My big thing when picking out stuff for the home is 'Yeah it's gorgeous but how hard is it gonna be to clean behind/under?'. When I redid my master bath I replaced the toilet and put in a back-to-the-wall toilet because cleaning behind the toilet is gross and there is no behind to clean - and I love it. When I replaced the freestanding fireplace I had the choice of one on a pedestal or on legs. I thought the legs looked cute, I thought I'd style it by neatly stacking kindling in the space underneath. I regret not getting the pedestal. Ash and dust get under there and it's so hard to clean, I loose stuff under there all the time, I never style it nicely, I regret it. Things can look gorgeous and sparkly in the showroom but remember they're not being used so not getting daily grime on them and someone's getting paid to dust them and keep them looking sparkly so you'll buy them - once it's installed in your home you have to clean them.
I just moved my bed into the “office” and turned the biggest bedroom in my house into my office/arts and crafts room, I sleep so much better now and have room to create! I call them “the sleeping room” and “the creating room”.
I'm thinking about doing this! Our bedroom is the biggest room in our apartment, and the office the smallest, but we spend so much more of our waking time in the office, working, teaching, taking classes, creating (he's a musician and I'm a writer). Still trying to convince my partner though lol....
I think we should all make our homes look the way we like them. After all these others outthere do not live in our homes. I love all the pink in your home. So so pretty
the bathroom and the walls were the things that I think went well. The floors could be done differently. Sanding the floors and give a varnish finish. Tiling could be an option especially in kitchen and bathroom looks good. Make use of carpet vaccum and deep clean carpet is option.
Currently flipping a house, I’ve learnt a lot but my random lesson.. get oak doors.. my upstairs oak doors were £60 from howdens, the cheap primed doors were £20 from B&Q cheap and easy, great! but by the time I bought undercoat and gloss, prepped the doors etc.. it was easier and cheaper to just buy the £60 oak veneer doors
Hermoine I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about making my house a bit bland so that if I sell it , more people would be interested . That is my regret ! Now I choose what I want because as you say everyone likes something different and you should be happy in your own home . I’m 62 and still learning .. never regret a decision you make because you learn from all of them . Thanks for your videos I love watching them x
That's something I don't understand about people, specifically Americans, they buy houses and renovate thinking about selling not about living in, everything it's very neutral and a little bland, I think it's because people move a lot. I live in Europe, and in my country people buy houses and live all their lives, if they move its maximum of 2 times, in my country in Africa it's the same thing. We buy the house to living in.
I also noticed this, she talks so often about the moment when she will sell the house, that I thought she was going to sell it in the coming months. You can't renovate/decorate your house thinking about what will happen when/if you will sell it, you should like it (not the imaginary new owners), you should have a pleasant experience living there. Not to mention the fact that most buyers will renovate the house to suit their taste anyway, so I don't see why you would live in a boring house just because it is possible that at some point you'll sell it and you want it to be neutral. It's a completely different situation if you prefer to have a neutral "base" (white walls/doors/tiles), because you like to change the colors of the furniture/decorations all the time (instead of an accent wall).
That “live and learn” quite pretty much sums it up! Don’t be so critical with your choices. You were a bit younger when you started out with your wonderful reno and mistakes aren’t always a bad thing! Keep belong creative!
Try living through a rewire! Wow! 15 years later I’m still washing the dust out of my hair! I loved your blue bedroom so much I painted my living room similar and I still think it’s gorgeous with the pink headboard and dark wood drawers! 🥰 thanks for being real though, it’s great advice!
Oh my goodness 😂 I’m so pleased I didn’t have to rewire after reading this!! Oh I’m so glad it turned out well for you 😍 I loved the colour I just wish it had been a different room! Thanks for the lovely comment 💕
I love your honesty with this video. Some of the regrets are regrets but a lot of them were you making the best out of your situation. I really appreciate your transparency when talking about doing some of the work to your house being temporary/ financial versus some other content creators just try to do trendy things that are expensive to fix/ undo.
Totally agree about not putting things in the "right" place. We swapped our kitchen and dining room round which might not sound that big of a deal but it made such a massive difference, so much better usable space!
I feel like ending up with a few tiles with a slightly wrong colour is something that happens a LOT to people. My parents were tiling their bathroom a few years back, and while the serial number on the tiles was correct, there were four or five tiles in the box that were just a shade or two lighter than the rest. My dad ended up putting them in a spot where the light hits them and you don't notice it at all. I think the only people who actually notice it is my parents :)
That must have been so annoying that a few bad tiles came out of the same box. That’s so strange but I bet it happens so often! Your dad putting them in inconspicuous places is a genius move! 😁
We’ve just changed the lovely light filled guest room at the front of the house to my sewing and craft space! We figure I will use the space way more than we have guests and it makes me so happy daily. Love your space and videos, love from Australia.
Unconventional; my bedroom is actually the living room. I wanted the south facing window and the fireplace. Love having the morning sun to start the day.
Please make a part 2, Hermione! I made the same mistake in my bathroom (the layout of the tile). Oh well. I still like it. The next one is going to be better 😂🤣
Me and dad made an accent wall of stone "tiles" and he placed one wrong, wanted to adjust it and I - wanting to get it over with bc I was tired and impatient - told him to just leave it as is. Years later my eyes still always wondered to that specific ill-placed tile and annoyed the hell outta me. :)
I think the key takeaway from my reno is that the only person / people you should be listening to are those living in the house when it comes to choosing furnishing, colours and so on. Just trust yourself and things are going to turn out great.
Oh my gosh I completely disagree with you about the flooring. I think the woodworm markings actually add so much character! It looks lovely, honestly. Don’t regret it! x
So glad CZcams popped you into my recommendations list. Wonderful video. For a first time renovator you actually did a marvellous job. A 'regrets list' is a wonderful gift to all of us in the same process. I wish I'd changed ghastly carpets in our house before moving in. Now the place is chock a block with stuff and it's going to be a nightmare. But that's life!
I have often referred to what I call a very large file folder labeled "It was a good idea at the time". Everyone has at least one even if they don't admit to it. As others have mentioned you do learn as you go. What seemed like a great idea turns out to not be or the quick and cheap fix could end up being one of the best things you do in a space. You never know unless you try. Having watched the house evolve since the beginning, I have to say that you've brought some things to my attention I'd never thought about. That cover/cabinet inside your front door is a true Head Slapper! Not everyone would have thought of it, but you did. While I might not like so much pink, I actually applaud you for creating a home that is Yours, not mine, not Pinterest. It takes courage to create a home that reflects the occupant and you have loads of it. Congratulations and keep it up!
Currently renovating my ENTIRE house top to bottom inside and out, including the yard and the roof. My kids are thankfully older (21 and 16) so it will be easier in that aspect but we are living here through it all. I'm also fortunate that my house is a two family style so we did the downstairs first and put in a temporary mini kitchen and it has a full bathroom for when we do the entire upstairs level which is where our bedrooms and main kitchen are. It's difficult no matter what, and there are always regrets. We've lived in this house for 21 years so I already had exactly what I wanted to do planned out for years and we are fortunate enough to be able to do it all at once, in a lot of ways. Now that it's summer, we do a lot of cold dinners so not much cooking has to take place. One thing that was a must was all new flooring through the entire house. We got the waterproof vinyl wood flooring so it is literally in every room, including the laundry room and bathroom downstairs. It was a bit of an expense but we never have to think about it. Your home is beautiful and like you said, there's always something you notice later like not perfect walls or floors, and money is always an issue. But you've done a great job. Good luck to anyone out there doing renovations!!! We've watched your videos to get ideas for our own so thank you for sharing!!!
Thank you for sharing your story! This comment was so fun to read and I really hope your renovations are going well ☺️ the floor sounds like such a good investment! And the way you’ve set out the renovations by doing one floor first is a great idea that I’d definitely try in the future! Thank you so much for sharing 😃
@@HermioneChantal thank you so much!!! Really, my daughter and I watch your channel religiously and we LOVE your house. If the day comes that you move into another home and renovate that one, we will be ready with popcorn and drinks to watch every episode. Thank you so much for your kind words, too! I really love how you interact and respond to all of us!!! You're so sweet and genuine!!! That's the main thing I love about your videos... How everything is real. Life isn't always perfect but a pillow here and a print there, and it can look damn close!!! (Your pink sitting room IS perfect actually!!!)
I admire your accomplishments very much! I would never have tackled all the responsibilities of buying and renovating an old home when I was your age. Congratulations on “living and learning”!
We've renovated and extended our house over the last 20 years, and we're still making adjustments. Personally I'd say money is the biggest issue, you buy the best for your budget but more often than not its not enough so you change it 5/6/7 years later. However, it's all a learning curve and it's least we're trying 😉
I think your house is beautiful! 20 years in my little cottage I have made so many mistakes, mainly, letting contractors take out quirky touches that added character. It's never ending when you have an old house but I wouldn't want anything else! Much love from California ❤
You are a delight Hermione! Yes! It's your home and therefore yours to decorate as you wish. I admire the work you have done at such a young age. Great video!
Not necessarily a mistake but whilst painting the bannister I twisted wver so slightly and dislocated L2-L4 vertebrae in my back. It caused by legs and bladder/bowls to be numb (still does if I move in certain positions). I have Elhers Danlos syndrome so over the course of a week and several MRI scans later it showed them moving back. All for the sake of pretty bannisters.
The best things is though, I still haven't finished the bannister 😳 and I've change my mind on what to paint it/ the stairway so I'll have to start afresh anyway. I'll be getting help next time that's for sure
my mom has EDS and because it’s genetic, so do my sisters and I. it’s so annoying how easily you can hurt yourself!! i broke my ankle when i was around 8 because i stepped off the curb wrong and my mom dislocated her shoulder once because an older man gave her a high five in church
We bought a late 70s/early 80s house where everything is good condition, but could just do with updating. Like we have old fashioned dark shelving and a patterned carpet that I really do not like in the sitting room. All the upstairs carpets are brown, and there's three different types of laminate flooring in the house, two of which I don't much like. If I could do it all again, and we hadn't spent every last cent we had and more on the mortgage, and if I hadn't been almost 8 months pregnant by the time we got the keys, I probably would have done some re-decorating before we moved in. I started painting the downstairs cloakroom more than 2 years ago. We got as far as trying to screw a toilet roll holder (from Anthropologie; a pre-Brexit purchase) to the wall, but my other half accidentally punctured the hot water pipe while drilling and scalding hot water started spurting out, and we had to put a bucket under it until we could find out how to turn off the water, then call an emergency plumber to dig out a section of the wall and replace the pipe. We lived with a big hole in the wall for months after, and with a patch of unpainted plaster for about a year. I've only just put a coat of paint on it the other day actually. That toilet roll holder ended up costing us well over 100 euro and it's still not even up 🙄 so, that's a regret. We've great plans for the living room and the bathroom, but the thoughts of ripping up carpets and ripping out shelving, and tearing out the bathroom while living here with a toddler is too much. One renovation I don't regret is the really good solar energy system we had installed last year. It cost *a lot* but does our hot water and charges our car and even feeds back some to the grid. I would rather have that than flooring I like (though, in fairness, flooring that I like would be nice too)
💯% white or light girl, esp. in smaller spaces that are already on the cosy side. 😎 Plus, in a blistering hot🥵 climate, dark wall colors seem to make the heat worse and the walls start to ➡️close in⬅️. While I like some dark furniture, I find it can be very heavy and imposing too😖. 😁Highly enjoy other people's color, wall paper, patterns, and drama in their home decor. For myself, I'm much more cautious & minimalist in those touches. Hard not to consider the 💰cost & my own 💪labor having to update it sooner rather than later (like Hermione). Overall, I prefer a light, soft soothing background palette. 🥰Love to swap out my own ornaments, 🏺collections⚱️, & accessories on a quarterly, seasonal basis. Switch out some textiles (like curtains, slip covers, runners, pillow cases, basket liners & area rugs) two times a year. Love rich layers and details, but know I can become bored and/or overwhelmed with too much visual stimulation all at once. As a maximalista, it takes creative storage to be able to 🔄rotate things. 😉 Not all white is right. Learned my lesson about paint🎨 the hard way😔. Think it is really an art choosing one with the right undertones. Not a fan of off-whites, and once picked a bright, crisp prison grade white that was way too harsh.😮 It did not play well with other elements. 🤗Nowadays, scour latest House Beautiful magazine for articles on popular 🖌️ paint trends. 😱Knowing my instincts based on paint chips alone kinda sucks, I would rather lean on designers who understand warm vs cool whites. So far, that has never steered me wrong. 💚 Bridget from Cali🍀 (using my pal's YT acct)
"Do it for you" was the best advice you can give anyone taking on this sort of project. We all have regrets about what we could have/should have done. I thought the only way to get exactly what I wanted was to build so we did. There are still things I would change. It is all part of the learning process. If I changed what I wanted to change I would still find something else. I am 95% happy with the house and am grateful that I got it mostly right.
Hi Hermoine! You are so right. At the end of the day it's your home and you are the only person with an opinion that matters. That being said, my opinion is that I adore your place. It's lovely and light with respect to the history of house. A beautiful job, my friend. Have a great day and stay safe and well. Blessings-Judith 🎭🎵
Just catching up on some of your latest videos. Regrets or not, I think you've done wonders with your home. You'd never believe it's the same house when compared with earlier videos of when you first moved in.....this coming from someone who has always loved Victorian architecture, especially homes.
Just got a new kitchen done in the house we’re soon moving into, thought I’d read through everything pretty thoroughly but there’s always something! The only set of drawers in the kitchen is suuuper narrow. Like I’m concerned we won’t fit knives, forks and spoons never mind any other utensily bits… so always check measurements of cabinets etc. as I guess I just assumed the drawers would be normal drawer width 🤷♀️ (they looked fine in the mock up/picture!)
My mistake was choosing a light (grey and textured, but as close to white as I could get) tile for our kitchen floor. It shows everything and I have to clean it way more often than I want to. The kitchen floor is always getting wet, which mixes with dog paws and dirty feet. Plus, tile breaks every glass thing that’s dropped on it, which happens surprisingly often with a toddler. Next time I’ll do hardwood.
We're currently renovating and we have these awkward cupboards built into the walls. Just decided to completely reno them in our spare room so we can have a much better use of space. But we were too chicken to do in in the master bedroom so we have to live with wardrobe about a third of the size of what it could have been. Oh well, at least it's cute.
Love seeing you again. Would love to hear about additional regrets. I have a very small bedroom that I have plans to change into a luxurios walk in closet. Can't wait to do it.
I'm actually living in what was my great grandmother house, which is now mine, and I need to make it works with what is my taste and there is also a lot of technical work to be done and I hate thinking I have to have it done still living inside because I don't have anywhere else to go 🙃 It's gonna be messy, with all the tiles and brick walls in here
oh, hove i loved your dark blue sleeping room and a bookcase in the wall but then you changed the bed position and i loved it still 💙 and i thought i loved your sitting/dinning room cause of the front window and fire place but when you change it to the back to see the garden and that big mirror and the lights started to be my fav. and then you started doing the garden and i fell in love with it. but my most fav must be the kitchen you built on your own and the pink fridhe, oh, and the washing and drying station that ends with such a lovely plants corner and the round table. you truly have a lovely home that is such an inspo. thank you for sharing your journey with us h.
Great video, I love your honesty. You certainly aren't the only one who wishes they'd done 'this, that or the other' instead. As they say 'hindsight is a powerful tool'. You can be proud of yourself for what you've achieved thus far. My renovations in my first home had sooo many mistakes but you learn and move on... and yes, I've lived in a house whilst doing major renovations and it was pure hell (never, never, ever again !!). Hi from Australia xx
I love your taste in chooses and think you've done a stunning job. You've put hard work sweat and I'm sure a few tears into your home. It doesn't matter if everybody doesn't like what you've done with your home, your the one living there and if your happy that's all that counts. Trail and error is all part of the bigger learning experience even qualified tradesman make mistake or have regrets about jobs they've done, we're only human after all Great job give yourself a massive pat on the back and enjoy your home, you've done amazing. .
Prefer the expression lessons learnt than the word mistake...you did your best with the knowledge & finances you had at the time. Let me tell you there isn't one youtuber I've seen that hasn't changed their mind or learnt a lesson after a renovation...you are not alone my dear. Give yourself a pat on the back for your gusto, efforts and sheer determination in creating a home you love and enjoy because at the end of the day that's all that matters 😊
I also regret a few things like getting rid of my mattress for a bed in a box. My mattress was way more comfortable. Also I agree start off with white paint and add color through throw pillows and decor. Last thing, I wished I spent more on flooring in my bedroom and got the original floor I wanted. Now im going to invest in an area rug to hide the floor
Me and my boyfriend are restoring a 1930’s house (in Belgium) that also had woodworm in the upper wooden floors. But we’ve just embraced that as the character of the house 😊 fixing up an old house is a ton of work though, we’re only three months in (but we love it) 😅 Pardon any spelling mistakes, English is my 3de language
We had our floors sanded and filler put in. There isn't any drafts and them woodworm holes would be filled. You can have the filler matched to the same colour as the stain you use. its beautiful people always make comments on our floor.
My home yes MY home according to my family is overly trinket Ed and weird. My home is lovely I think and yes it has a lot of eclectic stuff but no crap in the attic or basement and like you if I grow tired of objects I donate them. Each to their own and your house is gorgeous
@@HermioneChantal yay thank you I do have nice stuff obvs anthropologie Oliver bonas fornasetti but they are so blinkered with their patterned sofas and carpets yuk
Yes I would r do my bathroom differently, would not tile walls. Was talked into a quarter shower with sliding doors, when I wanted an oblong shower with no door and only one wall of glass.
I had a 5mtr long unit built in my living room. The shelves didnt need to be as deep as I have them. Think about having lighting included. I wish I had added more lights. And make sure if a company design and build it that everything is costed and dont forget about the trim. I love mine and am glad I had it built but knowing better from experience I would slow down the process of design and not rush it. 👍
The biggest regret so far is flooring in our living area - kitchen, living room and dining nook. Wood floor was instaled by a guy who seemed like he knows what he is doing. Buuut it is a disaster and now we have new kitchen and everything else, knowing that we will have to change our wood floors in few years because the prep work was not done right. 😐
Do you know the delight I had when I saw this come up? I redid a 27 room Historic Italianate Villa some years ago and the last half was alone with dying Scottish Deerhounds about me. Couple regrets but I would even now go on a crying jag--- or just giggle when I think regrets. Best to see yours. I lived thro it to do several other smaller homes later. As will you and our other friends here. Be peaceful and stay well.
It has been peaceful to watch this. You have the maturity that it took many more years for me to acquire. Calm reflection with humor goes a long way,doesn't it??
I did a lot of reno in my last home. My current home was built 3 yrs ago. when I bought it. My regret for this home is I should have had things changed before we moved in. It's a manufactured home and comes the way it does from the builder. I have several things I want to change. tfs 🥰💐🌵🌷🌺🌼🌞🏜️💗🥰💐🌵🌷🌺🌼🌞🏜️💗🥰💐🌵🌷🌺🌼🌞🏜️💗
Similar thing happened to my parents at their house!! Not only have they been renovating for about 6 years now, but first thing to be done was painting. Easiest way to change a room, right? Well my parents wanted to go for a cool gray color so they could match it with anything. Well the color they chose, I don’t think they swatched in enough places because now, the majority of the interior of their house is painted this gray color. But the catch is, during the day in the sunlight the gray color reads really lavender gray. So their house looks purple on the inside and they live in a California split so it’s challenging to repaint everything 😂😭😂😭
I have lived in my home for 39 years and over that time I have made millions of mistakes ! At the moment it's my bedroom that is really annoying me, I can't stand my present wallpaper. I bought it because I had just had major renovation done and needed to put something on the walls to get the house clean. That was 5 years ago and I have had to live with this horrible choice. Prior to the work I had my ideal wallpaper, a pretty little blue, cream and lavender print, of course it had gone out of production and I could not get any more to replace it. I have been looking everywhere for something else I like only to find my favourite Papers are around £100 a roll ! A total outlay of £900 for one room before the necessary paint for the ceiling and woodwork and wall paper paste. If I could go back in time I would have bought twice as much of my original wallpaper !
I regret the interior wall color. I asked the shop for white. They gave me white for the ceiling but a off white/yellow for the walls. I hate it and only had it painted in December and it’s on the whole houses interior Walls. I want to get the whole house repainted.
The very pale carpet can be shampooed. I also have very pale carpet at my front door, I bought a home carpet shampooer. It takes up just a little more room than my upright vacuum. I don't dine in my dining room so I turned it into my office. I dine in the living room in front of the TV. I don't sleep in the bedroom, I sleep in the living room on my convertible sofa, it's a full size bed. My largest TV is in the living room so that's where I gotta be.🤭
Bought our house 11 years ago, put cream carpets down 8 weeks after moving in, 3 weeks later got a puppy, 2 weeks later got a vax carpet cleaner, 4 years later, first son, 4 years later 2nd son, since the first son was born we have vaxed 3 times a year the whole bottom floor, it’s finally coming up this week with renovations…..NEVER again 🤦🏼♀️😂
I love your home, and you’re lucky you can choose whatever you want for it, with no one else to worry about. With partners, you have to compromise! Who else has to get a partner to in the end think it was all their idea to do whatever?! 😏
My big thing when picking out stuff for the home is 'Yeah it's gorgeous but how hard is it gonna be to clean behind/under?'. When I redid my master bath I replaced the toilet and put in a back-to-the-wall toilet because cleaning behind the toilet is gross and there is no behind to clean - and I love it. When I replaced the freestanding fireplace I had the choice of one on a pedestal or on legs. I thought the legs looked cute, I thought I'd style it by neatly stacking kindling in the space underneath. I regret not getting the pedestal. Ash and dust get under there and it's so hard to clean, I loose stuff under there all the time, I never style it nicely, I regret it. Things can look gorgeous and sparkly in the showroom but remember they're not being used so not getting daily grime on them and someone's getting paid to dust them and keep them looking sparkly so you'll buy them - once it's installed in your home you have to clean them.
I also chose a back to wall loo for my new loo.
Luv it luv it luv it🤣😂
*and its taller. Easier on the back🤣
This is what my mum always advised me! From home stuff to clothes (how easy are they to clean/iron?)
Great point!
I just moved my bed into the “office” and turned the biggest bedroom in my house into my office/arts and crafts room, I sleep so much better now and have room to create! I call them “the sleeping room” and “the creating room”.
I'm thinking about doing this! Our bedroom is the biggest room in our apartment, and the office the smallest, but we spend so much more of our waking time in the office, working, teaching, taking classes, creating (he's a musician and I'm a writer). Still trying to convince my partner though lol....
I just moved and I did the same thing. :)
I think we should all make our homes look the way we like them. After all these others outthere do not live in our homes. I love all the pink in your home. So so pretty
I couldn’t agree more Ruth 😁 plus experimenting with styles is all part of the fun. Thank you for the lovely comment 💕
@@HermioneChantal 😍😍😍😍
the bathroom and the walls were the things that I think went well. The floors could be done differently. Sanding the floors and give a varnish finish. Tiling could be an option especially in kitchen and bathroom looks good. Make use of carpet vaccum and deep clean carpet is option.
Currently flipping a house, I’ve learnt a lot but my random lesson.. get oak doors.. my upstairs oak doors were £60 from howdens, the cheap primed doors were £20 from B&Q cheap and easy, great! but by the time I bought undercoat and gloss, prepped the doors etc.. it was easier and cheaper to just buy the £60 oak veneer doors
That’s a great tip! I’ve always thought Howdens were expensive but I’ll have to look next time I have a project. That £40 makes all the difference
17 years after moving into this house I haven't gotten the hard wood floors refinished! Oh I how I regret not doing it before we moved in.
😭 oh no! I totally know where you’re coming from I’d really like to re-do mine too!
Hermoine I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about making my house a bit bland so that if I sell it , more people would be interested . That is my regret ! Now I choose what I want because as you say everyone likes something different and you should be happy in your own home . I’m 62 and still learning .. never regret a decision you make because you learn from all of them . Thanks for your videos I love watching them x
That's something I don't understand about people, specifically Americans, they buy houses and renovate thinking about selling not about living in, everything it's very neutral and a little bland, I think it's because people move a lot.
I live in Europe, and in my country people buy houses and live all their lives, if they move its maximum of 2 times, in my country in Africa it's the same thing. We buy the house to living in.
I also noticed this, she talks so often about the moment when she will sell the house, that I thought she was going to sell it in the coming months. You can't renovate/decorate your house thinking about what will happen when/if you will sell it, you should like it (not the imaginary new owners), you should have a pleasant experience living there. Not to mention the fact that most buyers will renovate the house to suit their taste anyway, so I don't see why you would live in a boring house just because it is possible that at some point you'll sell it and you want it to be neutral. It's a completely different situation if you prefer to have a neutral "base" (white walls/doors/tiles), because you like to change the colors of the furniture/decorations all the time (instead of an accent wall).
That “live and learn” quite pretty much sums it up! Don’t be so critical with your choices. You were a bit younger when you started out with your wonderful reno and mistakes aren’t always a bad thing! Keep belong creative!
Try living through a rewire! Wow! 15 years later I’m still washing the dust out of my hair! I loved your blue bedroom so much I painted my living room similar and I still think it’s gorgeous with the pink headboard and dark wood drawers! 🥰 thanks for being real though, it’s great advice!
Oh my goodness 😂 I’m so pleased I didn’t have to rewire after reading this!! Oh I’m so glad it turned out well for you 😍 I loved the colour I just wish it had been a different room! Thanks for the lovely comment 💕
We just finished ours. There’s brick dust and plaster dust everywhere. I’ve cleaned the same rooms 10 times but keep… finding… more… dust! 🙈
I love your honesty with this video. Some of the regrets are regrets but a lot of them were you making the best out of your situation. I really appreciate your transparency when talking about doing some of the work to your house being temporary/ financial versus some other content creators just try to do trendy things that are expensive to fix/ undo.
Totally agree about not putting things in the "right" place. We swapped our kitchen and dining room round which might not sound that big of a deal but it made such a massive difference, so much better usable space!
I feel like ending up with a few tiles with a slightly wrong colour is something that happens a LOT to people. My parents were tiling their bathroom a few years back, and while the serial number on the tiles was correct, there were four or five tiles in the box that were just a shade or two lighter than the rest. My dad ended up putting them in a spot where the light hits them and you don't notice it at all. I think the only people who actually notice it is my parents :)
That must have been so annoying that a few bad tiles came out of the same box. That’s so strange but I bet it happens so often! Your dad putting them in inconspicuous places is a genius move! 😁
This might be my favorite hair color on you. It's a pretty kind of cinnamon rose gold. V flattering!
We’ve just changed the lovely light filled guest room at the front of the house to my sewing and craft space! We figure I will use the space way more than we have guests and it makes me so happy daily. Love your space and videos, love from Australia.
Unconventional; my bedroom is actually the living room. I wanted the south facing window and the fireplace. Love having the morning sun to start the day.
Please make a part 2, Hermione! I made the same mistake in my bathroom (the layout of the tile). Oh well. I still like it. The next one is going to be better 😂🤣
Me and dad made an accent wall of stone "tiles" and he placed one wrong, wanted to adjust it and I - wanting to get it over with bc I was tired and impatient - told him to just leave it as is. Years later my eyes still always wondered to that specific ill-placed tile and annoyed the hell outta me. :)
Omg 😂 that is exactly what I would do! This comment really resonates 🥲 it’s so easily done though! 💕
😆 omg that's hilarious always that one nevermind if wrong moment but your brain knows every time.
I think the key takeaway from my reno is that the only person / people you should be listening to are those living in the house when it comes to choosing furnishing, colours and so on.
Just trust yourself and things are going to turn out great.
Oh my gosh I completely disagree with you about the flooring. I think the woodworm markings actually add so much character! It looks lovely, honestly. Don’t regret it! x
So glad CZcams popped you into my recommendations list. Wonderful video. For a first time renovator you actually did a marvellous job. A 'regrets list' is a wonderful gift to all of us in the same process. I wish I'd changed ghastly carpets in our house before moving in. Now the place is chock a block with stuff and it's going to be a nightmare. But that's life!
I have often referred to what I call a very large file folder labeled "It was a good idea at the time". Everyone has at least one even if they don't admit to it. As others have mentioned you do learn as you go. What seemed like a great idea turns out to not be or the quick and cheap fix could end up being one of the best things you do in a space. You never know unless you try. Having watched the house evolve since the beginning, I have to say that you've brought some things to my attention I'd never thought about. That cover/cabinet inside your front door is a true Head Slapper! Not everyone would have thought of it, but you did. While I might not like so much pink, I actually applaud you for creating a home that is Yours, not mine, not Pinterest. It takes courage to create a home that reflects the occupant and you have loads of it. Congratulations and keep it up!
Currently renovating my ENTIRE house top to bottom inside and out, including the yard and the roof. My kids are thankfully older (21 and 16) so it will be easier in that aspect but we are living here through it all. I'm also fortunate that my house is a two family style so we did the downstairs first and put in a temporary mini kitchen and it has a full bathroom for when we do the entire upstairs level which is where our bedrooms and main kitchen are. It's difficult no matter what, and there are always regrets. We've lived in this house for 21 years so I already had exactly what I wanted to do planned out for years and we are fortunate enough to be able to do it all at once, in a lot of ways. Now that it's summer, we do a lot of cold dinners so not much cooking has to take place. One thing that was a must was all new flooring through the entire house. We got the waterproof vinyl wood flooring so it is literally in every room, including the laundry room and bathroom downstairs. It was a bit of an expense but we never have to think about it. Your home is beautiful and like you said, there's always something you notice later like not perfect walls or floors, and money is always an issue. But you've done a great job. Good luck to anyone out there doing renovations!!! We've watched your videos to get ideas for our own so thank you for sharing!!!
Thank you for sharing your story! This comment was so fun to read and I really hope your renovations are going well ☺️ the floor sounds like such a good investment! And the way you’ve set out the renovations by doing one floor first is a great idea that I’d definitely try in the future! Thank you so much for sharing 😃
@@HermioneChantal thank you so much!!! Really, my daughter and I watch your channel religiously and we LOVE your house. If the day comes that you move into another home and renovate that one, we will be ready with popcorn and drinks to watch every episode. Thank you so much for your kind words, too! I really love how you interact and respond to all of us!!! You're so sweet and genuine!!! That's the main thing I love about your videos...
How everything is real. Life isn't always perfect but a pillow here and a print there, and it can look damn close!!! (Your pink sitting room IS perfect actually!!!)
Beautifully honest, I made my own mistakes in the past but as you said, live and learn and that is the best way of learning.
I admire your accomplishments very much! I would never have tackled all the responsibilities of buying and renovating an old home when I was your age. Congratulations on “living and learning”!
We've renovated and extended our house over the last 20 years, and we're still making adjustments. Personally I'd say money is the biggest issue, you buy the best for your budget but more often than not its not enough so you change it 5/6/7 years later. However, it's all a learning curve and it's least we're trying 😉
I think your house is beautiful! 20 years in my little cottage I have made so many mistakes, mainly, letting contractors take out quirky touches that added character. It's never ending when you have an old house but I wouldn't want anything else! Much love from California ❤
You are a delight Hermione! Yes! It's your home and therefore yours to decorate as you wish. I admire the work you have done at such a young age. Great video!
I hope the next video is the choices you made you are proud of as a novice. You have done such and incredible job of your home!
Not necessarily a mistake but whilst painting the bannister I twisted wver so slightly and dislocated L2-L4 vertebrae in my back. It caused by legs and bladder/bowls to be numb (still does if I move in certain positions). I have Elhers Danlos syndrome so over the course of a week and several MRI scans later it showed them moving back. All for the sake of pretty bannisters.
Ouch 😭 I shuddered reading this! I hope you’re feeling a lot better now! That sounds incredibly painful. The things we do for pretty banisters 😭💕
The best things is though, I still haven't finished the bannister 😳 and I've change my mind on what to paint it/ the stairway so I'll have to start afresh anyway. I'll be getting help next time that's for sure
my mom has EDS and because it’s genetic, so do my sisters and I. it’s so annoying how easily you can hurt yourself!! i broke my ankle when i was around 8 because i stepped off the curb wrong and my mom dislocated her shoulder once because an older man gave her a high five in church
We bought a late 70s/early 80s house where everything is good condition, but could just do with updating. Like we have old fashioned dark shelving and a patterned carpet that I really do not like in the sitting room. All the upstairs carpets are brown, and there's three different types of laminate flooring in the house, two of which I don't much like. If I could do it all again, and we hadn't spent every last cent we had and more on the mortgage, and if I hadn't been almost 8 months pregnant by the time we got the keys, I probably would have done some re-decorating before we moved in.
I started painting the downstairs cloakroom more than 2 years ago. We got as far as trying to screw a toilet roll holder (from Anthropologie; a pre-Brexit purchase) to the wall, but my other half accidentally punctured the hot water pipe while drilling and scalding hot water started spurting out, and we had to put a bucket under it until we could find out how to turn off the water, then call an emergency plumber to dig out a section of the wall and replace the pipe. We lived with a big hole in the wall for months after, and with a patch of unpainted plaster for about a year. I've only just put a coat of paint on it the other day actually. That toilet roll holder ended up costing us well over 100 euro and it's still not even up 🙄 so, that's a regret.
We've great plans for the living room and the bathroom, but the thoughts of ripping up carpets and ripping out shelving, and tearing out the bathroom while living here with a toddler is too much.
One renovation I don't regret is the really good solar energy system we had installed last year. It cost *a lot* but does our hot water and charges our car and even feeds back some to the grid. I would rather have that than flooring I like (though, in fairness, flooring that I like would be nice too)
In the middle of a renovation. I want to paint the entire house white for now, but everybody else thinks I’m mad. Glad I found your video!
It’s a great base colour (and cheap to buy) so it’s the best way to start I think ☺️ you can add colour from there!
💯% white or light girl, esp. in smaller spaces that are already on the cosy side. 😎 Plus, in a blistering hot🥵 climate, dark wall colors seem to make the heat worse and the walls start to ➡️close in⬅️. While I like some dark furniture, I find it can be very heavy and imposing too😖.
😁Highly enjoy other people's color, wall paper, patterns, and drama in their home decor. For myself, I'm much more cautious & minimalist in those touches. Hard not to consider the 💰cost & my own 💪labor having to update it sooner rather than later (like Hermione). Overall, I prefer a light, soft soothing background palette.
🥰Love to swap out my own ornaments, 🏺collections⚱️, & accessories on a quarterly, seasonal basis. Switch out some textiles (like curtains, slip covers, runners, pillow cases, basket liners & area rugs) two times a year. Love rich layers and details, but know I can become bored and/or overwhelmed with too much visual stimulation all at once. As a maximalista, it takes creative storage to be able to 🔄rotate things.
😉 Not all white is right. Learned my lesson about paint🎨 the hard way😔. Think it is really an art choosing one with the right undertones. Not a fan of off-whites, and once picked a bright, crisp prison grade white that was way too harsh.😮 It did not play well with other elements.
🤗Nowadays, scour latest House Beautiful magazine for articles on popular 🖌️ paint trends. 😱Knowing my instincts based on paint chips alone kinda sucks, I would rather lean on designers who understand warm vs cool whites. So far, that has never steered me wrong.
💚 Bridget from Cali🍀
(using my pal's YT acct)
"Do it for you" was the best advice you can give anyone taking on this sort of project. We all have regrets about what we could have/should have done. I thought the only way to get exactly what I wanted was to build so we did. There are still things I would change. It is all part of the learning process. If I changed what I wanted to change I would still find something else. I am 95% happy with the house and am grateful that I got it mostly right.
My dear lovely girl, your renovations are from practical to spectacular. BRAVO!!
Hi Hermoine! You are so right. At the end of the day it's your home and you are the only person with an opinion that matters. That being said, my opinion is that I adore your place. It's lovely and light with respect to the history of house. A beautiful job, my friend. Have a great day and stay safe and well. Blessings-Judith 🎭🎵
Just catching up on some of your latest videos. Regrets or not, I think you've done wonders with your home. You'd never believe it's the same house when compared with earlier videos of when you first moved in.....this coming from someone who has always loved Victorian architecture, especially homes.
You've made far more good decisions than bad... and we love watching you make changes. Win/win!
Make yourself happy! Great advice. Your home is beautiful.
Just got a new kitchen done in the house we’re soon moving into, thought I’d read through everything pretty thoroughly but there’s always something! The only set of drawers in the kitchen is suuuper narrow. Like I’m concerned we won’t fit knives, forks and spoons never mind any other utensily bits… so always check measurements of cabinets etc. as I guess I just assumed the drawers would be normal drawer width 🤷♀️ (they looked fine in the mock up/picture!)
I’ve got one solitary drawer in my kitchen. 😱😱😱😱😱
I'm gotta pause and leave this, Hermoine your hair look gorgeous today!!
My mistake was choosing a light (grey and textured, but as close to white as I could get) tile for our kitchen floor. It shows everything and I have to clean it way more often than I want to. The kitchen floor is always getting wet, which mixes with dog paws and dirty feet. Plus, tile breaks every glass thing that’s dropped on it, which happens surprisingly often with a toddler. Next time I’ll do hardwood.
I'd definitely love to see another regrets video! This was great. So helpful
We're currently renovating and we have these awkward cupboards built into the walls. Just decided to completely reno them in our spare room so we can have a much better use of space. But we were too chicken to do in in the master bedroom so we have to live with wardrobe about a third of the size of what it could have been. Oh well, at least it's cute.
Love seeing you again. Would love to hear about additional regrets. I have a very small bedroom that I have plans to change into a luxurios walk in closet. Can't wait to do it.
We're planning a hall bathroom re-do and a long awaited, 20 yrs., kitchen remodel. Can not wait!
Thanks for sharing your newly acquired knowledge. You’re so right….you learn more from making mistakes!
It all turned out good. You made a lot of entertaining content for your channel.
You still have a lovely home.
I'm actually living in what was my great grandmother house, which is now mine, and I need to make it works with what is my taste and there is also a lot of technical work to be done and I hate thinking I have to have it done still living inside because I don't have anywhere else to go 🙃
It's gonna be messy, with all the tiles and brick walls in here
oh, hove i loved your dark blue sleeping room and a bookcase in the wall but then you changed the bed position and i loved it still 💙 and i thought i loved your sitting/dinning room cause of the front window and fire place but when you change it to the back to see the garden and that big mirror and the lights started to be my fav. and then you started doing the garden and i fell in love with it. but my most fav must be the kitchen you built on your own and the pink fridhe, oh, and the washing and drying station that ends with such a lovely plants corner and the round table. you truly have a lovely home that is such an inspo. thank you for sharing your journey with us h.
Great video, I love your honesty. You certainly aren't the only one who wishes they'd done 'this, that or the other' instead. As they say 'hindsight is a powerful tool'. You can be proud of yourself for what you've achieved thus far. My renovations in my first home had sooo many mistakes but you learn and move on... and yes, I've lived in a house whilst doing major renovations and it was pure hell (never, never, ever again !!). Hi from Australia xx
A tiled hallway would be so lovely!
Hermione we all make some wrong choices but that life. Live and learn❤
I love your taste in chooses and think you've done a stunning job.
You've put hard work sweat and I'm sure a few tears into your home.
It doesn't matter if everybody doesn't like what you've done with your home, your the one living there and if your happy that's all that counts.
Trail and error is all part of the bigger learning experience even qualified tradesman make mistake or have regrets about jobs they've done, we're only human after all
Great job give yourself a massive pat on the back and enjoy your home, you've done amazing. .
Prefer the expression lessons learnt than the word mistake...you did your best with the knowledge & finances you had at the time.
Let me tell you there isn't one youtuber I've seen that hasn't changed their mind or learnt a lesson after a renovation...you are not alone my dear. Give yourself a pat on the back for your gusto, efforts and sheer determination in creating a home you love and enjoy because at the end of the day that's all that matters 😊
It’s possible to tile over tile, you can upgrade your shower quite easily if you ever wanted someday. We all live and we learn xx
I like that you do things in a thoughtful way... And, we're all saving, I hope. Save a bit peeps
I'd hope the people who found there was too much pink in your home stopped following you by now 🙄
😂😂😂 they would really hate my fridge!
I also regret a few things like getting rid of my mattress for a bed in a box. My mattress was way more comfortable. Also I agree start off with white paint and add color through throw pillows and decor. Last thing, I wished I spent more on flooring in my bedroom and got the original floor I wanted. Now im going to invest in an area rug to hide the floor
This is great 😊 I feel
The same
Way all the time but that’s growth you do amazing at what you do but thanks for sharing much luv 🥰
Very useful. Would completely watch video two.
Me and my boyfriend are restoring a 1930’s house (in Belgium) that also had woodworm in the upper wooden floors. But we’ve just embraced that as the character of the house 😊 fixing up an old house is a ton of work though, we’re only three months in (but we love it) 😅
Pardon any spelling mistakes, English is my 3de language
We had our floors sanded and filler put in. There isn't any drafts and them woodworm holes would be filled. You can have the filler matched to the same colour as the stain you use. its beautiful people always make comments on our floor.
My home yes MY home according to my family is overly trinket Ed and weird. My home is lovely I think and yes it has a lot of eclectic stuff but no crap in the attic or basement and like you if I grow tired of objects I donate them. Each to their own and your house is gorgeous
The best homes are the ones with trinkets and personality 💕💕 eclectic is much more fun! I’m on your team 🥳
@@HermioneChantal yay thank you I do have nice stuff obvs anthropologie Oliver bonas fornasetti but they are so blinkered with their patterned sofas and carpets yuk
Yes I would r do my bathroom differently, would not tile walls. Was talked into a quarter shower with sliding doors, when I wanted an oblong shower with no door and only one wall of glass.
What a nice thing to do! How thoughtful!
I’m looking to do a built in hutch in my dining room and then updating my kitchen out of the 80s. Dropped ceilings and fluorescent lights 😣
Not the drop ceilings 😭 good luck with the work! I’m sure it will be so worth it 😁
I had a 5mtr long unit built in my living room.
The shelves didnt need to be as deep as I have them. Think about having lighting included. I wish I had added more lights. And make sure if a company design and build it that everything is costed and dont forget about the trim.
I love mine and am glad I had it built but knowing better from experience I would slow down the process of design and not rush it. 👍
Just a suggestion, invest in a bissell carpet cleaner. Love mine 💕
I think your home is fab. 🥰
The biggest regret so far is flooring in our living area - kitchen, living room and dining nook. Wood floor was instaled by a guy who seemed like he knows what he is doing. Buuut it is a disaster and now we have new kitchen and everything else, knowing that we will have to change our wood floors in few years because the prep work was not done right. 😐
Do you know the delight I had when I saw this come up? I redid a 27 room Historic Italianate Villa some years ago and the last half was alone with dying Scottish Deerhounds about me. Couple regrets but I would even now go on a crying jag--- or just giggle when I think regrets. Best to see yours. I lived thro it to do several other smaller homes later. As will you and our other friends here. Be peaceful and stay well.
It has been peaceful to watch this. You have the maturity that it took many more years for me to acquire. Calm reflection with humor goes a long way,doesn't it??
Such a good idea for a video!
I did a lot of reno in my last home. My current home was built 3 yrs ago. when I bought it. My regret for this home is I should have had things changed before we moved in. It's a manufactured home and comes the way it does from the builder. I have several things I want to change. tfs 🥰💐🌵🌷🌺🌼🌞🏜️💗🥰💐🌵🌷🌺🌼🌞🏜️💗🥰💐🌵🌷🌺🌼🌞🏜️💗
Great video lovely ... I love your house 😍 plum sounds like a great app too 🙌 xx
I am about to do some work to my home and picked out the same subway tiles 😅
Love ur honesty
Similar thing happened to my parents at their house!! Not only have they been renovating for about 6 years now, but first thing to be done was painting. Easiest way to change a room, right? Well my parents wanted to go for a cool gray color so they could match it with anything. Well the color they chose, I don’t think they swatched in enough places because now, the majority of the interior of their house is painted this gray color. But the catch is, during the day in the sunlight the gray color reads really lavender gray. So their house looks purple on the inside and they live in a California split so it’s challenging to repaint everything 😂😭😂😭
I have lived in my home for 39 years and over that time I have made millions of mistakes ! At the moment it's my bedroom that is really annoying me, I can't stand my present wallpaper. I bought it because I had just had major renovation done and needed to put something on the walls to get the house clean. That was 5 years ago and I have had to live with this horrible choice. Prior to the work I had my ideal wallpaper, a pretty little blue, cream and lavender print, of course it had gone out of production and I could not get any more to replace it. I have been looking everywhere for something else I like only to find my favourite Papers are around £100 a roll ! A total outlay of £900 for one room before the necessary paint for the ceiling and woodwork and wall paper paste. If I could go back in time I would have bought twice as much of my original wallpaper !
I learned led kitchen light do not last mine decided to die hasn't even been 2 years.
I regret the interior wall color. I asked the shop for white. They gave me white for the ceiling but a off white/yellow for the walls. I hate it and only had it painted in December and it’s on the whole houses interior Walls. I want to get the whole house repainted.
The very pale carpet can be shampooed. I also have very pale carpet at my front door, I bought a home carpet shampooer. It takes up just a little more room than my upright vacuum. I don't dine in my dining room so I turned it into my office. I dine in the living room in front of the TV. I don't sleep in the bedroom, I sleep in the living room on my convertible sofa, it's a full size bed. My largest TV is in the living room so that's where I gotta be.🤭
Bought our house 11 years ago, put cream carpets down 8 weeks after moving in, 3 weeks later got a puppy, 2 weeks later got a vax carpet cleaner, 4 years later, first son, 4 years later 2nd son, since the first son was born we have vaxed 3 times a year the whole bottom floor, it’s finally coming up this week with renovations…..NEVER again 🤦🏼♀️😂
You can paint tile.
My favourite kind of video! :)
I love your home, and you’re lucky you can choose whatever you want for it, with no one else to worry about.
With partners, you have to compromise!
Who else has to get a partner to in the end think it was all their idea to do whatever?! 😏
Pls do giveawayssss
not me trying to convince my partner to buy a fixer upper when we move
I love in a terraced house, colour just doesn't work for me. White walls all the way 💖💞
Great video! What lip color do you have on? Suits you perfectly 🌸
Thank you Emma 🥰💕 I think it might be one by Kiko, there’s a few colours they do that I looove (315 is the best!)
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Good grief. You make a statement, then negate it on every single one. This is a very annoying video.
Well if I don’t then someone else will complain 🥲 can’t make everyone happy