When renovating on a budget, you'll find yourself spending hours trawling the internet for the "best price" or the perfect piece within budget. Add in the amount of choice available and it can be a bit of a minefield.

Often it's hard to know what are the essential buys and what you can do without so here I'll be sharing my "must have" tools and supplies reviewing products that we've used and giving a shout out for some of my favourite brands and suppliers.