Highly amusing, my new found friend of last week had her very own spread in the Manchester Evening News today, upstaged by a ferret, I don't know, what's the world coming to.... she'll be renovating her cage next and asking Marcin if he's free to fit an en-suite after Christmas.
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 →
Rose Cottage – specifying the Georgian style bathroom
Getting back on specifying track after yesterday's ferret finding adventures, and today's task is to order lights and the bathroom for Rose Cottage. Our furry friend made the local 5 o'clock news on Channel M which was very funny, but it was my lamp post 'found' posters and asking at a local MOT station with nosey... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – Squatters rights! A ferret takes residence
It was hectic last week with Xmas do's, my birthday and a family wedding in Durham, but this week things have calmed down again and it's back to work at Rose Cottage - plus all the preparations necessary for the week before Christmas of course.... Although it still looks like a total bomb site, now's... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – goodbye plastic, hello timber
It's been a hive of activity in little Rose Cottage this last week, I hope that little house will never hold quite so many sweating men in it again - I rely upon the virtue of the owner for that...Hi Hannah 😉 .... and things have really moved on. There have been surprises, the leak... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – we seem to have sprung a leak….
Did I say the next job was sorting out some gutters? Silly me, far too easy. Of course I meant that the next job was totally rebuilding the front lower elevation after a massive leak in the ground from the mains water pipe which carries God knows how many gallons per day up through the... Continue Reading →
Design: Rose Cottage – Choosing the opaque glass for bathroom windows
There are a tonne of decisions to be made on any house renovation, and if you aren't that experienced then these decisions should be made (a) before the job starts and then (b) stuck to, thus ensuring few increases in costs and a smooth running contract. One advantage of having a project manager / interior... Continue Reading →
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