So..... did you all have a lovely Christmas? Can you guess where we spent it?! Yep, that's right, even during the holibobs I was up on the scaffolding with my nieces and nephew in our paper cracker hats 🙂 It was a big shock to them and my sister, who hadn't been to site since... Continue Reading →
Certain songs have been the soundtrack to our renovation so far. There's a special mention to Take That's These Days or as it's known here, Andy's pudding song - We're Gonna Live For Cheesecake, but my ear worm this weekend is Meghan Trainor's fabulous All About That Bass and I have my own version as the mammoth task of... Continue Reading →
Not a minute today to tweet or mess about on social media, I've been up on the scaffolding painting my freezing little fingers off and getting a good oil based undercoat on our four new timbers windows which arrived yesterday. There's no time to waste as we're losing the scaffolding around the garage tomorrow so... Continue Reading →
Inspiration is often much needed mid works, especially if you live in the midst of a mucky building site! It arrived this month in the form of a rather beautiful book called "Decorating with Colour" showcasing some stunning Farrow & Ball adorned properties. I'm partial to a bit of F&B as you know, and was... Continue Reading →
It's always wonderful to find interior treasure but even better when it's in your house and you didn't even know it was there! The sole room amidst the chaos of our renovation to be anywhere near ready is the one which will eventually be our guest bedroom. It was stripped back to brick months ago and re-plastered... Continue Reading →
I stood back and looked at what we've been busy on for the last three months and for the first time this week, I was looking at a house. Yes, we've only slated the garage and utility, yes the right hand side original house is an empty shell inside and we still have no electrics,... Continue Reading →
We're feeling a great sense of satisfaction that the double pitch roof to the garage and the triple pitch roof to the utility room are fully slated, with the newly sourced ridge tiles sitting proudly on top and the verges all pointed up In all my years working on renovations and doing DIY, I'd never attempted... Continue Reading →
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