A Budget Renovating Response From Kelly Hoppen

I really admire Kelly Hoppen's interior style.  I love her soothing choice of textured neutrals and taupes but let's face it, my DIY home is a far cry from fancy decorative finishing touches yet.  Plus I do wonder how it would cope with dog paw prints?  I bet she has the answer though 😉

Anyway, Kelly popped up in my Facebook feed last Friday while she did a Facebook LIVE interview.  Sadly I can no longer find it to transcribe my answered question (yes, she answered my question for tips on doing renovations on a budget!) It made my day but I'll paraphrase her response for you in bullets if it helps.

I asked if she had any tips for a first time buyer doing major renovations on a budget.  She loosely said:

• Prioritise on the bills for electric, plumbing, heating etc first.
• Plan everything, but don't get plan too much that it drives you crazy or it can stop you getting things done.
• Always budget for things.
• And don't worry about the interiors as it's easily done affordably.

I suppose I have to be a bit patient though.  We've got some serious jiggery-pokery to be done with every room, like moving a staircase to another room.  Things like that have a massive dominoes effect but I'm very happy she answered.

I'll report back soon with any new changes to the house!

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