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Marie's Fireplace Makeover

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Marie's Fireplace Makeover

I'm going to give you a step by step run down on how I went from this to this! This was our dining room when we first moved in.  It hadn’t been touched since the 90’s.  That fireplace just had to go and the woodchip too, it was everywhere! 😬 Those walls took some stripping.  But off it came, with most of the plaster too! 🙄 Check out the original fireplace, this was where the old range cooker was housed.  It’s hard to see on the photo but it is so tall and grand, albeit a bit lopsided though 🥴 Now...

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Marie's Moroccan Concrete Garden Makeover

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Marie's Moroccan Concrete Garden Makeover

Anyone who knows me well knows I love all things Moroccan.  You'll see influences all over my home so the outside space certainly wasn't going to get left out! I wanted a really bold pattern on the floor.  Goodbye boring dull flat grey concrete!  👋 We then transformed it to this!  What's not to love ❤️  A bold monochrome geo pattern is the perfect base for a Moroccan courtyard.  If you want to know more check out our How To Stencil Your Patio blog.   I painted the rendered walls with Blackbird Ronseal Garden Paint as a base for my stencilled Moroccan wall panels.    For...

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