I don’t do understated – it’s bold, vibrant and a bit rebellious!

This whole house was magnolia and brown when we first moved in, which was a double-edged sword because as a blank canvas I could see the potential to create a beautiful family home, but the extent of

The scariest part about moving into our house was that my first month’s payslip as a teacher went on my first mortgage payment! I was 24 and we’d bought a two-up, two-down house with a stairlift and n

Having always opted for period properties in the past, Nicola Daly and partner Nick Savvides were intrigued after driving past a new-build house on the outskirts of Knutsford while on the school run.

Paula knew what she wanted in her and husband Steve’s hunt for a bigger home: ‘I love a characterful, old house, and coming from a two-bedroom thatched cottage I had high expectations for our next mov

JESS AND OLIVER HAVE TRANSFORMED A RUN-DOWN PERIOD PROPERTY BY ADDING AN OPEN-PLAN EXTENSION AND SELECTING A COLOUR PALETTE THAT REALLY PACKS A PUNCH

Spray-paint affordable lampshades with texture paint to give them a concrete look for less When I look back, I can’t believe how much we’ve done to this house. We tackled the work in stages over 18 mo