Committed home renovators David and Andrew Harrison-Colley (better known on Instagram as The Home Boys) are part of Ideal Home's new Open House contributors, sharing their thoughts on making a home together and living through the tricky parts. See the rest of their articles here.
There’s a very particular moment in any renovation when the chaos starts to ease and you suddenly realise you can see the home you’ve been working towards. With the new extension now feeling more liveable - and a couple of rooms upstairs almost complete - we’ve finally reached that phase where pockets of calm are beginning to appear, even as the original part of the cottage enters its own transformation. The walls are painted, the floors are down, the plaster dust has been tamed (mostly), and we’re no longer tripping over tools on the way to make a cup of tea.
