Documenting the grit and systems of a family of six.

Real Life. Real Grit. Real Renovation.

Building a Family Home in the Middle of the Chaos.

Renovating Life is the unpolished story of a family transforming a 1970s house in Surrey while raising four children, surviving the dust, and trying to stay married through a full scale DIY refurbishment.

What started as a one week race to make the house livable has slowly become a long term project in building a home that works for real family life.

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The website holds the archives, but our Instagram is where the real-time renovation unfolds. Follow along for the unpolished reality of living through the renovation—daily updates, DIY fails, and survival tips for a family of six on a building site.