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August 23, 2021beckymcdnld

DIY: Transforming a Cupboard into a Home Office

How much space do you really need for a home office? We turned a cupboard into our work from home station.

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September 5, 2020beckymcdnld

Ikea Hack – Turning Metod Wall Cabinets into Build in Seating

How we created a built in seating area from Ikea kitchen cabinets.

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April 24, 2020April 24, 2020beckymcdnld

Making the Most of a Tiny Bathroom

Having such a small bathroom was always going to be a challenge, this meant that we would have to get creative. Originally, tenement flats had no internal bathrooms, the people who lived there would share an outhouse in the garden. When indoor plumbing became possible they had to try fit bathrooms within the existing space. […]

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April 23, 2020beckymcdnld

Our Self-Build Kitchen Experience

Our experience designing and building a kitchen in a tenement flat.

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December 4, 2019December 5, 2019beckymcdnld

First Week Recap and Our Plans for This Renovation Project.

It feels like so much has happened this week that I’m not really sure where to begin but I guess I’ll start with when we finally got the keys. After another weeks delay we eventually got the phone call that the keys were ready to collect. I was at work so Stuart picked up the […]

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October 18, 2019October 24, 2019beckymcdnld

Our First Flip – My Experience as a First Time Buyer

We bought our first flat back in 2016. One afternoon, on a whim I decided to meet with a mortgage advisor at my bank to see if buying a flat was a possibility. The appointment was really easy and took around 15 minutes. I was pre-approved for a mortgage and after talking with Stuart, we […]

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October 18, 2019October 24, 2019beckymcdnld

What is Coorie?

If you ask Wikipedia you will find out that Coorie is a “Scottish Lifestyle which involves concepts such as cosiness and snuggling, similar to the Scandinavian Hygge.” To me it means a place where you want to relax and cuddle up after a day out in the Scottish weather. When we decided to launch our […]

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October 18, 2019October 24, 2019beckymcdnld

About us

Hello. My name is Becky and together with my husband, Stuart, we have decided to take a leap into the property development business. I plan to document our journey as both newlyweds and business partners in this blog. I have always had a passion for design and interiors and dreamt about doing this as a […]

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