Painting uPVC – how I transformed the feeling of every room in my house, and all it took was a £25 tin of paint

Home office with striped wallpaper, black radiator, wooden desk and striped blind on window.

Home decorator and content creator Grace H is one of Ideal Home's new Open House contributors, sharing her thoughts on colourful home design, mixing vintage pieces with new and making personality-filled spaces. See the rest of her articles here.

I always dreamed of a period home. You know the one: flickering fireplaces, ornate cornicing, soaring ceilings, and… original wooden sash windows. When we bought our Edwardian semi in Manchester four years ago, we got three out of the four. The fourth? Ugly, stark white uPVC windows that really bothered me.