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Regarding tiles and woodburner. Check upcoming legislation re burning things in the home. They are tightening up no end and you will be restricted what you can burn (combination of someone remembering the clean air act exists and then environmental sustainability related policies are driving this). Make sure this is something that works for you before you spend money on a wood burner. Getting the flue in the chimney might be an issue for your house - get this checked and costed early - it might affect the roofing repair too. Check if your tiles are suitable for being around heat. Some are not. It looks like you want subway tiles which are generally crackle glazed - these require sealant over them if they are somewhere they will get wet (i.e. if you wipe soot off them) and also may be vulnerable to blowing off bits of glaze or exploding with heat. The supplier should be able to provide you with this information. Also, I think I got my tiles from the same place - their website is pretty good on this stuff so it might already be on there. Love you loads Lucy, thanks for another juicy house vlog. This consumes my entire life too at the moment and I love coming on here and seeing you screw up the same things as me! I feel less daft,....er, sorry.

I would do the floor of the fireplace in the star tiles and then all the walls in the mustard yellow tiles xx

God that green hexagonal tile was GORGEOUS 😭

i think the starstiles are quite perfect in combination with the yellowtiles. U showed them together in the video and i find it very lovely.

Hey Lucy, just paused the video to make a wee suggestion....why don't you try going to a reclamation yard. They usually have tiles that have been stripped from old properties. You may be able to find some genuine Victorian fire tiles xx

The curtain pole is high to make the window look bigger

I personally think the base and walls of the fireplace should both be the yellow subway tiles 💕

Think Ministry of Magic for tiles, Lucy! 😁

I could not agree more with the duvet cover comment. Why iron it when it creases up the second you sit on it?! It looks good for a grand total of six minutes

as my mom says "how long is your mortgage for this place?" us: 30years mom: you have 30 years to work on it :) makes me feel better about the new house struggle

Curtain rods should be pretty high over window, give the illusion is more height, bigger window, taller ceilings.

You hang the curtain rod high up so it opens up the room and makes the ceilings look higher :)

Have you thought about transforming your old duvet into cat bed/floor puff? That way, Flo can still have her duvet and it will look like a piece of purposeful decor in your room.

Omg I winced when you were like "let's put the curtain rod down significantly" I literally went "nooooo!!!!" Bc in my old house we had pipes going along there (for some reason?!) And then a builder flooded the living room 👍 so I was like"nooo it's up high for a reason" D: SO glad it was just a bit of key structure 👌

From experience you will need a damp cover paint to sort the ceiling out once the roof is sorted! We had a drippy pipe that stained the dining room ceiling and it always came back through until we caved and got the damp proof paint!

my drill is one of my favourite tools, makes me feel so empowered, Karen and Georgia would be so proud of us and our drills! SSDGM

I think the star print tiles on the floor of the fireplace and the mustard subway tiles on the walls of the fireplace would look amazing😍 x

Tip for when drilling holes :- Take an old envelope and tape it to the wall under where you want to drill a hole. That will catch all the dust and debris.

Lucy-I love ALL the home stuff, no matter how boring! These videos have been some of my favorites you’ve done-it’s actually more fun to see the process then just a finished home. Keep sharing all you get up to!

I think yellow all round for the fireplace - you're incredible btw

Just paused at the new curtains part, I’d keep the curtain pole high up. It gives the illusion of bigger windows and higher ceilings. You could always get some longer curtains so they reach the floor in the same style as those because they’re really pretty! Oh and I love the mustard tiles 😍 I’d do the walls of the fireplace in those and the star ones on the floor 😍

I love how fearless you are to DIY your new house!

You have to use heatproof tiles if you’re ever gonna turn that into a working fire or you’ll have to redo it

As someone who is looking to buy my first house soon, these are literally my favourite videos to watch right now.

I would do a black tile at the bottom of the fireplace and then yellow around the wall. That way you don't see as much dirt there!

I literally went YASSSSS when I saw you had uploaded this video. love you and the house!

I’m currently going through a really tough time, and your videos always make me forget reality for a little Lucy. These videos keep me sane while all I seem to receive are rejections from job applications. Sending all the love to London ❤️❤️❤️

that mustard tile is to die for! love love love this content and so so excited to keep following your journey 🧡

I ordered a few of those hexagon tiles from the tile shop and loved them! They weren't right for us either so I gave each a lick of varnish and they've made the best coasters!

Having a low mood day today, and this was the pick me up I didn't know I needed. Thank you for being so real and putting a smile on my face today! 😁 The curtains look great! Xx

I mean I HAVEE BEEN LOVING THESE VLOGS and when I moved our new home had these exact curtains and they were the bane of my existence. Cannt wait to see these ones go haha!

Whole thing yellow but herringbone pattern !!! 💕

You could make the old duvet into a cushion/cat bed for Flo! x

I would say walls yellow and then a different on on the floor. White tile walls can look a bit clinical for me.

I love the mustard tiles! Have you thought about using coloured grout? You can get it in loads of different shades and it can totally change the look of the tiles. (I stole this tip from Sarah Beeny’s Renovate Don’t Relocate series, which is available on demand on Sky and is really good if you’re like me and get excited by things like finding out that funky shades of grout exist).

Lucy, you have inspired my husband and I to redo our home. We spent almost a month simply painting the living room, kitchen, bathroom and putting new flooring in 2 out of 5 rooms. Not mentioning that our boys ended up first with croup then bronchitis. So on top of the remodeling we had to keep running to the hospital & playing nurse 24/7 for our little ones. You and Adam are doing wonderful! Your floors are to be envied. 💜💜💜 Love your videos, thanks for sharing with us! 🌻💜🌻💜

love this! for the tiling, id go yellow on the back wall of the fireplace and then white on the floor and side walls. I love the mustard and deep green colour scheme! xxx

Oh my goodnessI LOVE the green tile! Think that would look amazing in your fireplace!

I’m not gonna lie I’m living for these videos! I could watch your videos for hours. I’ve just bought my first house and it’s a scary! I love being included in your process!

You could definitely get reclaimed tiles if that’s your jam, they do them in whole sets. Also with the yellow ones don’t forget design elements like fitting them all at an angle like parquet floor style to create chevrons, and different coloured grouts! ( black or charcoal would look great with the yellow) love the house vlogs! Much love xxx

the yellow tiles yessss i’m in love😍

If you're going to install a wood burner later its best to use tiles that are suitable for fireplaces. Topps Tiles have a little logo by all of their tiles that show whether they're suitable for heat or not - worth a check ! :) x

Yes to My Favourite Murder in the background! Literally my soundtrack to any “home jobs” 👏🏻 well done on the new curtains!

Regarding privacy about the new curtains, you need to check at night when the light goes on, that’s when you’ll know if people can see in x

I am LIVING for the drill hauls!

Personally I like the fact that you're doing house things at a normal pace, it's realistic! I love seeing you gradually adding your taste. What you've done so far looks gorgeous 💛

This was fun to watch while I recovery from surgery. Have fun selecting tiles for the fireplace - that is going to be a tough decision but you are making lovely choices so far so I'm sure it will be beautiful!

When you say you've hung out with Adam's family, the theme tune comes to mind every time!

I just love the home vids - I get so excited when I see you in my sub box!

I find these type of videos so interesting, your house is looking so cosy and cute🥰

Maybe when the chimney is fixed make a little cat bed for Flo in the fireplace of the bedroom🤔

Amazing tile and yes do the whole fireplace! It would look incredible

Mustard tile and use it for the whole thing! - That's my vote!!

I love love looooove that mustard yellow tile for the fireplace, it's gonna look so good with the sofa. I would do the walls in mustard and maybe the floor in a more neutral tone?

Live for your videos, saw you’d uploaded so I got the kids to bed and did my dinner and now I’m watching. You are awesome, loving the curtains and MFM! You win the extra cool points.

You can polyfilla big holes, I done a full outie corner of a wall that had an 8 in long 6 inch deep gouge (probably had been whacked by something repeatedly as it was a teenagers bedroom before we bought the house) just do a layer at a time. I used masking tape when I got further out to make the corners shape. It's painted now in lovely Fired Earth paint and you cant tell. Just leave a day or so to dry between each layer, then add another

Finally got around to watch this. Just seen the disneyland vlog and so on and I see this now and I HAVE THE SAME TULIPS :D I bought some tulips yesterday to cheer me up. Flowers makes me happy

I bloody love your vlogs. Such a cosy vibe 🙌🏻

There's a lintel behind the wall which you need a much more powerful drill to get through (learned this as I was in similar sitch to you when we bought our house) one if my Devon rex cats ran up my curtains and pulled the full pole and curtains off and it left massive holes, the previous owner had out it up, and too far out asi assume they couldn't get through the lintel, it was diabolical. So yes, there is something behind there. You need a really strong drill and drillbit.

So jealous of your tulips popping up! As I'm watching this video I'm in Canada and we are receiving another dumping of snow.

I just painted our white fireplace dark green and IT IS EVERYTHING.

The WHOLE fireplace in the mustard yellow! It will be gorgeous!

These videos cheer me up so much! You have such a genuinely lovely personality and always make me laugh 😁 your impression of a beauty guru promoting a drill, comedic genius right there :P

Definitely go the the star tile!! After about a year of living in a house you’ll probably want to have a change around of decor especially colour schemes which may make the yellow tile hard to work with. Plus the star tile is beautiful! Love what you’ve done so far! X

I like the yellow tile. What about white and yellow striped chevron? That could be cute.

All of the fireplace mustard! Green, mustard, navy and grey look awesome together!

What have you done! Now I’ve binge watched the whole series... I was not ready for this!

I love your moving vlogs so much!

Haha I was actually shouting “Lucy, it’s the lintel!!” at my phone! Love love love the mustard tiles, either all mustard or... mustard inside, star tile base!

I looooove the yellow tiles. So pretty!

For the tiles, I'd say white surround and gold base would look amazing! Or vice versa! Just not all gold/yellow! Also, when hanging curtain poles etc., my advice is use a spirit level! It's a super quick way to keep things straight (take it from a 25 year old who redecorated her whole room and everything was ANGLED. Literally diagonal, I'm not joking). Love your videos!

I don’t know where you’re at with the fireplace tiling. I’m currently binge watching all your vlogs and got to this one. I would tile the whole fireplace with the yellow/mustard tile throughout but I’m incredibly biased because that colour is my favourite!

I’m no expert, but I think the yellow tile on the walls of the fireplace would look great with a small black and white tile on the floor of it. I’m imagining like a hexagon shape tile with maybe a long thin black tile border to make it look really clean and finished? Would fit well with the ornamental style of the mantle. Just an idea! Love the yellow tile ✨

Hello Lucy, I'm sure someone has probably mentioned this to you already, but just in case noone has, I'll mention it here. You have quite an amount of water coming into the house and laminate soaks up the water. From there it goes unter your lovely new wooden floor and will then slowly creep up the walls - and you might not notice for weeks or months, depending on how much or how little it is. It happened to us, it was such a small amount, steadily over some weeks or maybe months that we didn't even notice the water entering the floor - until it did creep up the walls. And that was messy and took weeks to dry with holes in the floors and industrial drying machines, a lot of mess and a lot of noise. Do cover that fireplace when it rains, to save you the hassle.

All yellow on the tiles! They’re AMAZING!!! 😍

Can’t help but mention the vampire weekend vinyl in the background! Legends

Love your videos!!! Please post more😂😩

Shout-out to my favourite murder playing in the back 🙌

it makes me stupidly happy that you also listen to my favourite murder. its honestly my favourite podcast!

I genuinely look forwards to your videos, it feels like catching up with a friends 😊

That bird totally got me for a second. 🤪🤣🤣

Loving your moving vlogs Lucy! We’re just waiting to have our mortgage approved for our first home and your videos are making me so excited!!

When you have daffodils popping out in London and here near Toronto, Canada, we just got 20 cm of snow D: I would do the tiles all one colour/pattern. Do agree that the star pattern is a little big, but if you could find a scaled down version... I also think that the yellow tile could go well with that or similar looking patterned tile.

Where is your plant pot in your bedroom from? So so gorgeous and I'm really struggling to find big plant pots! Also really really love the yellow tiles 😍

I find taking a photo of the room/area then having a play around on Photoshop or some sort of editor can be really helpful when choosing things like tiles/wall colours etc 😊 especially as you are hoping to repaint so could see what different tile combos look like with different wall colours. Either way I'm sure you'll choose a lovely design!

Really enjoying these. Nice to see the changes you are making. I don't know if you have seen the marble contact paper as my friend used that on her mantelpiece and around the bottom of her fireplace (she won't be putting a fire in there) and it looks really good. It should peel back off when you want to do more work later. Am about to use it for my dresser shelves. Just another idea :)

Would love to see a video talking about your experience of getting a mortgage, saving tips, applying for one etc. As a current renter that would love to have their own house in the next few years I need help🙂💗

Yes you can have a duvet there all the time! Lol! Maybe get Flo a nice bed or basket? and put the duvet inside of it? She’s so cozy!! ❤️

Hey Lucy, I look forward to your videos so much - it feels like catching up with a friend x

I think the tiles are gorgeous, I would personally go star tiles on the base and yellow tiles on the wall would look beautiful

I would mustard the walls and star tile the base/floor 👍

You seem like the nicest and funniest person in the world. Wish you all the best.

Love love love the vlogs! I agree with the comments below about the mustard tiles and the star ones going perfectly together! X

Dude, I love you soo much! There isn't one video of you that don't make me laugh and smile!

that mustard tile is sooooo nice! I think the whole fireplace, or at least the walls would look great that colour :)

Tiles👍they are beautiful... one little bit of advice either buy ready made tile adhesive or make sure you ask someone who knows to check consistency 😑 I tell you this from sliding tiles when you dont get the right consistency situation 🤣

Living for the drill haul 🤣 second time watching the home vlogs haha

I love home content! I would do the mustard tiles on the “walls” then black on the floor

Needed this vlog today. I'm currently in quarantine poorly with a flu/ cold and the coughing is unreal. (Nope, not Corona ha!) I needed a good pick me up! You're doing an awesome job. Xx

Omg this made me laugh so much! We are currently drilling various hole in our walls for various diy jobs and who new knowing what is in the walls would be such a risky guessing game! 😂 totally used the ‘shorter screw’ method a few times too! Good to know we are all just winging it and praying we don’t hit pipes or wires! 😂👍🏻 x