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Real rooms, real decisions.
Notes from our own renovation and furnishing projects — what worked, what didn't, and what we'd do differently.
26 August 2026
How we brought colour into a neutral living room without making it feel busy
Neutral walls, a large room and two young kids — how two teal velvet sofas, an ochre armchair that deliberately doesn't match, and one patterned curtain fabric turned a blank canvas into something warm.
23 August 2026
How we kitted out our bedroom with matching curtains and roman blinds
French doors that needed proper curtains, three smaller windows that didn't — and how we got curtains and blinds to match exactly without sourcing two separate products.
23 August 2026
How we picked a dining table that matched our quartz worktops, survived the kids, and still seats ten
White quartz with grey veining, two young kids, and family gatherings that need seating for ten — how one extending table, with a ceramic top and a single pedestal base, answered all three.