Get their look: Static caravan transformation

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Interior stylist, Hannah Bullivant, and her husband have achieved the most spectacular static caravan transformation. We first learned of her and her home project on the Guardian website.

You’d be hard pushed to come across a grottier caravan; it was covered in green algae on the outside and black mould on the inside. It was damp and dirty, the floor was rotten and the doors and windows were broken… but it only cost them a hundred and fifty quid! Despite all this, they bravely took the plunge to turn it into a comfortable family home.

Their ‘luxury lodge’ is now a thing of beauty – inside and out. The exterior has been clad with wood and one by one, room by room, the interior spaces have been renovated and improved on a limited budged – made easier with the help of kind friends, eBay and Facebook Marketplace.

Here’s Hannah’s own ‘before & after’ visual of their kitchen – isn’t the metamorphosis incredible‽

Hannah Bullivant's 'before & after' budget caravan kitchen renovation visual

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Cabinet handles
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16-piece stoneware dinner set
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Black clip on desk lamp
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Bamboo roller blind
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Wall tiles
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‘Constance Moss’ chalk & mineral furniture paint
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Cabinet handles
Cabinet handles
16-piece stoneware dinner set
16-piece stoneware dinner set
Black clip on desk lamp
Black clip on desk lamp
Bamboo roller blind
Bamboo roller blind
from £27.27
Wall tiles
Wall tiles
‘Constance Moss’ chalk & mineral furniture paint
‘Constance Moss’ chalk & mineral furniture paint
Cabinet handles
Cabinet handles
16-piece stoneware dinner set
16-piece stoneware dinner set
Black clip on desk lamp
Black clip on desk lamp
Bamboo roller blind
Bamboo roller blind
from £27.27
Wall tiles
Wall tiles
‘Constance Moss’ chalk & mineral furniture paint
‘Constance Moss’ chalk & mineral furniture paint

Price points: Compact sofa beds

Compact sofa beds

One of our downstairs rooms, originally the parlour, isn’t working for us quite as it should. Its function now is more akin to a library or snug. Currently, we have it furnished with bookshelves, specimen table, industrial drawers and two antique leather sofas.

We want to make it a more adaptable and comfortable space in which to spend time. We’ve been looking at the range of grey compact sofa beds available to buy. It’s probably the smallest room in the house, so getting a sofa / occasional double bed in there is a hard ask.

The room, wall-to-wall, measures about 429cm x 193cm. That means that if you extend the sofa out to form the bed along the length of the room – as would seem obvious from the dimensions – it would block both of the doors in/out of the room. Therefore, the sofa bed will have to pull out from the opposite direction – i.e. either 90º clockwise or anticlockwise. Consequently, the length of the bed can’t extend further than the aforementioned 193cm.

As you can see from the measurements we’ve included for each of the models, two of the three compact sofa beds that we’ve featured today extend beyond that ‘magic 193’. The Kip version is a mere centimetre out, with the ALGO, it’s a whole 5cm. I’d think that the mattress of the former could easily be wedged in snugly; the latter… perhaps not. Besides, as we have a guest double bedroom, whatever sofa bed we decide on will only be used as a bed on the rare occasion that we have more than two people staying overnight.

  1. Freya folding sofa bed, grey: £250.00, Homebase
    Sofa: (h)80cm x (w)120cm x (d)90cm
    Bed: (h)42cm x (w)120cm x (l)190cm
  2. ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric: £319.99, Daals
    Sofa: (h)88cm x (w)123cm x (d)88cm
    Bed: (h)31cm x (w)123cm x (l)198cm
  3. John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm: £399.20, John Lewis
    Sofa: (h)70cm x (w)120cm x (d)84cm
    Bed: (h)70cm x (w)120cm x (l)194cm

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John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
£399.20
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
£319.99
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
£250.00
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
£399.20
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
£319.99
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
£250.00
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
£399.20
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
£319.99
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
£250.00
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
£399.20
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
£319.99
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
£250.00
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
John Lewis & Partners Kip small double sofa bed, Riley Storm
£399.20
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
ALGO 2-seater small double folding sofa bed with cushion, grey fabric
£319.99
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
Freya folding sofa bed, grey
£250.00

Get their look: Cloakroom transformation

 

 
 
 
 
 
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I think that my favourite Instagram posts are the ‘before & after’ shots. This fabulous cloakroom transformation is one such example.

Before & after photos can achieve a number of aims; firstly, they demonstrate what can be accomplished with a bit (or a lot) of effort and imagination. Also, they can provide inspiration if you have a similar room or job to do in your own home. Finally, they can give you a necessary boost of encouragement and stimulus if you feel like you’re losing motivation partway through a long or arduous renovation project.

The downstairs loo is usually the smallest room in a house, so a cloakroom transformation is a good place to start if you’re a newbie to the renovation game.

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Anthropologie Margot bathroom soap pump
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Geo towel
Geo towel
Bermuda corner cloakroom basin
Bermuda corner cloakroom basin
‘El Capullo’ print
‘El Capullo’ print
‘Oui oui’ wall art
‘Oui oui’ wall art
Farrow & Ball ‘Green Smoke’ estate emulsion paint
Farrow & Ball ‘Green Smoke’ estate emulsion paint
Anthropologie Margot bathroom soap pump
Anthropologie Margot bathroom soap pump
Geo towel
Geo towel
Bermuda corner cloakroom basin
Bermuda corner cloakroom basin
‘El Capullo’ print
‘El Capullo’ print
‘Oui oui’ wall art
‘Oui oui’ wall art
Farrow & Ball ‘Green Smoke’ estate emulsion paint
Farrow & Ball ‘Green Smoke’ estate emulsion paint
Anthropologie Margot bathroom soap pump
Anthropologie Margot bathroom soap pump
Geo towel
Geo towel
Bermuda corner cloakroom basin
Bermuda corner cloakroom basin
‘El Capullo’ print
‘El Capullo’ print
‘Oui oui’ wall art
‘Oui oui’ wall art
Farrow & Ball ‘Green Smoke’ estate emulsion paint
Farrow & Ball ‘Green Smoke’ estate emulsion paint

Get their look: Barcelona shipping container house

Barcelona shipping container housecredit

We’re big fans of tiny houses and other homes that make a small impact on the environment. This shipping container house in Barcelona falls into that category.

The 2-storey frame of the house was built from three metal shipping containers – which cost about £1,300 each. As well as the recycled shipping containers, the house build included the installation of solar panels and rain water harvesting tanks; low-impact living was high on the owners’ agenda.

The interior of the shipping container house is sympathetic to the exterior. It’s furnished in a vintage industrial open-plan style; polished cast concrete floors, huge floor to ceiling sliding glass doors, corrugated metal doorways and ceiling. The furniture and fittings are spare but comfortable with lots of soft furnishings such as rugs, throws, cushions and beanbag to soften the space.

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Green wooden bar stool
Green wooden bar stool
Round pink velvet cushion
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Grey linen beanbag chair
Grey linen beanbag chair
Yellow gulvase
Yellow gulvase
Louisiana poster: Gabriele Münter, portrait of a young woman
Louisiana poster: Gabriele Münter, portrait of a young woman
Black articulated wall lamp
Black articulated wall lamp
Green wooden bar stool
Green wooden bar stool
Round pink velvet cushion
Round pink velvet cushion
Grey linen beanbag chair
Grey linen beanbag chair
Yellow gulvase
Yellow gulvase
Louisiana poster: Gabriele Münter, portrait of a young woman
Louisiana poster: Gabriele Münter, portrait of a young woman
Black articulated wall lamp
Black articulated wall lamp
Green wooden bar stool
Green wooden bar stool
Round pink velvet cushion
Round pink velvet cushion
Grey linen beanbag chair
Grey linen beanbag chair
Yellow gulvase
Yellow gulvase
Louisiana poster: Gabriele Münter, portrait of a young woman
Louisiana poster: Gabriele Münter, portrait of a young woman
Black articulated wall lamp
Black articulated wall lamp