Tag · budget — Peace Love Decor

● Small Spaces — May 02 · 3 min read

We changed every switch plate in the flat over a Saturday afternoon. Total cost: thirty-six euros. The flat now looks like ours instead of e…

● Bedroom — May 02 · 3 min read

The wall above our bed read as blank for two years. A scuffed gilt frame from a Wednesday charity shop and a single A3 photograph of a Lisbo…

● DIY — May 02 · 4 min read

We had a thirty-pound paper pendant from a chain store and a corner that wanted to feel like a library. One evening, one home-made stamp, an…

● Bedroom — May 02 · 19 min read

We found the frame at the back of a closet, the mat cost three euros at a market stall, and the hook was a ten-minute job with a drill borro…

● Living Room — May 02 · 16 min read

We bought a faded, 14-euro linen runner at a flea market, hem frayed and coffee ghosted. When we folded it end-to-end across our 70 cm round…

● Living Room — May 02 · 17 min read

The broom cost seven euros at the corner shop. We hung it beside the hall and promised ten deliberate strokes each morning while the kettle …

● Reading Nook — May 02 · 19 min read

We shoved a battered cane chair against the plaster, slid a low oak side table into the gap, and hung a brass swing‑arm lamp so its arc land…

● Bedroom — May 02 · 16 min read

The surface beside our bed used to look like a map of distracted life: a hair tie, a pair of cheap studs, a coin, a ring, a pen. We swapped …

● Living Room — May 02 · 16 min read

I unscrewed the bracket while the kettle cooled. The rod came down, one coat of paint later it went back on three centimetres higher, and th…

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