{"id":9,"date":"2020-07-14T14:24:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vikkielee.co.uk\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2020-09-02T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:30:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vikkielee.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi, I’m Vikkie Lee. A multitasking Yorkshire lass who loves getting her hands dirty either in the kitchen<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, my workshop<\/a><\/em><\/strong> or on many muddy dog walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, my fiance and I bought the cheapest house in a nice area with the intention of renovating it as we went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a few months of decorating too many rooms at a time, I lost motivation and turned to sharing my favourite healthy family meals as a form of escapism instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a house not being renovated and my food blog, Tastefully Vikkie<\/em><\/strong><\/a> becoming increasingly popular, my fiance reminded me that if I put just as much energy into renovating as I did with my food blog, it would be finished by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it wasn’t what I wanted to hear, I compromised by sharing my renovation projects on a new blog and YouTube channel, The Carpenter’s Daughter<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. To my surprise, my basic phone videos were proving even more popular than the time spent on my food blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unknowingly, it marked my path, allowing me to be down to earth Carpenter’s Daughter I am. And it encouraged me to finish our house and still enjoy a hearty meal at the end of a hard day’s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, my food blog is busier than ever, I’ve won UK DIY blogger awards for sharing video tutorials with over 50k subscribers and have been featured on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n