It's a Green House

The porch, hallway, stairs and landing aren't done, but have gotten to a point at least where I can share some good before and after/during photos! When we moved in it looked like this, the front door didn't work and was covered in curtains. The porch is quite hard to photograph as its only 2m by 2m, but its a plain square room with a small window on the left hand wall. This was taken with my back to the front door. Dark carpet, textured wallpaper on the walls and ceilings, and yellowed gloss trim all combined to make it seem pretty dark and dated. The landing does have a window on the top of the stairs, it looks out into the trees in the park so its a nice view. Its currently much greener out there than in this photo! Then into the ladder and multiple doorway situation that we had going on when we moved in. That's the bathroom on the first left, the spare room on the second left, the partially converted loft is up the large (permanently atta...

This week we have an update on the outside of the house. The garden looks pretty much like this at the moment Having rented for so long we are quite happy to have a good size garden for the first time! We have had gardens before but being tenants usually just kept them tidy rather than invest a lot of effort and money into a garden that isn't our own, but we want to make this garden a really nice little space. We like this garden because it is a good enough size to be able to do things with, but it isn't too big to make it a lot of work to maintain. It also doesn't come with lots of borders already dug or high maintenance plants that need to be pruned. You may be able to tell that we are all about low maintenance gardening! Our aims for the garden are to have it as a nice space to enjoy and to possibly grow some fruit and veg, but not have to be out there every day working on it (we have enough work inside!). Lets look at the garden as it started. Basicall...