Living room

Bathroom

Kitchen

For a moment there, before I scrolled, I thought your before hallway photo was the after one! Looks lovely - I particularly like the living room, very welcoming. It be so nice to nearly be done! We are just getting started...

Thank you - it's hard work but so worth it. Pics don't really do it justice but we are so pleased.
Are you doing a full house Reno?

It's lovely. Well done.

Thank you Daisy

Hi Emily, yes we are - kitchen extension, garage conversion and new bathroom is the first phase, starting next Monday (finally!). Then we'll undertake a second phase when we've got some more money! Would you mind letting me know the rough size of your kitchen, I'm struggling to visual how our new space will look! Thanks, Anna

Wow that sounds fantastic. Are you having contractors come in to do the lot for you?
Our kitchen is 7m x 5m. We extended out by 4m; it's a 3 bed semi.

Hope this helps.

Having read that you did all yours yourselves, I am a little embarrassed to admit that yes we are having builders come in to do the big jobs. We'll be decoration, fitting and finishing ourselves but that is the extent of our skill set!

Kitchen measurement is very helpful - thank you, almost identical to the space we will have!

Don't be embarrassed; it's only because of my other half who is very practical and used to be an electrician that we did it ourselves! Really I'm using the royal 'we' because I generally made copious tea, coffee and acted as chief biscuit supplier! I got stuck in with painting and all the non-skilled work but that's about it!

You'll love it, the space is amazing.

Super impressive! Love all of it. Well done and looking forward to seeing the garden photos once it's done.

You have superb staircase and a pair of even more superb dogs. Take a look of the bespoke dog pen we designed for a client.

What an amazing result! Well done!

Emily, great job. you may have thought of this already, but just in case.... if you glue lovely felt bases on base of feet of those French oak dining chairs, they will glide beautifully and silently, when you move them around on your wood floor.

Well done your partner deserves a huge medal! Hope you can sit back and enjoy it all now together.

Good work swaping the cat for a dog too !

Thank you everyone.

Turquoisetree - we have got pads on them and they make all the difference! Thank you :)

Fraser Bathrooms - yes he does deserve a medal, you're right! The dog addition was one of the better parts of the Reno! Although when the house was a building site I didn't realise how much he moulted... now I hoover every day; even down to hoovering the pads on the dining chair feet!!!

Great job!

Thank you Daniela

Lovely. Did you retrofit the letterbox window? And was it tricky/messy?

Hi Annie, we fitted the high window at the same time as the rest of the windows / doors in the extension so it wasn't a retrospective fit but really worth while as it is a lovely view and lets the last of the evening sun in!

For anyone that is interested: some before and after pics of the garden, again done by the two of us in 1 week annual leave.

Have also done a bit of planting... gone for purple/green/white theme... a lot more to do but definitely a huge improvement.

Love it! So
bright and welcoming

We are doing
our house ourselves, it is a labour of love My husband is also very practical
which is a god send. The times when we have got someone else into do anything
it seems to have gone wrong and my husband has had to go and redo it. I can’t
wait to be at the stage you are.

It looks amazing. I love the colour of your lounge. What colour paint it it please.Well done you and your other half.
We are also doing our build ourselves. We are just choosing flooring and painting the hall. Any recommendation for flooring??
Well done

Thank you Christine... it truly is a labour of love. It will be so worth it when you are finished. We are just finishing off the driveway (last big job) before we move inside to do the final less urgent bits: painting architrave, skirting etc. But to me, it feels like a palace now and the hard work is almost becoming a distant memory... enjoy your project and good luck Emily

Hi Sarah, thank you very much. It sounds like you're well on your way to a finished product!! I believe the paint in the living room was Dulux Natural Hessian. It needs re-painting actually as it was the first room we did, before the extension and it's looking very tired now.
We bought this house as an investment, not as a forever home. So, we have just used a 12mm thick laminate in the hallway / kitchen: cheap(ish) and cheerful, it doesn't bend and move like standard laminate as it's that bit thicker. We got ours from Wickes.
If we had been doing a higher spec home or our own forever home, I would personally go for amtico. High quality and durable, good choice with kids / pets etc. Or oak, for obvious reasons; 'cause it's just timeless and beautiful - but not the best with pets and kids! Good luck with yours, Emily.

:)

Well done, especially doing it all yourselves. Great job!

Thank you :-)