well hello there new home!

Hello! It's been a little while away, but with good reason! We sold our house, we moved and then we all got sick :(. But, all better now and all ready to blog again. I have to say, even if nobody is reading these posts, this whole blogging caper is pretty addictive!

So yes, we moved. We wanted to buy something straight after we sold, but there was just nothing in the areas we were looking, so we decided rather than stress about it or buy the wrong place, we'd rent.

The blog therefore will have a new direction added to it... along with my usual bargain finding I hope to take you all (!) on the journey of decorating a rental property (in which you can't slap a coat of paint on the wall, you can't re-carpet, you can't even put a hook or nail in the wall!) all the while remaining happily budget conscious.

Here's a first look at the place in "the raw". (apologies for the dodgy pics - only had the iPhone on hand)

Up until a week or so ago this house was blue! I'm very glad of the lovely new coat!

Confused? So were we. It seems the house painters may have been a bit dyslexic when it came to screwing the number back on. We are #68 just by the by.

Ok, ok. I know I might be going bit over the top calling this an entry "hall" but I'm excited to turn this into a lovely welcoming spot.

Woo! This pic only really shows about 1/4 of the garden. There's lots of tidying up to do, but I'm already loving spending time in the winter sun with Little Man.

A bit grey and tired, but big and has tonnes of storage. Oooh and who has spied the dishwasher?? I love it!!

Hmmm... any suggestions for hiding the hideous and not working air con?

Please note the hideous bottle green falling apart home made roman blinds atop the equally hideous glass brick feature windows. Mmmm feature windows..

Just one bedroom pic as they (all 3) are pretty much the same, just differing sizes. Same grey carpet, same grey walls.. hmmm how to warm up all this grey?

Modern art or hideously dated? You decide.

This room has been one of the many surprises this house has given us. Tucked away at the back of the house this room will double as a project/ craft room for me and a play/ fall asleep in the sun room for Little Man and Mr Jess.

So here endeth the tour. Check back for redecorating updates over the next few weeks!