Kitchen ideas

I’ve always assumed that the kitchen will be the first big project I tackle in the new flat but haven’t been sure whether I’d upgrade it straight away or live with it for a while before doing it up. It’s looking increasingly like it will make more sense to take it on before I move though.

As with all things, I’m drawn to grey kitchens. I like moody dark ones and fresh bright ones so the tuxedo kitchen (who knew that was a thing?!) seems to fit the bill, combining dark base cabinets with lighter wall cabinets/shelves.

A moon room for Elsie

I asked for interior design tips from Elsie who is four (but wise beyond her years). We share a love for the Frozen soundtrack, t-shirts with cats on and a desire for me to get a puppy. She suggested ‘the colour of the moon’ as a colour choice for my new flat so I made a mood board for a hypo technical moon room for her.

Introducing the lobby, another small space with a big name

So I’ve talked about my grand vision for the damp balcony sunroom‘. The only other ‘room’ I have ideas for is what I’ve grandly termed the ‘lobby’ aka the second smallest space in the flat aka the area created when a

Oh look a bonus room

The mortgage company’s valuation of the flat made me smile as it essentially gave me a bonus room.  Where I’d seen a small, damp, poorly ventilated enclosed balcony, the valuer gave me a sunroom! The new flat is essentially a