‘I wanted the HOUSE TO FLOW!’

Tim and I moved house for a bigger garden and to be closer to the sea,’ says Emma. ‘We had our hearts set on Ballyholme, as it’s a lovely area with a good school and many of our friends live here. We were previously living in a new-build, three-bed terrace, but we desperately wanted an older property with period features that we could put our own stamp on.

Introducing colour

The first thing I did when we moved in was to paint all the walls in the house light blue. I think I was a little bit overexcited about having moved to the seaside and wanted to reflect this in the decor! But unfortunately, such a pale