Before & After: Living Room Paint Colours
We have finally put the paint brushes down on the two downstairs reception rooms. We can’t figure out what to call the rooms, so let’s go with front living room (which has a window)...
We’ve been longlisted for Irish Blog Awards 2017!
Blog Awards Ireland This is great – we have only been blogging since June this year, but we already have made the longlist for the V by Very blog awards 2017! These are awards...
How to fill holes or cracks in interior walls
Having bought an old house built in the 1950’s there are certainly plenty of holes and cracks in the walls. We counted over 200 plastic picture hooks around the house, and every one of...
How to use an electric sander to sand a banister
We have an original 1950’s oak wooden banister in the house we’ve just bought. The problem is that it is covered in the old varnish that hadn’t aged very well and was a horrible...
How to stain and varnish wooden floorboards
This is part two of a post, where the previous one focused on how to sand wooden floorboards. Now we need to finish them off. This is how to stain and varnish wooden floorboards....
How to sand wooden floorboards
We had just lifted our carpet to find out that the original 1950’s pine wooden floorboards were in reasonable nick. I decided to test the water whether we should get somebody in to do...
How to paint onto fresh plaster
So you want to paint onto fresh plaster on your wall or ceiling (hmmm, smooooooth…) and you’re dead excited to apply the top coat. Woah, not so fast! Before you get to slap the...
