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property we were renting and we decided we wanted to buy our own home and the rents had gone sky-high and you don’t get much for your money. I have moved five times in the past and I knew what I wanted. The final straw was when my son didn’t get into the primary school we wanted him to go to and we realised we had to move to get him into a good school. “Lee went on Zoopla and found a house but it was way out of our budget. We just couldn’t find anything suitable and then we came across this house which was built in the 1960s and was being sold through probate. We really liked it and it was very clean but needed some work but we really wanted it and we had a vision of what it might be like eventually. We made an offer which was rejected as it was too low but we negotiated and we managed to get it. There was no chain so it went through fairly easily.” My uncle was a dance teacher and I just loved singing and dancing and I always enjoyed being in front of the camera! They have started work on the house and Lee has been busy looking at YouTube videos to do the work himself. Luckily his brother, who is a plumber, has been helping him. They have plans to extend it at the back and create more space in the roof, but Grace said, “It will take time as it costs a lot but I really want to keep the 60s look. At the moment the bathroom is very typical of what was popular in the 60s – it’s pink and I want to keep the same colour scheme but make it into a girly powder room. I can see exactly what it will look like and it fits perfectly into our plans. We have painted our sitting room in a beautiful shade of yellow which is the colour of joy and it makes me feel so happy. This is going to be a long-term family home and I don’t think we will be moving for a very long time. The problem is I like things to be done yesterday and it all takes so much time and with two small children it is very hard.” Grace shares the ups and downs of her life on social media and most of her content is on fashion, beauty, and she is passionate about promoting wellbeing. “It resonates with a lot of people and I have 247,000 followers on Instagram. I want everyone to find joy in their life and it helps if you think positively and feel good about yourself. It’s very difficult for women as there is a very high standard of what is expected. It’s totally exhausting worrying about your size, what you eat, your career and juggling everything so you can be a great mum too. I really don’t care what people think of me as I stay in my lane and live my life. I want my children to see that they can do anything if they put their minds to it and I want to be a role model.” Grace is also the author of two best-selling non- fiction books. Her first, No Filter , is a reflection on her life experiences and in 2021 she published her
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