Top Tips for Revamping Your Interiors on a Budget

To kick off the new series of the podcast (new series, new year, new decade) we thought we’d do a Budget Interiors Special with lots of tips to help you get the most out of your money for every room in the house.

We discuss (you can listen here or just keep reading for the highlights) where you should spend and where you can save, suggest some useful ideas for leftovers and finally we interview Annie Sloan, the inventor of chalk paint, who suggests that painted furniture is a great way to create something bespoke from something cheap, something new from something old and even something special from nothing fancy.

vintage ebay chairs at madaboutthehouse.com

Now it has to be said when it comes to a big home renovation, the boring truth is that you need to spend first on the bones of the building; the roof, the windows, the electrics and plumbing. Those are things that are a pain to do later (and may even  cause internal damage to all the pretty stuff if not done first) so it’s best to mak…