For those of you who follow my Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/teachmacuistin/ , you will know we love mixing up our furnishings to include everything from 200+ year old pieces to Ikea's finest! Antiques have featured in my life from a young age, with my parents using antique auctions and 'junk shops' since the late 80s/early 90s for everything from wardrobes for the bedrooms through to jewellery and general decor items. I embraced it early on and enjoyed the process of seeing how renovations and restorations can also bring something ramshackle back to usable and decorative. There are many other reasons we find ourselves drawn to antiques: It's an interest, it's always amazing to me to be up close and personal to items that were dreamt, designed, and made centuries ago. There's also the good value to be had using these outlets for furnishing and decor. What you get for the money you spend is incomparable to buying new. Particularly, when it's ...
Blog about my experience of our house build. The 'stuff' no one tells you when you decide to build!