Stepping outside and the chapter we’ve been waiting for – the garden is part of the renovation, we just hadn’t had the headspace to think about it until now

Two men in shorts walking in garden covered with weeds and garden debris.

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.

We came back from holiday a couple of weeks ago to a forecast that genuinely lifted our spirits – another potential heatwave on the way, the kind of weather that gets you sketching plans on the back of an envelope and ordering things from the timber merchant before you’ve even unpacked the suitcases.