THE HOME RENOVATION

Usually posted by people who have a house just like yours, except they’ve spent a fortune on improvements. Walls are knocked through. Extensions erected. Rugs handmade by blind artisans are flown in from Morocco. ‘Maybe we need a bespoke Scandi sofa, too’, you think as you gradually become less happy with your previously adored abode. ‘How can we live without a roll-top bath made of handhammered chrome?’ Then you look up the price of roll-top baths and resign yourself to a life of discount inferiority.