I used to work on a decorating department in a DIY store and I can’t tell you the amount of times decorators would complain about using Farrow and Ball paint, they used to say it was too watery! The cheaper brands were much more popular!
I had a berber carpet on my stairs - one of the more expensive versions. Within months it was wrecked by my dogs claws getting stuck and pulling loops out. It flattened really badly too!
I designed plinth drawers in my previous kitchen as it was tiny and needed any extra space for storage; it is otherwise just wasted void. It stored all my baking trays, chopping boards, trays etc. They were even more useful than I imagined. 🤗
One thing I love about the apartment we moved from that we DO have in our house is built-in bookcases in the living room. One thing I loved about our apartment that we DON’T have in our house is a big countertop/peninsula for more casual dining. We’re hoping to do a kitchen reno down the line and that would be high on my priority list!
Berber carpet is amazing.. honestly we had a cream one for 5 years through the whole house, it had blood stains (gave birth on it!) Pet stains, red wine you name it and it still looked great when we moved out! It cleaned up fab x
I agree that a hard wearing carpet would work better and that you don’t need to buy expensive paint. Can’t wait the see how you decorate in this new house 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Really interesting video. We made the mistake of getting wooden floors fitted throughout our downstairs and it maybe that we picked the wrong style but within a year they started to show dents and marks everywhere. They are an absolute nightmare to clean and, especially in the kitchen, they show every little mark and water stain. We had them sanded and revarnished a year ago in the hope that this would improve things but the marks now just show up even more! We are getting rid of them as soon as we can...a very expensive mistake!
We are currently renovating and recoded to choose one colour for the whole house (90% of our house is on one level) so my husband went and bought 10 different samples from loads of different brands and painted the samples on the wall and numbered them so I had no idea which was which brand, turns out my fave was the ‘posh’ one anyway 😂 but I definitely think it was best to chose without any bias! Can’t wait to see what you do! Xx
I'm in the process of buying a new house so this is really helpful. My partner is adamant on tiles in the kitchen and I've given up the battle now! But we are having carpet in the lounge after YEARS of laminate in our current house. I'm so with you on grey though!
Two problems with Berber carpet. We had it and I was thrilled however it did flatten out really fast in the main walking area. Also the little fleck of colour made the room always look cluttered. Just telling you because I was so happy to get it and so sad when it didn't work well.
Cracked tiles are usually down to incorrect laying techniques. If the adhesive is patchy there will be weaknesses leading to cracks . Dont get your tiling done by plummers unless they come recommended. They don't always have the skills and just bodge the tiling
Can't wait to see your mood board videos you always have such lovely ideas , I also just ordered that dress after watching your stories yesterday 😂💕 xx
Big laundry room connected to a wardroberoom for The whole family🙌🏻 SO easy, easier to keep everything tidy, also saves a lot of space in The kids bedroom not needing wardrobes 🙂
Great video. Would you consider wood floors or laminate floors instead of carpet? I know that wood can be really expensive and we only have it upstairs because that’s what we got with the house and we got laminate floors downstairs to match (even the kitchen) and it’s the best thing ever. They’re a really good quality and easy to clean. Of course you’d get a few scratches with pets but they fade quickly and just blend it. For us it was much better than carpets plus you can still get cute rugs to make room cosy
Great video, I would recommend hard floors upstairs aswell, for hygiene reasons, my boys have had accidents etc an it never really comes out of carpet, so I plan to do laminate with a rug that could always be changed
I totally agree about tiles! We rented a new flat when we moved out originally and the kitchen and bathroom were tile. It was SO cold in the morning in the winter and we dropped a bottle of wine on a kitchen tile and it cost a bomb to fix it! We now have wood/carpet in our new build and much prefer it. Love the look of tile but it’s about comfort really isn’t it in the long run. We have a dachshund and having a beige carpet has been much better than the grey in our rented flat. Just general dirt makes it look dirty!
Agree with the carpets, anything with a fleck is a lot better than a plain colour. We’re having wool Berber carpet in our new property and can’t wait for it to be installed. We had cream carpets in the old house: worst mistake ever!! 🤦🏻♀️ I love the taps but we’ve had the same issues. They seem to seize up quite quickly. We had a lot of grey in our old property as well, we were sucked into the fashionable trend. Managed to add a lot of colour with the grey, but we’ve decided in the new property we want to go bold and add a lot of colour. Will definitely consider the toothbrush holders in our bathroom renovation. Loved the best and worst video, it’s definitely made us think about what we’d like to do in our New property especially now we’re in the process of renovating x
So if we aren't doing grey now, what is in? Just bought a new house and living room is grey n blush pink accessories but not touched the rest if the house 🙃 x
100% with the paint matching! You are better to find the similar in another range. I tried to colour match purbeck stone and it was brown! I ended up taking the match back and getting a valspar colour that was similar. I’ve just bought farrow and ball paint and the application is 👌🏻
We have a grey speckled carpet and it’s showing all the stains from when my daughter has pasta or spills her juice. I think if it was my own choice I’d go with a warmer and darker beige as I think the stains would blend a little more 😂
Definitely agree with the grey! It can look nice but I feel like it lacks character and warmth to your home. We are moving house soon and I'm definitely going to have a more colourful home this time 💃🏻
it was the cuprinol garden paint ... IF i remember i think it was silver copse but she mentions it in one of her previous garden vlogs if you want to go back and watch
Hi Kate, I was just thinking about your Berber dilemma, I don't know if Coir is the same as Berber. My aunt has two small dogs, and her lounge, as well as the upstairs of her house, is fully carpeted in Coir and her pets have no problems with it at all! Hers is Chevron patterned. I don't know if that makes any difference! xx
There were a few reasons. Mainly we couldn’t do what we wanted to do to it in the end along with a few other reasons but we’ll do a Q&A soon to go into a bit more detail xx
I have lvt on all my downstairs and it is the best thing ever. Water resistant and I have no separation between rooms so the house just flows. Also, the kids can't damage it. X
I agree with the person who advised you against the carpet. We had that carpet and our dogs claws had pulled lots up. (he's well behaved just walking on it) it did not look well kept. Also his hairs wouldn't be easily hoovered out. They looped into the fibres
Omg can anyone else confirm about the colour matching? I was going to go with Decorating Centre Online’s service but if it’ll be off I might try F&B direct although everyone says the coverage is poor
My whole house is painted in colour match by decorating centre online and it’s amazing, I’d defo recommend their hard wearing Matt, always hear bad things about the quality of F&b !
@@gbooker1960 ooo thanks! Do you know if it does match F&B? I’m not a “label person” I’ve just decided based on F&B test pots and don’t want a surprise! Lol
@@Rubyisgrowing yes mine are all colour matched to F&b colours, mainly because most of Instagram home accounts use those colours and I base my decisions on pretty pictures lol
RUclipsrs seem obsessed with farrow and ball paint. Seems like a "keeping up with the joneses" type thing. Don't see the hype myself! Nothing wrong with delux or even B&Qs own brand which I have found to be excellent quality. Xx
I personally thinks shelves collect dust. Also I like minimalistic, clean lines. I even put the toaster in a draw, can't bear things on the side. All my walls are white but I add colour through accessories, get fed up with colour of the accessories easy to change.
Hi! Can I just give a bit of advice/opinion on underfloor hearing - I personally wouldn’t go for it. The house I live in came with it when we brought it and it’s never worked properly (been living here for 11 years and it is always cold!) we’ve had a few plumber/heating specialists come in and to be able to figure out what’s wrong they have to pull up all of the flooring as it’s not an issue with the boiler. We have it all in the downstairs and it would be a huge job to get it fixed. I would choose to have classic radiators as they are easier and cheaper to fix if something goes wrong with the heating!! I know there not as aesthetically pleasing but they are practical. But that’s my advise and opinion 😊 xx
I think grey is pretty chavy now. My bedroom is all grey too and I now hate it but I only did it a year ago. It’s how fashions change. I loved my Gucci belt and then it because really chavy. Grey interiors is the new Gucci belt .... disclaimer... some grey is lovely. I think we all know the look I’m talking about
I like Mrs Hinch don't get me wrong but her house just looks so common to me. Think she fuelled the grey trend. I personally love jewel colours in my house eg gold, emerald green,navy etc
I agree - I do like grey as it is a good neutral (and let’s be honest everything comes in grey at the moment!) but I prefer it mixed with other colours. I have a grey, sapphire blue and plum bedroom. The blue and plum keep it from being too cold and plain
@@FixingBakesUK sorry Sarah. It’s a bit of a British slang term. A chav is someone who is a bit common, perhaps carries a fake designer bag, burberry hat... sort of the opposite of classy? There’s no way of explaining a slang term without sounding incredibly cruel. People know what a chav is but it’s not so easy to describe it. Cheap?
I have base of a light grey carpet and a darker grey wardrobe but I thought I had balanced it with gold/mustard bedding which I like. Then I looked at the colour wheel and according to it I am wrong oh well
I know a professional interior decorator who really doesn’t like farrow and ball paint for the quality. If his client has bought a farrow and ball paint to be used he would have the paint matched by deluxe and pour it back into the farrow and ball tins. He would do this out of his own money because he really hated using their paint. I know what he did was a bit naughty but it just shows that money doesn’t equal quality. It’s the only brand he would do that with and I’ve known other decorators do the same
I’ve used valspar, dulux, crown, Leyland and I can honestly see application wise how superior farrow and ball is. I was a massive fan of valspar v700 before using the f&b.
Plz think abt wooden floor in kitchen, they are horrible if any your appliances leak it lifts the wood even if you think you have got it all dried. I have mine down abt 2years if that and its all separating. Def not worth it and I mean I paid big money for mine , its not as if it was cheap lol . Good luck 👍 xx
Our Berber carpets were ruined by our cats. Might not be so mad with dogs but the damage was so bad!! Also agree on the colour match. Our sulking room pink bedroom is nothing like it should be. Desperately want to repaint :(
Berber carpets can snag with pets and moving furniture if it’s felt backed, get a Berber action backed carpet much softer under foot and better wearing x
We've got that speckled loop hard-wearing type carpet in our brand new house, we didn't choose it, the builders did. Personally I hate it. It's so not cosy feeling and i feel like it looks a bit cheap, like the builders just put in something cheap to finish it off. The speckle is amazing at hiding marks though (we have a 2 and 3 Yr old!) 😂
Farrow and ball is well know with decorators that the quality isn’t great. They just became popular as they won a national trust contract. Valspar and dulux are a much better quality paint. And paints mixed up should really be a pretty close match. We’ve used valspar a lot and paid for the most exspensive Matt emulsion and definitely worth it
Farrow and ball paint colours are lovely but i found it to not cover very well at all, had to do 3 coats on daughters room and only went from the light green to pink! would'nt buy again its v expensive for what it is!
I agree with grey comment, but most people are influenced by what is available or “pushed” in shops and magazines. I love watching Scotland’s home of the year show. I don’t always like some of the decor, but can appreciate, a persons style, talent and dedication for home decor. My Instagram feed is full of home decor accounts. Great video xx
We have loads of grey furniture too but I have combined it with a few pieces in wood and pops of green and blue everywhere. I love it like that. The grey makes a beautiful calm background for everything else. But it Can definitely be too much 😊 for the shower we have a rod thingy with shelves, it has fitted in our last three bathrooms (adjustable goes from floor to ceiling). Sorry, I don’t even know what they are called in my native language 😅
Atricifical grass is the best thing ever. Twin rugby playing boys and a dancing daughter means it is a lifesaver and they can play in the garden all year round. Great in lockdown! It gets a bit hot in direct sunlight but you just wear some slip on shoes and it’s fine
Thanks for making this video! You inspired us to get a house where it needed a bit of work and this video is really useful as we purchased our new house last year and we’re currently renovating it. We have an insta account if anyone wants to see our reno journey @elmhousereno 😊 xXx
I used to work on a decorating department in a DIY store and I can’t tell you the amount of times decorators would complain about using Farrow and Ball paint, they used to say it was too watery! The cheaper brands were much more popular!
Valspar paint has over 2k colours - I could spend forever looking at them all! So pretty!! 💗
I had a berber carpet on my stairs - one of the more expensive versions. Within months it was wrecked by my dogs claws getting stuck and pulling loops out. It flattened really badly too!
I have a light wool berber carpet, with 3 kids and a cat... and I love it! Never had any issues with it in the last 3 years.
Always love your videos Kate so pleased to see you back ,can’t wait to see how you decorate your new house xxx
I designed plinth drawers in my previous kitchen as it was tiny and needed any extra space for storage; it is otherwise just wasted void. It stored all my baking trays, chopping boards, trays etc. They were even more useful than I imagined. 🤗
One thing I love about the apartment we moved from that we DO have in our house is built-in bookcases in the living room. One thing I loved about our apartment that we DON’T have in our house is a big countertop/peninsula for more casual dining. We’re hoping to do a kitchen reno down the line and that would be high on my priority list!
Great video ! I’m with you on the tiles and grass!
Berber carpet is amazing.. honestly we had a cream one for 5 years through the whole house, it had blood stains (gave birth on it!) Pet stains, red wine you name it and it still looked great when we moved out! It cleaned up fab x
I agree that a hard wearing carpet would work better and that you don’t need to buy expensive paint. Can’t wait the see how you decorate in this new house 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Really interesting video. We made the mistake of getting wooden floors fitted throughout our downstairs and it maybe that we picked the wrong style but within a year they started to show dents and marks everywhere. They are an absolute nightmare to clean and, especially in the kitchen, they show every little mark and water stain. We had them sanded and revarnished a year ago in the hope that this would improve things but the marks now just show up even more! We are getting rid of them as soon as we can...a very expensive mistake!
We are currently renovating and recoded to choose one colour for the whole house (90% of our house is on one level) so my husband went and bought 10 different samples from loads of different brands and painted the samples on the wall and numbered them so I had no idea which was which brand, turns out my fave was the ‘posh’ one anyway 😂 but I definitely think it was best to chose without any bias! Can’t wait to see what you do! Xx
I love your house content so much!
Thanks Ellie! Xx
We have natural wool loop carpet with a pet and it’s fine! I think the key is to get a mix with some synthetic materials (80:20 natural:synth mix)
I'm in the process of buying a new house so this is really helpful. My partner is adamant on tiles in the kitchen and I've given up the battle now! But we are having carpet in the lounge after YEARS of laminate in our current house. I'm so with you on grey though!
Two problems with Berber carpet. We had it and I was thrilled however it did flatten out really fast in the main walking area. Also the little fleck of colour made the room always look cluttered. Just telling you because I was so happy to get it and so sad when it didn't work well.
Deluxe trade from the trade centre is the best paint and has great cover as per many decorators they have great colours and can make them up for you.
Cracked tiles are usually down to incorrect laying techniques. If the adhesive is patchy there will be weaknesses leading to cracks . Dont get your tiling done by plummers unless they come recommended. They don't always have the skills and just bodge the tiling
Can't wait to see your mood board videos you always have such lovely ideas , I also just ordered that dress after watching your stories yesterday 😂💕 xx
I used Homebase paint in my living room and it was really good. Also wilkos bathroom paint is amazing and super cheap.
Big laundry room connected to a wardroberoom for The whole family🙌🏻 SO easy, easier to keep everything tidy, also saves a lot of space in The kids bedroom not needing wardrobes 🙂
Great video Kate. Where you get your large vase and pampas grass from please? They look lovely 😍
Great video. Would you consider wood floors or laminate floors instead of carpet? I know that wood can be really expensive and we only have it upstairs because that’s what we got with the house and we got laminate floors downstairs to match (even the kitchen) and it’s the best thing ever. They’re a really good quality and easy to clean. Of course you’d get a few scratches with pets but they fade quickly and just blend it. For us it was much better than carpets plus you can still get cute rugs to make room cosy
Loved this video!!
Great video, I would recommend hard floors upstairs aswell, for hygiene reasons, my boys have had accidents etc an it never really comes out of carpet, so I plan to do laminate with a rug that could always be changed
This is soooo helpful thank you! We’re in the process of buying our first home. Where is the pampas grass from that’s behind you? Xx
I totally agree about tiles! We rented a new flat when we moved out originally and the kitchen and bathroom were tile. It was SO cold in the morning in the winter and we dropped a bottle of wine on a kitchen tile and it cost a bomb to fix it! We now have wood/carpet in our new build and much prefer it. Love the look of tile but it’s about comfort really isn’t it in the long run. We have a dachshund and having a beige carpet has been much better than the grey in our rented flat. Just general dirt makes it look dirty!
Agree with the carpets, anything with a fleck is a lot better than a plain colour. We’re having wool Berber carpet in our new property and can’t wait for it to be installed. We had cream carpets in the old house: worst mistake ever!! 🤦🏻♀️
I love the taps but we’ve had the same issues. They seem to seize up quite quickly.
We had a lot of grey in our old property as well, we were sucked into the fashionable trend. Managed to add a lot of colour with the grey, but we’ve decided in the new property we want to go bold and add a lot of colour.
Will definitely consider the toothbrush holders in our bathroom renovation.
Loved the best and worst video, it’s definitely made us think about what we’d like to do in our
New property especially now we’re in the process of renovating x
So if we aren't doing grey now, what is in? Just bought a new house and living room is grey n blush pink accessories but not touched the rest if the house 🙃 x
Do what makes you happy 😊 that’s what I do, my whole house is painted grey, with blush pink and white accessories and l love it.
100% with the paint matching! You are better to find the similar in another range. I tried to colour match purbeck stone and it was brown! I ended up taking the match back and getting a valspar colour that was similar. I’ve just bought farrow and ball paint and the application is 👌🏻
The quality of farrow and ball paint isn’t great, hence why most decorators colour match! Also agree with tiles they are so cold 🙈 x
We have a grey speckled carpet and it’s showing all the stains from when my daughter has pasta or spills her juice. I think if it was my own choice I’d go with a warmer and darker beige as I think the stains would blend a little more 😂
Definitely agree with the grey! It can look nice but I feel like it lacks character and warmth to your home. We are moving house soon and I'm definitely going to have a more colourful home this time 💃🏻
Here in Italy we have tiles alle over the appartment....here Is common but i think wood Is more cosy..😊
We had a loop pile carpet with 3 cats and it was amazing!! We moved and had a low pile carpet and it now looks crap!! Much preferred my loop x
We are going off they grey too! 😬
Love your vase behind you. Colours are perfect. Where did you get these please x
Sick of seeing all grey houses. Sooooo with you!
I agree, it's okay to have white, grey or brown colours in your house but Find ways to add colour, textures and decor to balance it out!
Hello, just wondered if you remember the name of the fence paint you used with the artifical grass footage please? Thanks, great video.
it was the cuprinol garden paint ... IF i remember i think it was silver copse but she mentions it in one of her previous garden vlogs if you want to go back and watch
Where is your pampas grass behind you from please Kate, it’s so FULL 😍
Great video kate!! 🤍
Hi Kate, I was just thinking about your Berber dilemma, I don't know if Coir is the same as Berber. My aunt has two small dogs, and her lounge, as well as the upstairs of her house, is fully carpeted in Coir and her pets have no problems with it at all! Hers is Chevron patterned. I don't know if that makes any difference! xx
May I ask what made you move house? Your old home looked really cozy x
There were a few reasons. Mainly we couldn’t do what we wanted to do to it in the end along with a few other reasons but we’ll do a Q&A soon to go into a bit more detail xx
I've never liked grey,I don't wear grey clothes either.My secondary school uniform was all grey so I think its put me off!
I have lvt on all my downstairs and it is the best thing ever. Water resistant and I have no separation between rooms so the house just flows. Also, the kids can't damage it. X
Amazing video. Very useful advice.
I agree with the person who advised you against the carpet. We had that carpet and our dogs claws had pulled lots up. (he's well behaved just walking on it) it did not look well kept. Also his hairs wouldn't be easily hoovered out. They looped into the fibres
I have always been advised not to use loop pile carpet with pets as well.
Ohh this is so useful I’m doing my house up at the moment! I deffo think I want an alcove in the shower x
I loved the built-ins in you last house, will you ask your Dad to build them at your new house?
loved this video thank you
This is such a good video idea! 👏🏼✨👌🏼
Thank you! Xx
Omg can anyone else confirm about the colour matching? I was going to go with Decorating Centre Online’s service but if it’ll be off I might try F&B direct although everyone says the coverage is poor
My whole house is painted in colour match by decorating centre online and it’s amazing, I’d defo recommend their hard wearing Matt, always hear bad things about the quality of F&b !
@@gbooker1960 ooo thanks! Do you know if it does match F&B? I’m not a “label person” I’ve just decided based on F&B test pots and don’t want a surprise! Lol
@@Rubyisgrowing yes mine are all colour matched to F&b colours, mainly because most of Instagram home accounts use those colours and I base my decisions on pretty pictures lol
Whereeee is your pampas grass from?
RUclipsrs seem obsessed with farrow and ball paint. Seems like a "keeping up with the joneses" type thing. Don't see the hype myself! Nothing wrong with delux or even B&Qs own brand which I have found to be excellent quality. Xx
I personally thinks shelves collect dust. Also I like minimalistic, clean lines. I even put the toaster in a draw, can't bear things on the side. All my walls are white but I add colour through accessories, get fed up with colour of the accessories easy to change.
You will not get hate for the grey comment! I too love grey but would add in mustard or cream textures etc
Hi! Can I just give a bit of advice/opinion on underfloor hearing - I personally wouldn’t go for it. The house I live in came with it when we brought it and it’s never worked properly (been living here for 11 years and it is always cold!) we’ve had a few plumber/heating specialists come in and to be able to figure out what’s wrong they have to pull up all of the flooring as it’s not an issue with the boiler. We have it all in the downstairs and it would be a huge job to get it fixed. I would choose to have classic radiators as they are easier and cheaper to fix if something goes wrong with the heating!! I know there not as aesthetically pleasing but they are practical. But that’s my advise and opinion 😊 xx
Thank you that’s so helpful! Definitely something to think about xx
ohh yay!! where is your top from too Kate please?!it's gorgeous!
Hiya, it’s a dress from new look xx
Wilko durable paint is great, better than Dulux, will your dad be making you another tv shelf unit, it looked great in your old house x
Thé best thing I ever got was artificial grass less mess especially with having kids and looks good all year long so totally agree with u xx
I prefer natural grass as friends tell me that artificial is v v hot in summer?!
This top is so gorgeous, where did you get it from? Love your videos as always 💗
It's a dress! She shared it yesterday on instagram! I can't remember the brand though.
Think it was New Look
I think grey is pretty chavy now. My bedroom is all grey too and I now hate it but I only did it a year ago. It’s how fashions change. I loved my Gucci belt and then it because really chavy. Grey interiors is the new Gucci belt .... disclaimer... some grey is lovely. I think we all know the look I’m talking about
I like Mrs Hinch don't get me wrong but her house just looks so common to me. Think she fuelled the grey trend. I personally love jewel colours in my house eg gold, emerald green,navy etc
I agree - I do like grey as it is a good neutral (and let’s be honest everything comes in grey at the moment!) but I prefer it mixed with other colours. I have a grey, sapphire blue and plum bedroom. The blue and plum keep it from being too cold and plain
Explain what you mean by chavy please?
@@FixingBakesUK sorry Sarah. It’s a bit of a British slang term. A chav is someone who is a bit common, perhaps carries a fake designer bag, burberry hat... sort of the opposite of classy? There’s no way of explaining a slang term without sounding incredibly cruel. People know what a chav is but it’s not so easy to describe it. Cheap?
I have base of a light grey carpet and a darker grey wardrobe but I thought I had balanced it with gold/mustard bedding which I like. Then I looked at the colour wheel and according to it I am wrong oh well
I know a professional interior decorator who really doesn’t like farrow and ball paint for the quality. If his client has bought a farrow and ball paint to be used he would have the paint matched by deluxe and pour it back into the farrow and ball tins. He would do this out of his own money because he really hated using their paint. I know what he did was a bit naughty but it just shows that money doesn’t equal quality. It’s the only brand he would do that with and I’ve known other decorators do the same
I’ve used valspar, dulux, crown, Leyland and I can honestly see application wise how superior farrow and ball is. I was a massive fan of valspar v700 before using the f&b.
Plz think abt wooden floor in kitchen, they are horrible if any your appliances leak it lifts the wood even if you think you have got it all dried. I have mine down abt 2years if that and its all separating. Def not worth it and I mean I paid big money for mine , its not as if it was cheap lol . Good luck 👍 xx
I’d love to see the bifold door. I am considering putting it in my house
Our Berber carpets were ruined by our cats. Might not be so mad with dogs but the damage was so bad!! Also agree on the colour match. Our sulking room pink bedroom is nothing like it should be. Desperately want to repaint :(
Yes please more things on house vlog
Berber carpets can snag with pets and moving furniture if it’s felt backed, get a Berber action backed carpet much softer under foot and better wearing x
It’s a headboard 😂 not a bed head but you weren’t far off. You have great taste so I’m sure the new house will be amazing xxx
We've got that speckled loop hard-wearing type carpet in our brand new house, we didn't choose it, the builders did. Personally I hate it. It's so not cosy feeling and i feel like it looks a bit cheap, like the builders just put in something cheap to finish it off. The speckle is amazing at hiding marks though (we have a 2 and 3 Yr old!) 😂
Farrow and ball is well know with decorators that the quality isn’t great. They just became popular as they won a national trust contract.
Valspar and dulux are a much better quality paint. And paints mixed up should really be a pretty close match.
We’ve used valspar a lot and paid for the most exspensive Matt emulsion and definitely worth it
Farrow and ball paint colours are lovely but i found it to not cover very well at all, had to do 3 coats on daughters room and only went from the light green to pink! would'nt buy again its v expensive for what it is!
I agree with grey comment, but most people are influenced by what is available or “pushed” in shops and magazines. I love watching Scotland’s home of the year show. I don’t always like some of the decor, but can appreciate, a persons style, talent and dedication for home decor. My Instagram feed is full of home decor accounts. Great video xx
Hi so pleased for this notification
Please subtitules in Spanish or italiano,i adore you,but i dont speak ingles, pleaseee 🙏🙏
I have to say big mistake if you go for the carpet you want. Reason being if you spill anything on it it's very hard to clean.
Artificial grass is bad for pets though☹️ because it’s plastic it gets very hot and can burn their pads very easily
Hi Kate, we are going to get some artificial grass, what type did you use that you were so happy with? Thanks xx
Oh I’m not sure what it was called exactly now but I’ll try and find out for you! Xx
Thanks!!!
We have loads of grey furniture too but I have combined it with a few pieces in wood and pops of green and blue everywhere. I love it like that. The grey makes a beautiful calm background for everything else. But it Can definitely be too much 😊 for the shower we have a rod thingy with shelves, it has fitted in our last three bathrooms (adjustable goes from floor to ceiling). Sorry, I don’t even know what they are called in my native language 😅
I miss u girl
I had a Berber carpet on my stairs and it clicked terribly. I was forever cutting them off so it didn’t look scruffy.
Atricifical grass is the best thing ever. Twin rugby playing boys and a dancing daughter means it is a lifesaver and they can play in the garden all year round. Great in lockdown! It gets a bit hot in direct sunlight but you just wear some slip on shoes and it’s fine
Yassss
Wow I am first 🙈❤️
The whole beige/pampas grass/gold trend will go the same way as the grey trend I feel it's just all so insipid
Thanks for making this video! You inspired us to get a house where it needed a bit of work and this video is really useful as we purchased our new house last year and we’re currently renovating it. We have an insta account if anyone wants to see our reno journey @elmhousereno 😊 xXx
I like grey but grey everything does look flat and one dimensional.