All things home
There are several different types of LED strips on the market, here is a basic overview of what is available for the DIY option. I don’t talk about the all in one solutions where the LED strip is hardwired to a designated controller. Generally these are lower quality and have about 30 LEDs per metre. …
This ones a nice change of pace than hacking Ikea furniture. This isn’t my front door! My mum bought her house with this composite door already here. My own front door is a lovely sage green composite door which was quite a significant cost at the time. It’s something I’m hoping we never have to …
I’ve never had to consider painting Ikea furniture because the white laminate finish works with almost any colour. When I built my first fitted Ikea Pax, I was happy to keep it white. The next one however needed a colour change! To see my more ambitious alcove project of fitted shelves, check out this post. …
Custom fitted wardrobes They look the best, can be completely bespoke to your taste and they maximise the most potential space for your given area. No one with a sizeable budget or who has time constraints wouldn’t need to read this post. This is for the people who want to get the look for as …
Upgrade your Ikea Pax with this fitted wardrobe hack! Read More »
Why the hate with light switches? This all stems from the vision of having the house looking on the bring of a Tron set. I’ve made shelves with the plan of having in built LED lighting. This takes care of ambient lighting in the dining room. I also want to have similar lighting under the …
Kill the light switch! Activating LEDs by motion detection Read More »
When researching running a blog site and SEO, the first trick is to post a few times a week. Well I’ve certainly failed on that front! It’s hard to stay on top of it when there’s still a fair amount to do in the house! Also I’m finding it terribly slow and disengaging to use …
As a first time buyer I assume we had a very basic checklist that the estate agent has seen throughout their career on a daily basis. Roof looks alright? Check. Does it need a rewire? Check. No artex ceiling? Check. Okay boiler? Check. Well I never thought we’d have to be aware enough of how …
I wrote about how I added a drain valve to my central heating. Prior to that my central heating was of course full and pressurised. I wouldn’t have been able to just open a stopper up without getting blasted with murky black radiator water! There are a couple of ways to deal with wanting to …
One way of connecting pipes Because I got radiators of all different sizes I had to make some modifications to my fittings. There are three main ways to make copper connections. To solder copper pipes, using compression fittings and using Push fit. When it came to upgrading the central heating I actually ended up using …
After sourcing some lovely radiators and having a drained system, this meant I could make modifications to my heart’s content! I actually decided to add the magnetic filter on at the very end of my plumbing refurbishment. This would be once everything had been put together. When it came to filling the system I would …