Award winning Interior Stylist Maxine Brady London, Brighton & Sussex, UK.
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
Welcome to WeLoveHome and thank you for ‘hopping’ onto my blog via Becky at A Beautiful Space for the #UKHomeBlogHop. I’m excited to be taking part and want to say thank to Kimberly from Swoon Worthy who did all the organising. The hop starts on Kimberly’s blog, and runs all this week. And there are 27 blogs taking part, allContinue reading 5 Ways To Enjoy A Magical Festival Experience
I live in the most colourful area of Brighton. The streets around me are filled with little terrace houses which have been lovingly painted in sunshine shades. Well, all the houses apart from mine. My house was run down and tired. It needed a much needed face-life to give it – in estate agent speak – ‘Curb Appeal’.Continue reading Get Curb Appeal in 5 Easy Steps
Learn how to decorate your home for free! Over the past year and a half, I’ve been renovating my home on a tiny-weeny budget. Once the building works were paid for, I’ve had no spare cash for basics like furniture or accessories. My solution? I furnished my entire home for free with goodies found onContinue reading How To Decorate Your Home For Free
Is 3 is the magic number? Ha, no! Let me tell you, it’s No 8. Especially since I went and upscaled my curb appeal with a fan-dabbie-dosie GIAGANTIC house number sign in powder coat white steel. Boom! My house is making an impression. Be scared neighbours…be very scared. Why A New House Sign? You’ve already seenContinue reading Guide To Picking The Perfect House Sign
The whole interior world has gone ga-ga-crazy for furry hides. As an interior stylist, I love an artfully placed skin draped over a sofa or chair, they look achingly-cool. Hides are also super snuggly and the touchy-feely texture is dangerously addictive. Here’s my 101 ideas (well, almost 101) to show you how a stylish hide rug can update every corner of your home, complete with my before +Continue reading 101 ways to Style Hide Rugs with befores + afters
Despite hours of DIY work on my garden, it still looks a mess. Maybe it is because I’m a newbie to gardening and am finding my feet? Or maybe it is because I ignore it for weeks on end so the grass is up to my knees? Who knows – either way it soaks up lots ofContinue reading 7 Easy DIY Garden Projects To Tackle This Bank Holiday
All this horrible wet weather won’t stop me dreaming up new Summertime makeover ideas. Most recently, I’ve been planning how to update my garden shed. Whether you want a bit of space to indulge in your hobby or a place just to sit and chill, below I’ve gathered the best ideas on how to makeContinue reading How to Makeover Your Garden Shed with These 6 Clever and Inspiring Styling ideas
You can tell a lot about a home from it’s front door. Mine was screaming ‘Urgh!’ Time to ditch the depressing door and replace it for something that is well…a little more me! This is my little video on the actually front door makeover so you can see it all in the flesh. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89JGZM61eIg[/embedyt] Before: TheContinue reading Get Instant Curb Appeal with my Latest Video
The sash windows at the front of my house never had any ‘curb appeal’. They were battered by Brighton’s sea air, paint was chipping off.Continue reading How To Restore Your Sash windows
I’d want to share one of my most successful building makeovers in the house: when I swapped a rotten sash window with a beautiful, modern alumium door. Let me prepare you here – this was no small job (dust! dust! dust!) but the impact is intense. It’s opened up the back of my house, allowing natural light to flood into aContinue reading Installing A Contemporary Back Door
If windows are the eyes of the house, then mine had a serious eye infection! From the moment I bought my house – I was desperate to fix my crummy sash windows. They looked dreadful (cracking and crumbling when you just touch them) but they also were letting in rain water which was causing –Continue reading How To Save and Restore Your Sash Windows
Check out my outdoor garden makeover. In this post, I share my renovation journey where I turned an unloved back yard into a beautiful grassy garden. Here’s how I turned a gravel graveyard into a lush garden makeover. My Garden makeover: Before & after Month-by-Month When I bought my house in 2016, one of theContinue reading Check out My Amazing Garden makeover: 16 Before & after PHotos
Moving in to my house, one of the first areas I wanted to tackle my garden. I wanted to have an outdoor space we could relax in (and escape from ) the building works on the place. So we have been on a mission to get it finished by the end of the summer. With the lovely people atContinue reading Revamp an unloved garden with a grassy lawn
No outdoor space? No problems. We’ll show you how to add vibrant leafy greens to your home to create a designer indoor garden.