I thought it'd be interesting to do something a bit different with the exposed bricks in the hallway - after we'd worked so very hard cleaning them up! - and came up with the idea of framing the areas with a 200mm edge of plasterboard. I haven't seen this done anywhere else and am very excited... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #44 Making Moregeous Mansions toasty and warm from the inside out
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 →
Rose Cottage by name and nature, walls go pink!
Apart from the ripping out stage, when the bare bones of a house are first revealed, another of my favourite stages is when the plasterboard goes on. It's when spaces suddenly become rooms and you can start to see the shape of things to come 🙂 Rose Cottage is only tiny and every inch counts... Continue Reading →