French Consul

03/11/2026

The ultimate renovation test: asking your husband which paint swatch he likes best when you already have a clear favourite in mind. 
Jokes aside, selecting the right paint colour can make or break the mood of a room. Instead of painting directly onto the wall, I always recommend painting large swatch boards like these. It allows you to move the colours around the room, see how they sit next to your existing furniture pieces, and watch how the undertones shift from morning sun to evening light.

Tint

26/10/2026

Finding your life purpose: for every woman asking “what’s next?”

16/10/2026

Hot chocolate at Les Deux Magots, Paris ♥️ meet me in France? 🇫🇷

12/10/2026

Home office need a makeover? Steal these ideas ✨ 1. Add colour to your walls, be brave! 2. Mix new pieces with antiques you already love 3. Hang a chandelier for instant softness 4. Display treasured art, collected items, not just decor. The professional photos are in, and I’m still pinching myself. My old linen packing room is now the creative studio where I write, film and dream about what’s coming next…

Full story now on the website, link in bio.

08/10/2026

Heritage renovation is my therapy ♥️🤣 Some people do yoga. I knock down walls. What’s yours? 👇

05/10/2026

How to shorten French doors | No screws, no glue…so how do these old doors come apart?

These French doors need to be shorter, and you can’t just saw the bottom off. The only way is to take them apart and put them back together 😱 Glass out first, which luckily slid out in one piece. Then we edged the bottom panels off, slowly and carefully (it took 2hrs), because old timber doesn’t forgive mistakes. One panel already had a crack, and it split in two. You’ll hear the moment it went 😭

Then we jimmied the side panel off very carefully, and we could finally see how the whole door is held together. That then allows us to reduce the height and reassemble the door. The cracked panel can be repaired, so that’s part two 😅

Have you ever pulled apart an old door? I’d love to know what you found.

28/09/2026

Rendering a concrete patio to look like an old French wall: the final top coat, done in the rain and then the dark. It was meant to take 2 hours. It took 5 🫠 what have I done??!

Render is normally a wall finish, so putting it on a floor is a gamble. It’s a low-traffic area, and before the render went on we brushed over a bonding coat made from Davco Davelastic mixed with concrete powder and water, to help it grip the slab (you can see it in the video). I’m still not sure I love how it looks, but I’ll show you how it cures once we remove the rain covers soon. Would you have done it? Controversial? Regrets? 😬

21/09/2026

Wake up in France ♥️

12/09/2026