Transforming your living room

Everybody knows how to decorate and so we will simply let the before and after images tell the story of how we went about transforming St Marks living room for us and you. From ripping up the carpet, sanding floors, hoovering cobwebs off ceilings, choosing dark...

Lessons on Renovating

We knew even when we were viewing St Marks that we would be picking up a lot of lessons on renovating and in the short space of time we already have quite a few tips and tricks on decorating a house. Even though this Vicarage from 1872 did not need any big...

Being Pet Friendly

One of our priorities for St Marks Stays was about it being pet friendly because we had struggled in the past to find the right places to travel with our cocker spaniel. So opening our home to other dogs was important to us. As St Marks Stays is on a country road we...

Why the lifestyle change?

If you already know us, or are following the blog to learn more about Damian and Joanne, you probably all have the question of, why the lifestyle change? This is a huge change and journey for us and it has probably been in our heads since 2011. Although people only...

Welcome to our journey

Welcome to our journey. Welcome to St Marks Stays and we already love you in that you are interested to follow our journey, our lifestyle and our stories here at St Marks. On our blog we will be sharing with you all about life in our gorgeous Victorian property here...