we bought this place, but I didn’t realise quite how much work was needed until we moved in! It was riddled with damp and all the plaster was blown. But our dre

I started ripping out as soon as I got the keys! In the kitchen, I decided to go for affordable IKEA cabinetry, and my family helped to install it, so I didn’t have to pay any labour costs. I managed

Sharon Scoppie and her husband, Richard, bought their house primarily for the amazing views of the Welsh countryside, but they also loved the double-fronted aspect and the few period features that wer

I was attracted to the house originally because it ticked all my boxes, and I saw it as a sensible buy. Over the next few years, with the demands of two small children, a relationship breakup and a fu

After meeting at university and renting for a year, Glenn and I bought a two-bedroom 1930s semi on the same street as his parents in Matlock, Derbyshire. It’d stood empty for at least 18 months, but i

Chloe Missante and her husband Phil Yates swapped orange walls and dated carpets for a pared-back aesthetic that immediately puts you at ease