Decorating a second home that you hope will attract paying guests is different to decorating your own home. That’s a fact. It’s been four years now since we first renovated our holiday cottage, and I’m happy to say that most of our decisions turned out to be spot on. You’ll soon know it they’re not…
Sometimes you get so bogged down in work and projects that you forget to kick back and relax. It’s certainly true for me. The renovation of our holiday home in Norfolk has taken up every weekend since last summer, and although it’s now been finished for a few weeks…
When I think back to early Spring last year and the first time I viewed Brimstone Cottage, it was the location that left a lasting impression. It was a freezing wet day in March, but there was no getting away from the stunning view out the back. Rain was…
To say we cut it fine with the timing of the renovations at the cottage is a bit of an understatement. Everyone knows that even the best laid plans don’t always go smoothly and we shouldn’t have been at all surprised. Mistake number one, was assuming we could take…
I’ve so much to show you at the cottage. We’ve finished the downstairs now and we’re only a few weeks away from completing the entire house. We’re actually wishing we didn’t have to rent it out and could save it for ourselves. No such luck however. By the time…
We’ve been spending a lot of time at the country cottage this past few weeks. We’ve given ourselves an Easter deadline in the hope that we can be in time for some holiday lettings, so every chance we get we hot-foot it up to Norfolk with our tools and paintbrushes (well actually,…