DIYish by Chloe

05/12/2025

Easiest DIY to organise your bathroom cabinet

04/12/2025

01/12/2025

🌟🌲 Christmas card bunting! 🌲🌟
The last few years I've not had time to do lots of fun Christmassy things but this year I am determined to do some crafts and baking 😊 I made this bunting for my stairs in our old house but I thought it would look nice in our new dining room. And no, I couldn't be bothered to find my knife which would have made it a lot easier! Please excuse the undecorated walls - the previous owner had a huge dresser there before 😅 another project I'll get round to at some point...

29/11/2025

It really has! I'm not the most confident person but I definitely gained more confidence from doing DIY SOS, putting myself out of my comfort zone, not to mention all the new skills I've picked up, and the friendships too! It all started when I saw Jasmine's Instagram story, where she was signing up to the trades day for the Essex build in 2023... We'd never met in person until day 1 of the build, although we lived fairly close. And we've been DIY buds ever since 😊 We like to confuse some of the tradies as they thought we were full time joiners 🤫😅
It also led to working with on an episode of his own show! And gave me the opportunity to try some of the trades tools and made me want to invest in a track saw! Not forgetting the amazing feeling when you hand the property back and how grateful and appreciative they are 🫶🏻 What a blast this past couple of years has been! I hope they get renewed for another season so we can build more things and help more people! 😁

26/11/2025

Which one do you need to do? It's suddenly dark cold winter in the UK and it's that time of year where energy saving tips come in the most useful. Doing all of these little DIYs to the door has made our hallway significantly warmer! I couldn't believe how much hot air was travelling through the small holes in the silicone.
1. Weather strip - this is supposed to be used for replacing the door seal but I used it inside and out to try to bridge the gaps around the edge of the door
2. Silicone - remove the existing stuff and redo, or for a quicker job just fill in the holes
3. Door curtain - these are ideal for overnight when it's coldest and darkest to help trap the warm air inside the house
4. Draught excluder - stops warm air leaving through the bottom of the door where seals may not be good.
And yes we are getting new windows and doors in a little bit 😁 but until then I'm trying to keep the house as warm as possible! Let me know which ones you need to do in your house

08/11/2025

I'm so excited to see the Children in Need special of this Thursday 13th November at 9pm BBC one. Hope you love watching it as much as I enjoyed building it! Maybe my face or the back of my head will make an appearance this time!

22/10/2025

Another draughty door!! All weather strip images are from Toolstation UK - and is probably where I got my original pack from!

These can be used to replace door and window seals, or like I'm doing, sticking to the frame. Just make sure if you are going to stick extra seals on the inside of the frame that the door or window can close fully!

This is temporary for me as we are getting all our windows and doors replaced soon 😁

This is such an easy DIY anyone can do, do your doors need this?

17/10/2025

I didn't appear in the episode but I had a great time doing a weekend shift at Bracknell back in March. I had used up all my annual leave so I set off at the crack of dawn to arrive on site for 7am on Saturday. I helped plasterboard the upstairs bathroom, insulate and plaster Sienna's dance studio and then sand all the printed text off the fence battens and then route all the edges. We went through all our batteries and then some other people's DeWalt ones too 😅 it's so fulfilling to know you've helped a family in need who need it most 🫶🏻 Tune in to my next episode for the Children in Need build!