Helen

I managed to ruin a lovely, soft, white duvet cover, by leaving it too long in the dryer, and it came out with singe marks. However, a tub of #dylon olive green dye later, and all was put right. New bedding for the price of a tub of fabric dye.

If you're looking for an inexpensive, but statementy lightshade, these waxed paper (so very sturdy) pendants from IKEA, are amazing. You can shape them yourself and the shadows they cast are beautiful. A HUGE recommend. (Cord set comes separate!) ikea.com/es/en/p/krusni…

The beauty of a white turntable...

If you ever have a mouse problem and want a humane trap, we'd definitely these traps. Put out at 5pm and mouse caught & subsequently released back into the wild at 8pm, the same day. wearelifestyles.com/a-mouse-in-the…

If you want to minimise food waste, but still grow your own herbs, we'd really recommend this Click & Grow Hydroponic Herb Garden. It's so easy to set up & does really produce results : wearelifestyles.com/tested-click-g…

The building of the #microcement kitchen... wearelifestyles.com/micro-cement-k…

The tiles in the small entrance hall to the house had to be perfect. We spent a long time researching tiles and trying to make a decision. We were doing it all online, too, so this made things slightly more tricky. However, we knew as soon as we spotted these, they were the ones.

New coffee table for the roof terrace. The old metal door to the roof terrace which was earmarked for the skip. Luckily, for some reason, it wasn't skipped by the builders - and now that it's been cleaned up & varnished, it's made the PERFECT low level table. And cost nothing!

An old wooden wardrobe was left in one of the bedrooms when we bought the house. It was a bit of a mess - full of woodworm holes (mostly dealt with but some still to do) and stained in a not very nice varnish. We're working to restore it with a beautiful chalk paint.

Idea for next to the bed in one of the bedrooms, used by guests. A simple wooden block, with enough space for a glass, a phone to charge if necessary, a book. Something natural and uncluttered, which just floats next to the bed.

The rains now seem to have passed, the house is drying out and the sun is back. It's time to get DIY-ing and get those rain-stained walls painted and back to beautiful pristine white. We are reclaiming our house...

It's definitely been a challenging start to the year! As storm after storm has rolled into Andalucia, our newly renovated & decorated house has taken a bit of a battering, as rainwater has found many ways into it...

How it started. How it is now. Our beautiful ensuite. The smallest room in the house, which took the longest amount of time to do...

You can't beat a throw from @HabitatUK. Super cosy and super sized and the perfect colourway. Winter evenings in front of the TV sorted.

This is a famous hand-carved wooden owl door located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was created in the 1930s.

This is a cool little thing. Our wifi porter enables access to our wi-fi via the QR code. No more typing in codes. No more having to frequently re-type because you misheard/mistyped a letter or a number. Easy to use and stylish. Probably perfect if you have a rental/airbnb.

It seemed to take forever for the kitchen to come together. But it has done, and it is a beaut. We decided to go for microcement and white appliances. Risky, & more difficult to look after, but we're learning the art of being *very* careful. We love our kitchen very much 🤍

We knew we wanted a subtle, but very beautiful, door number plaque. We didn't just want a number attached to the doors, because they are too elegant for that. So we designed our own. The white on the black is really lovely, and complements the exterior style of the house.

@Marcos923521092 Totally different tiles

@WeAreLifeStyles Nice job! Just curious, is the floor just a different tile?

1. Pre-renovation : when we bought the house 2. Mid-renovation : when all was chaos 3. Post-renovation : doors and shelving still to be installed, but we are almost there with a beautiful new microcement kitchen. At times, we never thought we'd get here, but here we are...

Oh, these are just beautiful