One day, hopefully in the not too distant future I will have an open plan kitchen diner with a modern kitchen that has white units and a lovely marble worktop. Most importantly it will have a dishwasher!

Once the downstairs of my home has been redecorated, I will then concentrate on a loft extension. With the boys growing up fast, there won’t be many years left until they will want to have their own rooms and their own space.

A loft extension would mean that Mr H and I would move up into the converted loft space and the boys would have a double room each.

It would also mean that our current box room could be turned into a study/guest room. We’d look to make the converted loft space nice and bright and possibly install solstro roof windows to achieve this.

I already know roughly how I’d like to decorate the loft space. I want a luxurious hotel feel with the beautiful cotton sheets to match. Plush cushions and a little bit of sparkle here and there. I’m not entirely sure Mr H would agree to all of this but a girl can dream, right?

As the boys grow a little older, I’m also hoping that we can gradually de-clutter and re-define our living space. We moved in over ten years ago, and rushed to get the house finished by decorating it ourselves. Next time around, I want to take a bit more time finding solutions that will work for our home and that will last. I want to think about our colour schemes in more detail and hunt down pieces that I think will work. We don’t have the luxury of having time to do much of the work ourselves now so we would look to hire painters and decorators to do the work.

It would also be great to be able to afford an interior designer to do the legwork based on your likes and dislike though right?

Well… like I said. A girl can dream!

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