Welcome back to another Renovation Diaries post! Today we are talking about layouts, planning ideas + the sourcing process for some key pieces that would be needed early on in the build. At this point, the Chapel felt like a woodwork studio as we started sanding back some of the features we wanted to incorporate…
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A celebratory post today because it’s my blog-i-versary — HOUSEPLANTHOUSE turned 4 years old this week! I always like to share this milestone because setting up HPH has become quite a pivotal point in my career so far. I set this blog up tentatively after I’d finished writing up my doctorate as I craved a…
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One of the things I’ve missed the most over lockdown is thrifting. I’ve been meaning to put this post up for a while but since moving, I haven’t quite been able to put my hands on some of the pieces I wanted to talk about. I’m sure there must be a box somewhere labelled ‘Laura’s…
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For today, I’ve written a bit of an update for one of my most popular blogposts — a look at the different pothos varieties + my top tips for keeping them looking their best (originally posted in March 2019). I’ve also updated the photos to show how my plants are looking right now in 2020.…
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Hello new blog readers! I have been getting quite a few questions on string of hearts care over on my instagram so thought I’d refresh a post I wrote two years ago — I’ve added in some more tips I have found helpful in growing my string of hearts plants + getting them to thrive.…
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One of my favourite things about my apartment is the picture rail. I know it might sound like a relatively small detail to love quite so much, but over the last few years that I’ve lived here, it’s been one of the most useful original features of my weirdly shaped 1930’s place. Since enjoying it…
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For the last 9 months I’ve been knocking my head every time I get into the shower on my staghorn fern, which has been enjoying the humidity of bathroom life. I’ve been keeping it in its nursery pot but knew that I’d eventually want to divide and mount it for it to thrive. So over […]
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Following on from my Instagram post last week about sharing plants with friends, I wanted to share with you a little tour of my ‘plant-swapped’ plant collection. As I mentioned in my post above, there’s something so special about sharing plants and/or cuttings that have belonged to plants of yours, or those of friends. Each…
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