Latest Blog Posts for New Home Design

• Final before and after pictures
  on Jul 5, 2016
  StudyLiving RoomBathroomBedroomKitchenTotal Costs:Bedroom: £1254Bathroom: £134Study: £814Living Room: £11,917Kitchen: £7665= £21,784 { although this does include appliances }House ValueThe house was purchased for £124,000If I had done nothing...
• Kitchen
  on Jul 5, 2016
  The kitchen has been complete for a while now, so my apologies to friends who were subscribed as well as others around the world.  I wanted to do a few more things before posting here, but due to insufficient funds to complete the project, I've...
• Living Room & Extention
  on Apr 13, 2015
  The living room is fiiinnnaaaaaally complete after some delays.....which was completed over Easter.. so ready or not the furniture was coming out!  Just a reminder of what it looked like before:What you also probably can't see from the photo was...
• Study
  on Dec 23, 2014
  I was meant to post this one some time ago, but haven't had chance.  Here's a picture of my completed study.Nothing too impressive to show really, but the desk was built with battens fixed to the wall, and white-washed textured laminate floor, w...
• Bathroom
  on Oct 7, 2014
  Bathroom!Most of the original tiles remain, and were simply re-grouted.  A row of the tiles were removed.  I didn't have the money for the mosaic's I wanted, and even the glass blue/green/white tiles were originally £250, but found just th...
• New pictures shortly
  on Oct 3, 2014
  I have pretty much completed both the study and the bathroom, and not a penny left! The delay in posting has been due to a few delays.I started the heating for the first time since I turned it off after a huge heating bill, and I could smell burning.
• Master Bedroom
  on Aug 15, 2014
  Sorry for the delay in posting these, it's it's taken a bit longer than I hoped.The back of the original louver doors were used in place of the white back of the wardrobe.  Cuts from white panels at B&Q were used for the tops.  Extra ti...
• Shopping!
  on Jun 19, 2014
  Off shopping today.Some important places that are critical to my success!!& of course.. ebay and Amazon!  I don't have a huge budget, so as much as b&m, ebay and Amazon will definitely by my first choice.
• Master bedroom
  on Jun 19, 2014
  Master BedroomThis is the room I'm currently working on, which is the master bedroom.  I have the old wooden windows to be replaced with double glazing early next week.  The ceiling is old popcorn ceiling which is horrible and I think will...
• First photo's
  on Jun 18, 2014
  Well!  I've bought a new home a few weeks ago, and thought it would be a good idea to blog about the work which is being done. A little about myself.. I'm an IT Infrastructure Engineer, not a carpenter, but I do know how to do certain things. &n...

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