Hindsight Renovators: What we’d change about our DIY projects to date (and what we’d do all over again)

White living room with pale terracotta floor tiles – a small dining table and wooden chairs in the background and a cream sofa in the foreground .

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.

One of the best (and occasionally painful) things about renovating is that you’re always learning - usually through trial, error, and a lot of dust.