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S1 EP5 | End Of The Row with Stacey Dyer
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Stacey has amassed a huge following on Instagram of over 300,000 people; sharing the real, ongoing renovation of an end-of-terrace Edwardian home originally and now her latest project, a striking period home.
Stacey discusses what it’s like to update a period house for modern family life — mixing original features with colour, pattern and practical DIY solutions. From full room makeovers to smaller hands-on projects, our chat focuses on doing the work, learning as you go, and creating a home with character rather than perfection!
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Podcast Introduction and Special Guest
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to the DIY Guys, the podcast where home renovations, power tools and mild panic go hand in hand. I'm Nick Morris. And I'm Dan Doher. And each week we'll be chatting with some property pros, some DIY diehards, and hopefully be able to help you some tips and tricks along the way. And welcome back to the DIY Guys podcast. It is episode five. And as always, it's me and Nick chatting away to start with. How are you doing, mate? Very well, thank you. How are you? Yeah, not too bad. Thanks.
Home Renovation Updates and Challenges
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um Today we've got a very exciting guest.
00:00:31
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We've got Stacey from End of the Road joining us. um We'll talk to her in a little bit. But how's the renovation going, mate? Good. I won't go into too much detail. detail So obviously we've got the interview, but yeah, it's going to be the start of week three.
00:00:44
Speaker
and I'm going to be plasterboard in some ceilings, I think. And if depending on how quickly that goes, I'm tempted with my electrical background start going into the rewire as well. know So I'm looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into a few things and maybe I'll try and do some of the things I've been putting off, like taking down that last bit of fireplace, dreaded wall in the bathroom, who knows, depends how I'm feeling. feel like we need ah like some sort of celebration video if you're taking those last blocks down. It's so pathetic, it's supposed to be such a quick job. i just I'm waiting for a better drill and I want to do it properly, but I'm just putting it off at the moment.
00:01:20
Speaker
does And obviously say I've known you for years now and I can imagine every time you walk in that room, that really annoys you. annoys me so much. I always like to finish something and not finishing it. And there's about three or four things I've just put off yeah and couldn't be bothered to finish it. And then i left and left and moved on. So yeah, that's going to my aim to try and tick off some of that those things. Nice. And for the listeners at home, what have you got done this week?
00:01:45
Speaker
So I have basically, I'm up to the stage of I've been stripping walls that was in the first week, all the everything out of the room. So skirting, coving, the doors, all the woodwork, wardrobes, things like that. Second week, what did I do in the second week? I was starting to, I was starting to Well, I got some asbestos testing done. So I get the results on that. So had the asbestos under the tile, under the floor on the tiles, unfortunately. I tested the ceiling for Artex. We're going to do a little video on that as well, aren't to update you guys.
00:02:22
Speaker
And I put lots of feelers out. So I've got a window prices coming in for you next week. So the next episode will just be Dan and I talking about the end of the week three. And I'll let you know the window prices then. You guys can tell me if I'm getting ripped off or not. For like a nicer window than just a basic UPVC run. so hopefully you guys will approve of it.
00:02:43
Speaker
And also my building regulation application has now been done. And the last week I went and did my labor U-turn. yeah And I was going to get a private guy to do it, but they quoted me like 17, 1800 pounds. i think because I did a backtrack and I went to them so late because my build has basically got a two week window all of a sudden to knock down the garage and do the foundations, which is super exciting. But I hadn't even done my building application yet. So i've panicked,
00:03:15
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went to a private company or two private companies got a quote of 1700 and 1800. So then went back on myself, went back to the council, and they quoted 864 pounds, including VAT.
00:03:27
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It had to be a full building regulation application. So slightly more than I was expecting, but still 900 pounds less than the private guy, obviously. was going to say, yeah, it's nearly a thousand pound saving, right?
00:03:40
Speaker
That's amazing, isn't it? You can't put a price on that. Well, you can. It's a thousand pound. But yeah, so I've got to go through the council, which is always slightly more painful than these private guys. They're a bit more organized and less workload.
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yeah But yeah,
Stacey's Instagram Journey and Growth
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it's all about the build and basics for less than 1% of the budget. Yeah. And I've also got some annoying expenses coming up where, you know, the hands start coming for your money. Yeah, yeah. it's that sort of stage. So I'll update you. So I've got Thames water, I've got to apply for a build over thing because there's strain and right in the middle of where we're doing extension.
00:04:14
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So I'll let you know about that sort of fee as well as all coming up. So you you might be a bit down next week because the field is starting. So there'll be money for that. The deposit of like 44 grand will probably be 10%. I have 10% of building control.
00:04:30
Speaker
all of a sudden, my lovely spreadsheet we're working on for sharing with you guys has all been low. and then I reckon it's going to like quadruple in the next week so I might not be a chirper as usual. I know but you're spending the money but also you're getting started right so that must be exciting. Yeah that's awesome because it was supposed to be, i thought it was going to be March maybe February early so obviously it we're in January now and it's coming in only for a couple of weeks but by knocking down the garage and doing the foundations that's the bit it's kind of always the scariest yeah especially as we're sharing wall of the garage with what was my grand's in that garage.
00:05:06
Speaker
So um yeah, that was a bit scary. it So I want them to dig that. And I mean, that's all solid. It's all good. Yeah, that's... So exciting times. We've got Stacey from End of the Row coming up now. yeah Really excited to talk to her. like Her Instagram is just like incredibly same like nice, isn't it? Let's be honest.
00:05:25
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The decor she has and her style is just incredible, isn't it? She's also like a proper DIYer. Yeah. see from the chat we're going to have with her, but she has taken everything back to brick in a lot of rooms, lava and plaster, like ceilings and stuff taken back.
00:05:41
Speaker
And even doing things like window frames and things like that is what I've seen on her Instagram. So it'd be interesting to talk to her about like her DIY experiences. It looks like she's got tons of them. Yeah, she loves to get her hands dirty, doesn't she? She's always doing something. But I'm really interested. i don't know if you saw her on her Instagram about the ah blocked up doorway. Oh, yeah. I'm really interested to hear about that, where she kind of ripped everything back and there was a blocked up doorway. So, yeah, interested to see where that led to or what that for, right? Yeah, definitely. And she's...
00:06:11
Speaker
both that she's been in two houses by the looks of it. So interesting to see how hard it was to leave the first house because I think that's what sent her Instagram crazy. yeah um And then she's obviously, it must be hard to sell something that is so amazing. But then her new property looks like an Edwardian place. So it would be really cool to find out the pitfalls of those older properties, which we all know can be difficult. Definitely, yeah.
00:06:35
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Well, thanks, mate. Let's jump in start speaking to Stacey, shall we? Let's do it. Stacey, thank you very much for joining us today. How are you? Yeah, good. It's a bit rainy here in Suffolk, but other than that, yeah, pretty good.
00:06:48
Speaker
Yeah, miserable here too. I've um got my driveway starting today. I've got a digger man just out there in incredibly worse conditions for him, apparently. It that is your fault that the weather is like this then? Exactly. He's a man. He has a heater in there and he's got a roof, so he says he's happy.
00:07:03
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it's all good. Fair enough. We've been following you for many years and your end of the row account on Instagram has come from success to success but started off with your end of terrace Victorian property didn't it could you tell us a little about that and how your sort of journey started about posting? Yeah, so we moved um in there 2014 and then um had our daughter 2015. So it was sort of our first family house where we had a baby and all of that.
00:07:36
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And sort of being home on maternity leave, we've both always loved sort of interiors and stuff. And my husband had previously renovated a little cottage when he was single. um He did it all himself.
00:07:47
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um And that house was it was in fairly decent condition. like The previous owners were a plasterer, so all the walls were perfectly plastered and and everything was was done really nicely. So it was more about just changing the aesthetics of that house to fit our style, really.
00:08:03
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And sort of the account started because I was sort of at home with a baby and sometimes you feel like you lose a little bit of creativity and want to get a bit of yourself back. So during nap times, I'd like...
00:08:13
Speaker
I don't know, like paint some furniture or, you know, peruse fabric samples. And and and I thought, oh, would this would be quite cool to share it because people were sharing things online, but maybe not quite to the extent that they do now. So I started the account and um and I kept it private for two years because I felt really embarrassed about So I was like, God, it's a bit lame. Like all my friends are going to think I'm doing it as like, oh, look at me and my nice Victorian terrier. And it just was never about that. It was just literally... oh, I'll just share this or, you know, and then I kept it private for two years. And then my friends sort of said, why are you keeping it private? Like, if you're worried that no one's going to follow it anyway, just set it free. So I did. And just really slowly, it just built. And I never, ever thought it would be what it is today. But sometimes the best things
Background in Makeup and Building
00:09:01
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happen like that, don't they? They just organically just happen um and I suppose because I was you know like a mum at home and um doing everything on a regular family budget and my husband went out to work all day and and I just I don't know I suppose people related to that I guess and I think maybe that's the success that we're probably still quite relatable like it's not a massive house and we don't have endless budgets and all of that so I think maybe well hopefully people can sort of relate and that's just how it's sort of built from there really
00:09:31
Speaker
Yeah. So did you have like a specific post that you remember like, wow, this is now starting to get serious or was it just a steady growth? Um, I think it was more when like the first brand contacted me and said, or so I don't even know if it was like a paid job, but it was someone said, can I send you, I think it was a rug. Someone said, can I send you a rug? And I was like, why do you want to send me a rug? Like it just blew my mind. I was like, if you want, like, and she's, I said, well, what do I have to like pay for it? And I just didn't understand it. And they were like, no, we want to send it, but will you like show it?
00:10:04
Speaker
I was like, yeah, okay. And and I just sort went from there and didn't really know what i was doing and just sort of fumbled my way through it. And back then there wasn't any guidance really on these things. It was all quite a new sort of thing, really. um And yeah, and it just built from there. And then I guess because I was still working part-time as well. And it just got to the point then when brands started sort of emailing me and saying, like, we'd like to work with you. Can we...
00:10:31
Speaker
We'd love you if you if you wanted to do a project. are you working on? We can work together. And and I just sort of realized, actually, this is quite fun. Like people essentially paying for you to buy all the materials or send you the materials and you create something and inspire people. It just felt like a really. fun and nice thing to do. And then it's just turned into what it is today, where it is my main job and my main focus. and But I still love it. I still every day think this is mental, that people, I don't know, like I worked with John Lewis earlier in the year and then I was on their website styling things. I'm like, this is mental. like So cool. Yeah. And I was like like, I still find it really weird because I'm just like, all my mates laugh in the school playground because they're like, saw you on the John Lewis site. And I'm like,
00:11:15
Speaker
really it's really embarrassing but yeah I just yeah it's all a bit mental but ah yeah I never thought it would be what it is today and never went out with that intention anyway Well, super cool that you did it whilst on maternity leave as well, because we both have young, have a young daughter and Dan has a young son. And just doing anything other than yeah just looking after them is almost impossible. We've been in this house nearly a year and we've only got like five
Online Community Support and New Projects
00:11:39
Speaker
photos on the wall still because we're just like, no, we'll just do this today. and it just has never, ever happens. Was there something that you sort of,
00:11:46
Speaker
looked at first you're like right I'm going to do this when I move in I really this is bugging me or I really want to do this room or um I think I think one of the first ever photos is of me like painting the hallway and it was an awful photo like just really candid i think my husband even just took it and dimly lit in the middle of night because it was dark outside the window and they keep them Matilda, our daughter, was obviously asleep upstairs and that was our only time to just paint this wall. And I think that was one of my first photos. But I think, yeah it's just to get colour on the walls really in that house because we sort of moved in and it was very just a completely blank canvas.
00:12:22
Speaker
And i do we both do enjoy colour and pattern and stuff. So it was just really to start putting our stamp on it. But everything was done in nap times or after children went to bed and you just sort of muscle through, don't you? It's amazing what you can get done in an hour's nap time, isn't it? That's it, yeah, you get really efficient. You can rule the world in an hour, That's it,
00:12:43
Speaker
So where'd you get your inspiration from? it Did you do this like similarly in a previous job or is it just so some sort of natural flair that you've got? and and I think I've always been, ah previously I've been a makeup artist for years. So I worked for MAC Cosmetics. and So I used to do all of that sort of London Fashion Week and do all the the makeup for that and sort of create makeup looks for them. So I've always been in colour background, I guess. And my husband's a colour printer, so he works... in the publishing world as a color printer so he can hold two shades of white next to each other and know that they're completely different so he's got a really good eye for it um so I suppose I've always had an interest and even from a young age like my parents um did a few self-builds only small houses but a few self-builds so I think I just grew up in in a house where you are builders are in and out and you know your garden's got footings dug for six months and nothing happens and I just sort of that was just quite a normal childhood I guess of ah trades in and out and my dad was a builder my brother's a carpenter and I think I don't know I suppose you just have a little bit of that in you I guess oh yeah that's cool that's funny I was in the family like that
00:13:53
Speaker
Yeah, and my sister's in the army, so like she's completely... i don't know what happened to her. She kind of like she can't even think what lampshade to buy with a white wall. She's useless. At the same time, that sounds a very active family, to be fair. None of you are lazing about on the sofa by the sounds of it. No, she's like off in war-torn countries, and yeah but and and i'm just...
00:14:15
Speaker
you know prancing around looking at fabulous very very different people but yeah i suppose i've maybe got my dad and my brother being sort of more well i always think trades people are very creative they probably don't think that but i think you have to be creative to be a trades person don't you because you have to be able to visualize things and that so i guess i maybe got it from that side of the family a bit more So was it difficult once you sort of renovated your first home and you've been posting about it for a couple of years to then actually move from it? Because it must be like, it's not just like you've paid a load of people to do it all for you, like your sort of heart and soul is in every little choice. And you've done it together as a couple. And obviously, you've had kids there as well. So it must be really difficult.
00:14:56
Speaker
Yeah, it was really hard. let say we had children there and, you know, we went back to that house after we got married and, and even like COVID times when we were all at home, like we were spent that time that like really sort of quite iconic time that we will all remember in that house, like has so many memories. And it was hard and I felt really sad, but i also knew that we were completely ready for the next project. Like our children were ah three and seven when we left that house. And they're just at the age where they want to be kicking a football around a garden and they constantly saying they wanted chickens and all of this stuff. And and we had quite a small sort of classic terrace garden. and It's very sort of narrow and long.
00:15:37
Speaker
and And although that's perfect, you know, that's perfectly fine for children to have that as their garden. We just knew that we wanted more. And living in Suffolk, you can get a lot for your money in terms of lands and garden and stuff.
00:15:48
Speaker
So we just was always on the hunt. And then this house came up. It just came up out of the blue. We'd literally not finished our kitchen extension. And we were like, that's the one. Like nobody would ever think that about this house because it's in such a poor state. Like when it rained, it rained inside. It was just horrific.
00:16:06
Speaker
And so it was hard to go from a completely finished, lovely house to walking into essentially a derelict house. um But we just had the vision. We just knew. We knew it we could do it. and And I think as well, coming from a social media background where I have shared it all, you sort of feel like you've got an army of people behind you.
00:16:24
Speaker
Like, it's really weird. I think almost if I didn't have my Instagram account, I would feel a little bit more scared because I know if I don't know how to do something, i can just say, i don't know how to do this. Has anyone done this? And 100 people will message me and say, yeah, I've done it. I know how to do
Interior Consultation Services and Fulfillment
00:16:40
Speaker
it. This is how you do it. Because people are lovely and people like to help and share ideas. And, you know, and it's quite a really positive community, I think, the interiors online. So I sort of feel like I've got a lot of people at my disposal to ask for help. So...
00:16:55
Speaker
sort of It makes you a bit braver than what you actually are, I think. That's it. Plus, they all want you to succeed, right? And they're all yeah excited to be what's happening. And, yeah, they've kind of put their... their faith in you and they kind of follow you and they're like oh yeah I'd love to see what you're up to next yeah completely yeah absolutely people it's a it's a nice um community obviously you do get strange people now and again but you do everywhere don't you but the majority of people like you say they want you to succeed they want to see the outcome they want to know how you did it it's like a learning thing where you can learn with everybody and And like because I share the good, the bad, the confusion, all of it, is ah it's easy for them. It's like a two-way thing. People can help you. So it's it's quite nice.
00:17:37
Speaker
Yeah, it awesome. It's really actually important, I think, to show the bad side because you look on some people's accounts and A, the photos, like the thumbnails are just like works of art, but you're just like a little bit unrealistic as to like, even now in my house, in this room, this room looks sort of like tidy, but if you go to like my living room, there's just like stuff from Lydia this morning, like there's a throw on the floor and it's just sort of not real to life. It's actually more real to life what's going on in there than sort of where we are. So I think it's important to show people like the pitfalls of renovating as well.
00:18:07
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. Because it's not for everybody renovating a house. and And some people who would never even want to do it still want to follow you and watch because they're like, I would never do that. But actually, I'm really invested in your house. So yeah, it is. And you do have to destroy a room to do a room. Like, as you probably know, like, it's like a puzzle, isn't it? You get one room done, the rest of the house looks like an absolute tip. But you do have to sort of sacrifice other areas of the house to get one And but eventually all comes good and eventually every room's done, but it just takes a while.
00:18:39
Speaker
So you mentioned your dad's like a builder. So you grow up constantly in a house that was being renovated and then moving? Because that seemed like the older generation, that's how they moved on. They they kind of renovate their house and then moved up and up and up. And I suppose I come from a similar background to that. So I feel like that's why I've decided to renovate my house and then try and find the next one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, definitely. I mean, he um know it was never, I didn't ever remember it feeling chaotic or crazy. It just felt like the norm, I guess. But um yeah, my parents were always quite, and they still are very like, they'll start a job and they it's done. Like there's no, they don't sort of wait and wait and, you know, things are half done. Like the room starts, the room's
00:19:25
Speaker
in the process then the room's done and we're quite like that too adam and i like we will start a room and we'll see it through we won't then deviate off and not do that room unless it's a problem that we're waiting on we will just like smash through it and i think i probably get that from my dad maybe because he's like let's just get on with it get your head down get it done and i think as well when you have kids you kind of just have to try and do things as speedily as you can because it's it's hard work living with young children, isn't it, in a renovation. So, yeah.
00:19:57
Speaker
Yeah, that's really interesting. And has that, starting your Victorian terrace, has that gravitated into you? And I see now you're doing interior sort of advice for people and consultations. And I actually think that's a really good service. service Emily and I are playing our lounge at the moment. We've just sort of, it's an extension. It's basically just a big rectangle. And we're trying to give it some features and some love. And we're just going back and forth. And yeah I find it really, really difficult. is that Is it something you've gravitated into doing with that? And then just secondly,
00:20:27
Speaker
Do you find it difficult doing that for other people? Is it harder for other people? and Yeah, just sort of again, that's something else that just naturally evolved. Like people would message me all the time and send me photos of their living room or their kitchen or whatever and say, what would you do? And I would happily tell them like what I would do. And then I started thinking, why am I not like being paid for this? Because I get very invested. Like I want to. Yeah.
00:20:52
Speaker
I want to answer them fully and give my advice. And so I think. And it takes time right to do something like that as well. So I sort thought, well, maybe I could like, I mean, just charge a small fee and, you know, and I do spend a lot of time doing it when I do like a design for someone's room. I'll spend three weeks doing it. So it's a lot of time. um And I like I'll buy all the samples and I'll have them shipped to them and and all of that. So that just happened sort of naturally. Like I started thinking, right, well i'll I'll see if I can charge for this.
00:21:20
Speaker
And then people were happy to pay that. And like yourself, they're like, oh, we we can't make a decision. They say this. I say this. And then I get influenced by something on Instagram and then I don't know what I'm doing So I suppose it just helps for me to say, well, this this is what I think. and And sometimes it's not even what I would do, but it's like what I think would work for them and their family.
00:21:41
Speaker
And based on other rooms in the house, what they like, um it's just as another opinion, I guess. And and they may not always take that on board. They might not always do it, but i think it just gives them a bit more clarification and...
00:21:53
Speaker
some other ideas, I guess. So I enjoy, i really enjoy doing it. and i just, it's hard because everybody, obviously we all have our budgets and sometimes I'm like, Oh, have this and have that. And you sort of then have to think, actually, this costs, costs so much money. Although you don't have to do it all at once, people sort of feel the need to quickly like buy everything. And I'm always saying, you know, this is like a five year plan. Like,
00:22:15
Speaker
paint the walls, paint the walls this month. And then maybe in three months you can have the blind maid. And then in another three months. Yeah. So it's, ah yeah, it's nice though It's nice to help people. And I help, I've helped all sorts of people and it's actually, don't know, you feel like quite special because you sort of get let into their life for a little bit and, you know, like I did one guy's design. And I actually cried on the call because he called me and he had this house built and he's doing, he needed help. And he said he said, my wife's recently died. And she was the one who did all this. She did all the blocks. She painted the walls.
00:22:52
Speaker
He said, my children live in other countries and are older. I said, and I'm lost. I don't know what to do. And I was like, oh, my God. because he just said god it's people like that like he just didn't know what to do but he still wanted to live in a nice house and he he sort of kept saying well she really liked green paint so I think I want green paint i was like okay
DIY Challenges and Learning Process
00:23:09
Speaker
right and we'd try and help him and navigate that and it's just really special to be able to help someone yeah that's really fulfilling especially with yeah people like me I have no creativity and mean actually to see them happy at the end of what you've done that's that's amazing that's a really good thing to do yeah it's nice it feels good to do it anyway enjoy it
00:23:27
Speaker
It must be quite hard because, you know, your house is so personal to you. So do you like to get to know people a bit first or do you have like a bit of a consultation where you discuss what they like and ask for references? and Yeah, definitely. So we have a video call much like this and sometimes I'm on the call from for like an hour and we talk through different things.
00:23:47
Speaker
We talk about their family and their children and how they use the space. and They'll often send me images that they love of other people's houses. and We talk about budgets and and and things they hate and they definitely don't want. And ah just sort of narrow it down. And often I'll go away and create a mood board and share that. And then they can come back and say, and well I'm not sure about this or, yeah, I love that.
00:24:08
Speaker
And then I might sometimes create another mood board. And and then i eventually just do like 2D renders of each wall with everything in place. and uh and order all the samples for them and yeah then it's sort of up to them to go ahead and you know adjust it slightly or use it and yeah it's just sort of it's just nice to sort of offer that creative service really just to give someone a little bit of extra help I suppose yeah it must be really difficult as well because every house is different even like if there's 10 houses that look the same there's probably 10 ways that people want to do them inside different colors different features it must be like actually really tricky
00:24:46
Speaker
Yeah, it's really hard. And often, no offense, but the wives are always the ones that are like, yeah, let's do this. And then the husbands reign them in. I'm always like, why is your husband on the call? and then some husbands are like no I have my speakers there and they have to be on show because they're this type of speaker like oh have we got like some sort of box we can put over the speaker no the speakers and the sound's not great but that's so true because when was doing my patio they kept asking me for advice and then they're like oh do you want to go and speak to Emily and I was like oh no actually Emily sort said I can just be in charge of the patio and they just sort looked me quizzically like are you sure oh yeah it's like my one thing I'm allowed to do Yeah, yeah, no, it's, yeah, it's funny what sort of ah priorities men and women have, you know, but ah yeah, some people are like wi when they're really into their like sound systems and TV bar and they have these massive TVs and I'm like, oh, okay. But obviously yeah you have to work with what they've got as well because people are not just going to go out and buy everything brand new either. So yeah, you just sort of have to of take on board what they want and sort work with it, I guess. Yeah.
00:25:52
Speaker
It's so funny um going on to your Edwardian house because I've been renovating for nearly 15 years now doing my own projects and projects for clients and that Edwardian house, your new house for the listeners is one of the even I look at and I'm like, oh my God, it's got angles everywhere. It's in like every room is like looks like it's like lava and plaster walls, lava plaster ceiling. It looks like one of those ones you're just like, oh, Jesus, do you want to tackle this? And you basically can't have a budget. There basically is no budget. You just work it out as you go a along. Yeah, and that's exactly what we do. Like, we've never had a budget. I couldn't tell you how much money we've spent because we just, like, work, earn the money, spend it what we need to spend it on, start saving again for the next thing. And I've never sort like, tallied it up. But... Yeah, it is it was a big project to take on. And the first, when we came to view it, I couldn't tell if my husband liked it or not because he was like knocking on the walls. He's like, they sound like they're made of literal paper because it's a timber. Downstairs is brick, but upstairs is timber. So like the walls, you literally feel like you could just punch your
Living Through Renovations and Managing Stress
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fist through them.
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And then he was like scratching his chin and I was like, I can't tell if this is good or not. And then we got in the car and he's like, I want it. was like, what? Oh my God. Worst house ever. But um yeah I guess you just know, don't you? But yeah, it is a but a big project and,
00:27:12
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But actually, the more you live here and the more you I think once you've done one room, you realise what the structure is like and what materials you you need. And once you've done a couple of rooms, you feel quite confident then like, you know, we're now going to start our bedroom upstairs and the walls have got to come out because the plaster has just fallen off. So this all got to be replaced.
00:27:31
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Now I'll just, while Adam's at work, I'll just go up there with a sledgehammer and I'll just whack it and just give it off. And I have no qualms about doing that. And my friends are like, do you not worry? I'm like, no, stiffly two world wars. I'm not going to be able to knock it down.
00:27:47
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they They're quite robust. They're surprisingly robust, aren't they, old houses? So you just just get used to it and you get more confident, I guess. But actually everything that we've had to repair, is so it has all been repairable. There's nothing that we've come across where we're like, oh, this is just going to be an absolute nightmare. Like everything has been able to be done. saying yeah, we just chip away at it, really. That's it. And I think we spoke to previous guest and they sort of said,
00:28:14
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Everything is fixable. It may cost you a lot of money, but everything is fixed. Time, yeah. And time, when you think of it like that, it's like, oh, it becomes slightly less daunting. I know there is sort but skill and a knowledge to everything, but it does make you feel a bit better about, okay, if there is a problem, we'll just get it fixed.
00:28:32
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Yeah. And actually, I feel more confident with things that we can do. I feel more nervous when I know I have to get someone in to help us because you worry that you're going to get ripped off or you worry that they're going to bodge something up. or And I feel more confident in like if we bodge it up, then it's on us, isn't it? But if you pay for someone to come in and they screw something up, you're just like gutted.
00:28:52
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and And that has happened. Like we have had tradespeople in that have done a much worse job than what we probably could have done if we'd just had the time and energy to actually do it ourselves. but um yeah But yeah, they're right. You can just, everything is fixable and there's a solution to everything really.
00:29:09
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Yeah, do you remember that one we did in Clapham where we rewired it? And we were trying to rewire the ceiling light and we couldn't work out why the cable couldn't get about a metre. And it turned out there was a full ceiling that was just back filled with rubble, mess, dust. And we pulled a little bit down and it just caved in on us, didn't it? It was awful, awful, awful job.
00:29:32
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yeah Yeah, those sort of things just come with the territory. That was that was an 1800s building. And I guess your one is probably 1800s, I'm guessing. 1901. So just out of that. Yeah, it's yeah, 1901. We're semi-detached. So the house, ah obviously the detached house is in much better nick than ours and actually um it's been empty next door the whole time we've lived here we've got new neighbors moving in next week so actually even though we're semi-detached we feel like we've been detached for three years so now we've got neighbors moving in so now we feel a bit like relief that we've done all of the hard graft and noise and all of that when we that was empty and um Yeah, now we've just got our bedroom to do and a kitchen extension. But yeah, it would be weird to have neighbours actually. But I'm sort of hoping in a way that they'll say, well, can you give me some advice? Because I'm really intrigued to go in and see what it's like. So I've never been in there. So it'd be quite interesting because there's nothing in this house that I don't know what's in the walls, where pipes are, where things are. So yeah, I'm quite excited for them to move in and maybe give them a bit of advice.
00:30:34
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yeah Well, I saw on your Instagram, you you ah blocked up that door that that like went through to the neighbour's house, right? Yeah. Well, so, yeah, because that it was one house at one point. And I think that was obviously the door that went through. but um And then someone messaged me and said, oh, I don't think that's the case. I think it probably has always been two houses. But when they when it was would have been built, they used to put a doorway in so the tradespeople could move materials around easier than having to go outside and go around. They could just go through. And then when they would have finished, they would have blocked it up. So I don't know if that's the case or not, possibly, but... um
00:31:12
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Yeah, don't know. But we're exactly mirror image. So i suppose it makes sense that they would have done that. yeah possibly. Yeah. Is there something that you guys have done where you actually have made a mistake yourself? Like we're saying, everything is sort can be rectified, but you think, oh, we did actually do that wrong and you had to put it right. Or is it just like ah something you've learned but learn from?
00:31:32
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Do you know, we've never really made, as much as we will give it a go, we are so we do trade with caution. Like, I would be like, we can plaster this. And my husband's like, we cannot plaster this. So we've always, for some things, we've got people at electrics, we've never touched the electrics, we had a total rewire. And plumbing we've never touched and plastering we've never touched. They're the sort of three things that Adam is like, I'm just getting the professionals in because, yeah, it's just not worth it. And get plastered walls. It looks easy, doesn't it? but actually, it's probably like a really hard thing to get them smooth. It looks hard, yeah. Yeah. And backbreaking work. So I suppose big things like that where things could expensively go wrong, we haven't done. But um no, we've never, it's nothing that we've ever done where we've thought, oh, we've made a massive booboo yet anyway.
00:32:20
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Have you got any tips for the listeners about actually your living in a renovation? It sounds like you always sort of have. yeah What are the your best tips for living in Because it's so stressful and dusty and it's just got so many negatives to it.
00:32:35
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Yeah, ah it's hard. I think you just have to roll with it. You do just have. And it is really tough. um As well, I think I've got because we did our biggest part of our renovation on our old house during COVID just as we went into lockdown. And they just smashed the whole wall out of our the side of our kitchen. And then we went into lockdown and no one could come in. So we had tarpaulin down the side of our house. We had no exterior wall in our
Involving Family in Renovations
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kitchen. Wow.
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And I had a and had a crawling baby. and And no one could come in and help. And I couldn't go. We had ah all everything was ripped out, the cooker and everything. So we had no real way to cook. We was cooking on a camping stove um because we couldn't go to a restaurant because they were all shut. And no one could come in and help. And I think because I got through that, I think I can get through anything. like So that was a good everything I relate back to. life i can If I can do that, then I can do this now. But you do have to roll with it and you do have to think this is not forever. And yeah, sometimes like someone messaged me and said, I'm really struggling. and I don't know what to do. Everything's covered in dust. And i I just said, just draw a smiley face in that dust and just crack on because actually there's nothing else you can do. you've just got to go with it. Yeah, exactly. Not the best advice, but...
00:33:46
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yeah Have your kids actually helped at all? Because I basically can't do anything in my house review without Lydia being like, I'll help you. And sometimes you're like, oh why? But then other times it's actually like quite sweet. And yeah, it muscle chip did i they do help sometimes. Matilda, she's 10 now, so she's bit older, but she loves steam and wallpaper. She keeps asking me when she can do it in our bedroom. Yeah. So we've got like the big, you know the one that you hold on. So she'll do that. um Dude likes pulling the wallpaper off. So she'll steam it and then he'll go behind her and rip it up. So they sort of work as a duo. They get bored after 10 minutes anyway. So I find that if you let them help,
00:34:24
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And then they'll get bored within half an hour and then they don't want to come and help anymore. So I just let them do that really. And then they'll just let me get on with it. But I mean, most of times I will do it while they're at school if I can. And I'll just leave them a little bit to do for when they get in so that they feel like they've been a big part of it. And then I hear them telling their friends, i did all of this room and I did this. And I'm like, I'm not sure about that. But yeah, glory. Yeah.
00:34:53
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Yeah, I think that's it. If you try and keep them away, then they're like obsessed with it. And they're like, oh, this must be so much fun. Like you say, you just let them do it and let them do their own thing. You know, OK, they'll get bored.
00:35:03
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Yeah, they do get bored. And then sometimes they don't show any interest. There's always a fabric sample laying around and they they don't pay any attention to it now. But. like I say when they do have their friends around they will say oh come and see this room that my mum and dad have just done and they're kind i sort of sort secretly quite proud but they would never say that to us but they just want to show their friends the rooms and stuff which is quite nice yeah that's cool amazing yeah is there any um sort of DIY thing that you guys have learned from scratch and you're sort of most proud of doing like something you didn't think you'd be able to do in a million years and you've sort of sort of done
00:35:36
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Yeah, and I think recently we've started doing the windows because and they're all wooden windows. We live in a conservation area, so we can't change the windows. But and they're all all right. They look terrible, but they just need to be stripped and filled and all of that. So we've started doing them ourselves. So we started, obviously, it's not the season to be doing it now, but a few weeks back we started doing the bay window in the lounge.
00:35:59
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And we just learned what products to use and how to fill them and how to strip it and the best paint to then repaint. And we've just learned on the job, really. But eventually, once the better weather weather comes next year, we'll do the whole front of the house, like restoring all the windows.
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um Because we had a quote for like 16 grand to do it. That was about three years ago. So it'd be even more now. And we just thought we just can't afford that. Like we'll just do it window by window. It might take us five years do it. But yeah by the time we finish, we'll have to start again. But at least, you know, we've.
00:36:29
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yeah we just thought we'll give it a go so that's something we've been learning that's why you like youtube and instagram for sort of how to's because i always find youtube is such a good place to find those sorts of
DIY Community Engagement and Support
00:36:40
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yeah youtube definitely we like we'll sort of research different youtube sometimes we'll reach out to other people that are doing things like i don't know if you guys follow a man with a hammer greg he's really great um i've spoke i've messaged him so much over the years i've followed him for years and to ask advice because he's obviously done his huge Admiral's house.
00:36:59
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um And he's been really great. There's a few other guys who I'll message and they'll say, well, I did this. And, you know, which is really great. It's like a really inclusive community. And it's nice to sort of see how other people did it. And people are always really happy to help, I've found. So that's nice.
00:37:15
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Yeah. Well, weirdly, I was going to ask, is there any other people that you maybe follow before you started doing this or you follow quite avidly? God, there's so many, really. But yeah, Greg Penn is definitely someone who I like watch all of his things. And he sort of, you know, does nearly everything himself as well. um So that he's a great one to follow. ah god there's so many, I forget all of the names now. It's really weird. Sometimes I'll go to things and I'll see them. And I think I know what your bathroom looks like, but can't remember your name. isn's it It's like a weird world we live in now.
00:37:47
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um But yeah, like Greg's great. Like ah he's someone to really sort of um ask for a lot of advice. He's got a lot of knowledge. So yeah, I like him. Yeah, it's amazing how many people we have in common because when I clicked on your Instagram account earlier, we had like 155 people in common, like creators following each other. And it's just amazing how many people and different, it's what say to you before this interview, how many different people from different backgrounds and different types of houses there are just to help and get advice from. It's such a powerful thing.
00:38:17
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Oh, really is. Yeah. Like recently I did knee design for a lady in Australia. She lives in the middle of the outback in Australia. She's got a tin roof. and And I was helping her. She lives on her own. lives on like a farm. I can't remember what she called it now, but it's like essentially a small farm. And she just wanted a bit of help really. And I was helping her. Our phone call was like nine o'clock our time. And it was, you know, whatever her time. And we were talking about the light in the room and I was,
00:38:43
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I didn't really think at the time, but I was like, so are you south facing? Are you really sunny? She's like, no, like I'm north facing and I'm sunny because she's the other way around. Oh my God, this is melting my brain. So I couldn't get my head around the fact that the light came in at different, you know, ah compass directions because she's on the other side the world. i was like, yeah, this is mad. But it's amazing how social media has just connected us all. And yeah, it's great.
00:39:10
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that's obviously very important for lightning like design as well, isn't it? Because obviously it works with the lighting. So you're like, you kind of have to flip everything around, right? Yeah, it's really weird. Yeah, completely bonkers. But yeah, great. And you learn something every day, don't you? Yeah, that would completely blow my mind. could get my head around it. I was like, hang on a minute. So what? Trying to act professional. Yeah, I know what I'm doing. I know, I know I'm talking about. Yeah. Would there be anything you'd advise people sort say they're looking at properties at the moment and they go to a house, maybe not as like dramatic as yours with all the work that needs done, but maybe it just needs like some DIY that sort of the first steps, what would be your sort of first steps when you own a property?
00:39:55
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I think you need to live in it. And I, I know it's like hard to sort of hold back and not get started. But I think, i mean, even if you only live in it for a month before you start, just to see how you feel. Because like the people who are buying next door to us, I know i do actually know them. And she's already told me what furniture she wants and all of that. And I keep saying i would
Securing a Home with a Heartfelt Letter
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wait because...
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you just don't know how you're going to feel until you live in it and you, where the light comes in and you might change your mind, what room you want for that. And yeah, I think you do have to live in it. And the same with the garden. I think before you start ripping out your garden, and you've got to give it a year to see what flowers come up and what plants come up and,
00:40:33
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how it feels in the summer and how it feels in the winter. And yeah, so i think a little bit of patience when you first move in somewhere and just take your time. Although I say that the day we moved in here, paint samples were delivered by the postman. The day we moved in, my husband was like, oh my God, we were waiting for the keys to arrive from his stay agents. And the postman was like, I've got some parcels, are these yours? And it was like paint paint and paper library paint samples. And my husband was like, oh my God, we haven't even got in the house yet. That's so cool though. It clearly shows how like passionate and excited you are to do it. exactly. Straight after the other shows it as well. but Yeah. Did you imagine getting chickens in the end? I know you said about getting some chickens.
00:41:11
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Yeah, we've got three ticks i four chickens now. yeah Oh, nice. How does that go day to day? Oh, fine. Yeah, they just bumble about the garden. They're in like a little netted area. So they, yeah, they're ah they're great pets. Just fresh eggs every morning. And they're silky chickens. So the little fluffy pom-pom head ones. So they're quite cute. But um yeah, they're great. the kid they The kids wanted them. They wanted to call them pasta, pesto and cheese. So that's what they're called. and Because that's all my children eat. So that's what they wanted to call them. And then, yes, so now I've got the chickens. And then they wanted a tortoise. So now I've got a baby tortoise.
00:41:47
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And now they want a dog. But I don't know about a dog. Dogs are next level, isn't it? You've got to be sure about dogs. Yeah. Well, your new neighbours are going to be like, what is going on? I know. Yeah, it's a farm. It's a farm. yeah it's nice yeah it's uh i like chickens because they just sort sort themselves out really but um yeah they're quite a good pet i recommend it and that was the thing that my kids always wanted we want chickens i don't know why but they just always wanted chickens so yeah that's bizarre it's great that you have the back garden to do it now yeah yeah and when we bought this house well it was a real like um war to actually get it a bidding war that we got into And even though we won the highest bidder by a long shot, we got the house because I wrote, I don't know if you guys saw one of my posts, but wrote a letter. Yeah, I wrote a letter to the owner. He was selling it on behalf of his mother who lived here. So she had died. He didn't live here. And through our estate agents, I said, could you pass on a letter? And I just wrote a letter and said,
00:42:42
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would You know, we would love the house and we would restore it and my children want chickens and all of this. So I felt like I had to then see that promise through. So, yeah, so we got the chickens.
00:42:52
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That's such a cool story. I've heard stories about that in the past. i just don't know anyone that's actually happened to I know. Yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, well, we were, because we've got quite a big garden and the garden is weirdly to the side of our house. It's like the back and the side, it sort wraps around.
00:43:06
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So we were outbid by, i think it was, so I've heard on the grapevine, I've never actually been told, but by £100,000. Whoa, By a local builder, because he wanted to build a house on the garden, essentially.
00:43:19
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And I was so sad because it's such a beautiful garden. Like it's got, you know, big conchetry in it and all of that would have just had to have been gone. And I was just so sad about it. So I said to Adam, well, ah we can't offer £100,000 more, but I can try and emotionally blackmail them. So I just wrote this really from the heart, just wrote a letter and and everything, and i and I sent it. And then the estate agent called me the next day and they said, I ah can't believe it, but they're going to go with you. so That's amazing.
00:43:49
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That's great as well because it it's such a wonderful house for another house just to be plonked the side.
Renovation Mishaps and Rewards
00:43:55
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And then you've got that sort of two big house small plot thing because the garden's going to shrink and that sounds like it's a win for everyone. They must have been really pleased in the end, the cellars. Yeah, they were. And all the people on the street were as well because every house on the street is different. They're all sort of very different houses, all lovely houses, quirky houses. Like there's arts and crafts, Victorian terraces, there's all sorts. And um it's quite a sort of unique street in that they're all quite different, but all really beautiful old houses. And I think for a new build, I mean, I'm sure they would make it, you know, in keeping as much as they could, but it just felt like a shame, really. say Yeah.
00:44:30
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I'm glad it worked out. That's amazing. Well, thank you for joining us today. We always ask our guests the last question is just literally very easy. The best and worst thing about just being a DIYer, DIYer doing things yourself at home. So we like to see hear everyone's good and bad stories from DIYer basically and try and get some gossip. Oh, okay. Oh, God. you're my worst story. Well, i like I said to you the actually the worst things when I've had people in. like So I've not really had any worst things. That's of it as well, to be fair, isn't it? It's a part doing something, renovating yourself.
00:45:03
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I suppose in terms of like personal things that have happened to us, like the first we moved in in the November and then we set all the Christmas tree up and everything in the beginning of December and the whole living room ceiling fell in on us on the Christmas tree, on everything while we sat around it. And you it was mental because obviously we'd only just been in of the heat. It'd been empty for two years, the house.
00:45:24
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So I think once the heating and breathing and everything, it just everything started to move. And we just all sat there watching like Harry Potter around the Christmas tree and we could hear a creak and we all looked up and the whole ceiling came in on us on the Christmas tree and everything. Oh, that's terrifying. Was it because of lady or anything? I know, it terrifying. And the kids were there, yeah, the kids there. And we all just sat there and no one said a thing. And then we all just cracked up laughing. Like, plasterboards and dust. The dust was just insane, as you can imagine. And no one was hurt at all. Like, it was just, but it was just mental. And we did all just laugh. Like, because if you, you could either laugh or cry, can't you? Yeah, exactly. The relief of knowing that everyone's okay and everything's fine. Yeah.
00:46:06
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You know, and it was just movement that had caused this to happen rather than like a water leak or something. But that's probably the worst thing that has happened to us. Wow, yeah. That's stressful. It's quite dramatic. Yeah.
00:46:19
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um Yeah. and they just Maybe not necessarily best, but your favorite thing you've sort of done yourself or or maybe it's just have the end of the project when the end of your last project, that sort of just nice feeling you had.
00:46:31
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Yeah, I think once we got the kids' bedrooms done, it was really nice because, you know, it's hard. You're sort of taking them along on this journey that they might not necessarily want to go on and you just sort of force it upon them. And they are very resilient, my kids. But just when we got their bedrooms done, it was just so nice that they had their space um and they'd sort of helped pick the colours and everything. And just seeing them in their bedroom, like playing, it's like you walk upstairs and when they're sort of playing nicely in their rooms and rearranging their things in their room, it's like, oh, like I'm glad. That's like a real sort joy moment of knowing that they're settled and happy. So if any other room is chaotic, at least they've still got their rooms to go to.
Conclusion and Social Media Shoutout
00:47:11
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Yeah, that's nice. And presumably they had some little personal touches they wanted to do as well. and yeah they Yeah, yeah, yeah. Their personalities are very much in their bedrooms in terms of colour and wallpaper and everything. So, yeah, it's really nice. That's so cool. Well, thank you um very much for spending the time with us today. Is there anything you wanted to sort of promote, like your interior design? Where can people find where to book you?
00:47:35
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Yeah, so if you just head on to my end of the road Instagram, there's a link on there for e-design and you can just book on there. And and there's like a booking, it'll bring up like a booking appointment thing and you can pick your date. But yeah, just just my general Instagram, really. Like it's always nice to have new followers. And it always amazes me when people are like, oh my God, I've only just found you. You think I've been here 10 years. Like, think that where have you been? But yeah, it's always nice to speak to new people and and and people that have followed the journey along. So yeah, that's great. It's been great.
Hosts Reflect on Stacey's Interview
00:48:05
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thank for your time, Stacey. Thank you. Hopefully we'll see you soon.
00:48:09
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All right then, cheers. Thanks, guys. Thank you so much, Stacey. That was a really good chat, wasn't Yeah, she was really lovely and she was awesome just DIYer. Yeah, DIYer and just her interiors are just crazy, aren't they? They're so nice. And it was so interesting to hear about how she's taken something she loves and she's actually now turned it into a full-time career. Yeah. I need to learn to be better like these people because Stacey's page, when you just look at it aesthetically, it's just so good looking like with how she posts about her house. yeah And you can just see that her house is amazing. Oh yeah. it There's so much potential. Yeah. And it really reflects her as well, right? Her personality really shines through. Yeah. It's awesome. love houses like that. I mean, you have to be brave to take on an Edwardian house. It's got so many pitfalls. Like,
00:48:56
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you know like the thin windows and the high ceilings and stuff and then a lot of cold but if you get it right they can just be incredible yeah exactly and everyone's most hated thing love and plaster why did they do it that's one of the benefits of modern houses right and yeah that doesn't exist no exactly yeah it's so much easier to rip down plasterboard than yeah do that what was one of your favorite things about speaking with her What really what I was really intrigued about, and and I spoke about it before, was just that blocked up doorway. I suppose it's the intrigue. is like where did it go? So yeah it's pretty crazy that when they built it, they built these sort of archways in there and you can just like go in between houses. And it makes so much sense, right, when you're building like a semi that that you can access both, right? Because have trades.
00:49:44
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probably doing the same sort of things at the same time. So you're like, well, while I'm doing one floor, might as well do all the floors in two houses, right? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's amazing. And I love hearing all things like that. Things like hidden fireplaces or forward up things. so It's always just something exciting. Everyone wants that secret room in their house. I want like a little secret room like a door like that.
00:50:04
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That's the dream. yeah i always Yeah, always love the like finds, like you say, but never had it in my house or damn it oh I want to find something really great or just like a big pile of cash.
00:50:15
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I remember one of our friends when were growing up had like a secret door in the back of their wardrobe going into like a loft space. Oh yeah. And used to keep like magic stuff in there, but now it sounds really freaky. Sounds really out of the house. You go through the back of the wardrobe, there's like loads of magic tricks in there. It's like, yeah, that sounds super weird. Maybe I don't want that. Especially as we're approaching middle age, it's getting a bit weird. Yeah, yeah.
00:50:39
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I just love the whole attitude and I love people that, we're speaking to a few people like this over the coming weeks, but people that just rip things back to brick, yeah but everything. they She just said, i'm not a millionaire, so the windows need doing. She did some pointing, didn't she, to the brickwork, ripping down ceilings and putting everything back, painting, carpentry, just tackling everything. It's kind like the dream guest, no offense to it. Yeah. The house is beautiful.
00:51:08
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Yeah. Husband and wife really enthusiastic about DIY. Yeah. And just like at the end result was just incredible. And like you they do it all themselves, right? And they're not afraid to get stuck in. And I suppose that's the thing you want to get through to people, right? Like DIY can seem really scary. Yeah. Whenever you rip anything out, you're like, oh God, is this going to go back? and Yeah. you know people like stacy just do really inspire people to give it a go and and you know when you do a few things you're like isn't that scary like if you do screw something up you have to get a tradesman in to fix it yeah had to do that anyway right yeah exactly or not have a go yourself maybe not gas or i'm saying electric because most other things but water never touch water Yeah, I did see an Instagram video the other day of someone actually getting an electric shock. He something back into the wall. was like knocking around the fuse board, which he definitely shouldn't have been doing. He like turned the board off, took the fuse board out a bit do something and then turned it back on and forgot and then screwed it back in it just went boom and he pulled camera.
00:52:14
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So that sort of thing is that in World War World, I mean, I know electrics, you have to be quite qualified, but I kind of understand swapping a light switch here or or something. But to do a main views board, you must be mental. Yeah, I know. But probably gets some good views from him anyway. I'm just picturing Marv from Home Alone, he always turns into a skeleton. If there's anything less than that, then I'm not interested. Oh, what feeling about my favourite. Yeah, yeah.
00:52:46
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Well, thank you for everyone joining us. Yeah. Another great episode.
Episode Closing and Listener Engagement
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00:53:13
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podcast Yeah, right. Get some things into us. where We're speaking to lots of people. So yeah if we can't answer it, um we'll ask some of the people we're speaking with. Yeah. Got all sorts of people over the next coming weeks. And then next week, we're going to be talking about my week three at the bungalow. Yeah. And I'll let you know how I get on and hopefully have some some success. success or I should be there at least three days. I'm planning next week. So I should be to get quite a bit done. And the building is starting. Yes. I'm massively excited for bit scary because my grandma was always that generation of tight about money and then this is where the money is going to start flying out. she'd be looking down with some fear on me but hopefully it goes as well.
00:53:56
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Yeah, I'm confident mate. Thanks to everyone for listening and I'll see you next week. Thank you all. Yeah, like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and then we'll talk to you next week. Oh, well remembered. Yeah, that's it. It's almost like ah we could do this as a chopper.
00:54:13
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Have a good weight one, mate. Cheers. Bye.