Merry Christmas everyone! Today, I’m going to show you how to add bling-bling to your Christmas dining table with the help of festive-lights.com. As an interior stylist, I decorate Christmas several times a year for magazines and TV shows. Over the years, I’ve picked up decorating styling tricks to spice up your Christmas table withContinue reading How to style your Christmas dining table Using lights: 4 tips & tricks
5 Reasons Why You Need To Paint Your Garden Right Now
Autumn is here. That’s why I want you to paint your garden. Yes, I do mean right now! In this post, I’m going to explain why autumn is the perfect time to tackle this vital garden job. And I’m going to show you a garden transformation, using paint that will blow your socks off.
How to choose the perfect armchair
Never underestimate the power of an armchair to transform your living space. That’s why interior stylists, like me, nickname it a ‘statement armchair’ – as it can make (or break) your living room decorating scheme. Before flexing your credit card on a show-shopping armchair for your home, you need to ask yourself a several veryContinue reading How to choose the perfect armchair
How To Prepare For A Garden Makeover
Before a major garden makeover, there a number of things I INSIST YOU DO before works start. Here my top 7 tips to make the project go as smoothly as possible. My own garden makeover started last week and I set aside time to prepare for the transformation/protect my home from the mud. After years of workingContinue reading How To Prepare For A Garden Makeover
Is this the ultimate Mirror for Selfie addicts?
My name is Maxine and I’m a selfie addict. Over the years I must have sent my sister, my best friends and my mum 100s of snaps of me in different outfits. So much so, I now consider them to be my personal stylists. As a result, I know that to take a great ‘selfie’ you need anContinue reading Is this the ultimate Mirror for Selfie addicts?
Look at this Living Room Makeover Packed with Easy styling ideas
It’s living room makeover time! I have waited so long to do this post. Over a year in fact. I didn’t feel very confident revealing my living room makeover on the blog until I was 100 per cent happy with it. Then last week, I bought a few new bits and bobs for my roomContinue reading Look at this Living Room Makeover Packed with Easy styling ideas
Exterior House Makeover – with Before and Afters
I’m about to start huge garden renovations in early September. And there was one key decorating job I needed to complete before my landscape designer arrived. And that was painting the exterior of the back of my house in one of the ziiiingiest shades known to man. Let me give you a short tour with lots of oh-so-satisfying ‘before’Continue reading Exterior House Makeover – with Before and Afters
Want More Free time? Learn How To Live Without A TV – 7 tips & tricks
Want to cut down on your screen time? Then follow these tips on how to live without a TV and have more free time to enjoy life. Want More Free time? Learn How To Live Without A TV I’ve not owned a TV for 8 months. I know, crazy right! Especially as I love my trashy tellyContinue reading Want More Free time? Learn How To Live Without A TV – 7 tips & tricks
My Tiled Staircase with 1000s of Before + After photos
Followers of my blog would have heard of my staircase woes. Finally, after a year and half of solid work it is nearly finished (well nearly, nearly). I’ve invested so much time and love into this area of my home. This post reveals my tiled staircase. Was it a good idea? You be the judge.
Landing Makeover with before + after photos
My upstairs landing is one of the last areas of my home to have a makeover. I’ve been living with cruddy carpets for two years. The walls were battered and marked. The banister was covered in layers of paint. And the spindles dated back to the 1970s. I’m not even going to talk about theContinue reading Landing Makeover with before + after photos
Update Furniture With Handles
Hey everyone ** big wave** Today, I want to show you that not all DIY projects have to take ages or involve lots of stuff. This is how-to vamp up a dull chest of drawers with copper handles. It’s a great small project if you are new to up-cycling. An Easy furniture makeover. Let’s go
My First DIY Vlog in a year! How to tile your stairs
Has it really been THAT long since I treated you to my FACE on a TV screen? Well, yes it has! Over one year. And you know why? ‘Cos I have been saving up my best DIY video yet which shows my tiled staircase makeover. Grab a cup of tea and watch me get covered in tileContinue reading My First DIY Vlog in a year! How to tile your stairs
Create a bar cart at home using things you already own
I have been lusting over a beautiful bar cart for ages but there was no way could I justify the cost. The ones I like had price tags over £200. Then a styling light bulb went off in my head. I thought I would create one at home but, with the things I already own.Continue reading Create a bar cart at home using things you already own
How To Make Your Kitchen Lighter And Brighter With This One Design Trick
** Sponsored Post** When planning a kitchen makeover – there is one trick to make your kitchen lighter and brighter – daylight!When planning a re-design, it’s easy to get excited over units, fittings and appliances but completely forget about daylight. This is silly really, when natural light can make a room feel bigger and brighter.When it came toContinue reading How To Make Your Kitchen Lighter And Brighter With This One Design Trick
Easy DIY: My dip-legged table
Hey – it’s a long time since I’ve put up a simple project on the blog. It’s all been about the big projects – kitchens, bathrooms and my staircase. I wanted to share a simple project that I did last year, that even the most DIY-shy can do. And the best bit? It takes MOMENTS toContinue reading Easy DIY: My dip-legged table