The central core of the Moregeous Mansions, the bit marked 'Kitchen' above, is integral in making the whole of the interior design and flow of the new spaces work. This central part connects the whole of the ground floor and prior to works was a dark room with few redeeming features. The idea after works... Continue Reading →
Heavens to Betsy, it's been all go here this week. After a little bit of a lull waiting for materials, Monday started with a bang and all hands on deck. Slightly sweaty in the sun reclaimed brick packs were cut open to air and the dial on the cement mixer set to overtime. Sloppy concrete... Continue Reading →
After all the mud and mess we've got to a point of making things look smooth again, at least in the garage which you can see above, but making the decision caused me a bit of a dilemma. The original specification throughout the extension ( garage, utility and kitchen) was for a solid concrete floor,... Continue Reading →
Feels like massive progress as we see the MOT stone going down on top of the reduced depth earth oversite within the garage walls. I always find the building process endlessly fascinating and being part of it all unfolding at Moregeous HQ is ace! Missy Builder Cat clearly feels the same way, clamped to my... Continue Reading →
It's been a long old week and I've been a bit lax on the blogging front but listen, if I haven't got time to shower, I haven't got time to type - eeeeewww stinky! Thank heavens some pals went on holiday today and were kind enough to leave us their house keys - tonight it's... Continue Reading →
Realised today that I'm totally missing a trick and have this DoUpDiary building site malarkey completely wrong. What was I thinking? It's not a negative, soul destroying mud field, it's a potential gold mine! Artist Olafur Eliasson has just opened Riverbed at the Denmark's Louisiana Museam of Modern Art and I quote A surface of... Continue Reading →
So you get a dry May. A dry June. A dry July. You start site works and what do you get - the wettest August ever! I now have a garden mud bath of trenches, holes, rocks and rubble as the lads have endeavoured to find what exactly is happening with our original and quite... Continue Reading →
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