Bonjour!

Well, it seems that everyone is blogging these days! It's been something I've been itching to do for a little while but I've never really known what to write about. But I'm now ready to wholeheartedly jump on the bandwagon, even if I am a little late to the blogging party!

So I guess I should start off by saying a warm 'hello!' and tell you a little about myself...

I'm Lydia, I'm 25 and a true Hertfordshire girl, although I've spent the last six years studying, living and working in London. Oh London. It's a city I love and hate in equal measure these days - amazing to have so much on your doorstep but as living costs keep rising, living here gets a bit more depressing! So, my boyfriend Rob and I are in the very beginning stages of upping and moving away from the city (but still near enough to commute to work) to somewhere quieter... and greener! 

This is what gave me my blogging inspiration. I follow quite a few interior design / home renovation / house-to-home blogs online and could spend forever drooling over photos of beautiful homes. As first-time-buyers Rob and I are apprehensive about finding somewhere that ticks every box and even more apprehensive about all the checks which come with applying for mortgages etc. But ultimately we are really excited about the adventure of finding somewhere we can make our own. So, this blog will be a place where I can share with you the ups, downs, trials and celebrations of searching for, purchasing and settling in to our very first home! New start, country heart!

I grew up in a beautiful little market town in Hertfordshire called Berkhamsted, more fondly known as 'Berko'. Being younger I took for granted the stunning surroundings of the countryside in the Chiltern Hills. But as I've got older and spent so much of my time in the concrete jungle of London I've had a bigger and bigger desire to move to somewhere equally as pretty as Berkhamsted.

Rob and I met online (how very 21st century!) a couple of years ago and both work in the emergency services (nope, we did not meet on uniformdating.com!!!). We currently rent a snazzy newly built flat in Greenwich London. We share a love for cooking and we're constantly scouting restaurants to find the best steak or burger! I also have a small passion for baking, so I'll put a few food related posts on here too and no doubt many photos of beautiful sunsets! I love a good sunset!

 

Anyway, enough rambling and more blogging. 

Lydia xxx