Welcome. This blog is about my house, my garden and the DIY and gardening journey that is slowly being undertaken, to make it truly a home.

I live in Brighton, and very happy I am to be here, too.

I've lived in Brighton for over six years now at the time of writing, My wonderful partner (and soon to be fiancée!) has been here for about three.

We bought this house, a two bed terrace in the Coombe Road area, in the Summer of 2015 and although it's in pretty good shape it does need a bit of decorating and updating, as well as a complete overhaul of the garden, to make it the great place we want it to be.

Many people, when moving into a new house (often before they move in) would go on a mad-dash to decorate and update every room first. Not so us. We both work full time and it can be difficult to motivate ourselves into spending our entire weekend slaving away doing DIY, especially when there're so many other demands upon our time - and so many great pubs to spend free time in!

Nevertheless, we manage to find a bit of time and motivation here and there to get stuck-in, and at this rate will manage to do one room every year to eighteen months or so (hardly a break-neck pace). The garden is an ongoing project.

I should also say that not everything I write about will be all our own work - we've already had a friend in to do some re-plastering for us, and the new patio we'll be getting soon won't be done by me (although I did at least consider having a go).

I'll be using this blog as a record for myself, so I can see what's happened to the house and when, over time. I'll post a few before/after and work in progress pics too. I may also use it to waffle on about other things not directly related to DIY. I hope you'll find the blog interesting and at least occasionally entertaining, although I can't guarantee that you'll find the expert advice you may be searching for to complete your own projects!

Do feel free to leave a comment on the site if you want to say hi, or to let other readers know about your own DIY or gardening blog.