The rooms we use the most and why they weren’t the ones we expected – how the reality of a renovation has quietly reshaped our plan for our home

Man putting item onto open shelving in kitchen with island.

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.

When we first started planning this renovation, we had a fairly clear idea of how we imagined the house would work.