About Me

About Me

First off, thanks for visiting my blog, I really do appreciate each and every reader who visits my little piece of the internet! So as you’re on this page you must want to find out a little bit more about who I am, and my little tribe!

I’m Stephanie, though most people call me Steph. We live in Southampton, Hampshire with my family, husband Kev, son Tyler (18), and the biggest surprises of my life… my twin girls, Lily and Sofia (13). We’ve also welcomed a couple of furry additions to our home in August 2016, Gus the Goldendoodle who is my little companion, and then our littlest one Moose the Cavapoo in 2022. 

A family with three children and a white dog enjoys snow days on a forest path, tossing snow into the air. Everyone is bundled up in winter clothes as snow falls around them, making for the perfect 2018 vlog memory.

I love creating YouTube videos, and if you want to see us together here’s our trailer. It shows everyone’s personalities very well! 

Why I started blogging 

I started Renovation Bay-Bee early in 2013 when we had recently purchased a 1960’s timewarp house.  It’s a solid, well-looked house but it was very retro. We picked it for the location, garden space and schools.

A modern garden patio with grey cushioned seating, a glass table with flowers and candles, and a barbecue—perfect for a Family Garden Tour. In the background, there’s dining under a parasol and a children’s playset with a slide.

We’ve been turning it into our family home ever since then. The difference with us is we do pretty much everything ourselves (unless we have to!) we’ve fitted kitchens, flooring, patios, and tiling and come up with all the designs ourselves. We don’t live in a big house and we have to try and save money in lots of ways. My best bargain was my £3 brand-new bathroom sink!

So you will find practical, family-orientated designs and budget-friendly projects on my blog. 

I have always loved interiors, but since taking on this home project I have found a real love for interiors, and in September 2019 we started the extension we had always wanted to do with this house. I was able to create a family home where we can grow into, giving us all a space to enjoy together. It sounds cliche but once it was completed it changed our lives. 

Modern kitchen and dining area with pastel blue cupboards, a white worktop, pink chairs, a white dining table, decorative pendant lights, and large glass doors opening to a patio—a stunning Kitchen Reveal.

After being able to decorate our home from scratch, deciding every detail and position of everything was so much fun! I also found a love for colourful interiors and have injected a shot of colour into our home! 

A cosy living room decor featuring a brick fireplace with an electric stove heater, a large mirror above the mantelpiece, two silhouette portraits on pink walls, a grey sofa, wooden side table, and sheer-curtained window.

Why Renovation Bay-Bee

I came up with the name Renovation Bay-Bee because we had taken on the renovation of our new home, but I had also reached a point in my life where I wanted to make some major life changes. So with that in mind, the renovation not only of our new home but our family lifestyle, experiences, and how we lived our life together.

A family of four, dressed in winter clothing, stands with their dog by a calm lake in December, looking at distant hills under a clear blue sky. Frost covers the ground and the landscape reflects on the water for this special Me and Mine moment.

I want to show the children different places, and things they can achieve and to learn life skills by being outdoors and experiencing the (what is still a pretty amazing) world around them.

I want to show you how we live our life; from the places to visit on days out, holidays and what type of experiences I want to show my children. At the same time, I hope to show you new places to visit, foods to try and ideas to help your home become a family home too.

A family of five—two adults and three children—sit smiling on a white bench in a garden, with a brick wall and pink roses in the background. A perfect Me and Mine moment captured this sunny June day.

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Contact Me

If you want to contact me please take a look at my contact me page or click here to contact me directly by e-mail and feel free to follow me on my social media channels, Instagram, Facebook 

Work With Me

I have been incredibly lucky to have worked with some amazing companies and brands. I love collaborating with brands as each company has a different twist on the work they produce, and I love the challenge of coming up with interesting posts. 

As a family, we love working together on opportunities and when the children get involved it makes for some great fun.

So if you’re interested in working with me, or having a chat about an opportunity then please see my ‘Work With Me‘ page for further information.

brands I have worked with