I saw a feature recently which I thought would make a really good starting point for anyone who is mired in renovations/design dilemmas and interior indecision. Writing as a very exhausted person who is about to complete her second full renovation in under a year this really resonated with me so I thought I would share it with you.
One of the things that people have said to me most often is how did we pull all this together in under a year. In fact we moved in at the end of September 2022, started work in the November, broke for Christmas, started again in January and finished by the end of April. And then work started on our house in Italy which is a much bigger job.
So yes we have moved fast. And that was partly due to one enormous piece of luck which was finding a good builder with availability on our timetable. Let’s not underestimate the importance of t…