Tag · rental — Peace Love Decor

● Vintage Hunt — May 02 · 6 min read

We have eight brass key hooks, none of them matching, all of them found at flea markets over four years. The wall they live on is the only t…

● DIY — May 02 · 6 min read

Our bathroom needed a renovation we could not afford. We re-grouted instead. One Saturday, fifteen euros, and the room looks five years youn…

● Living Room — May 02 · 6 min read

We sold the second armchair for forty euros and bought a floor cushion and a low pine bench instead. Total saved: six hundred euros and two …

● Living Room — May 02 · 3 min read

Our entryway was a corridor that ate keys, coats, and dignity. A jute mat, a brass coat hook, and a thrifted bench later, it lets us in and …

● 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…

● Kitchen — May 02 · 4 min read

Our north-facing kitchen had no good light until November and no warmth at all in winter. One linen panel and a tweaked rod height later, we…

● 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…

● Living Room — May 02 · 4 min read

Our living room had a 60cm-deep alcove no piece of furniture wanted to live in. Three pine boards, two coats of soft white, and a Sunday lat…

● Kitchen — May 02 · 15 min read

We bought a wood-ash glazed bowl from a local potter for 18 euros and left it by the kettle. Over months it collected keys, spent matches, a…

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