Where would you lay your head? At the very top of Moregeous Mansions sits the daddy dormer, looking out onto the new half of the house we've just re-built, i.e. from the window you can see in the picture above on the left. Our view in above is from the hallway door entrance. It's a... Continue Reading →
Keeping on top of all the external maintenance of the original part of Moregeous Mansions, whilst still renovating internally and sorting the new build, is a challenge and many things can be 'put off' however with water leaks, that isn't a great idea. At the end of last year we restored about 12m of the... Continue Reading →
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 →
I'm extremely fond of bricks. Big ones, olds ones, fat ones, thin ones, even the huge bulbous huge-at-only-one-end ones which Brian the Brickie nearly threw at me whilst building our box wall to the workshop. Thinking back to previous renovations I remember asking our plasterer to leave a huge curved section of bare brick out... Continue Reading →
Back in January I was lost in the world of garage doors, and seriously, who knew there was so much choice?! I had to find something which would suit both the reclaimed, traditional feel of the slates and bricks used, plus work well with the contemporary deep greys, aluminium cladding and super cool bifold doors.... Continue Reading →
OMG they're in!! There've been several big steps for us this month and none bigger than this week's installation of our much dreamed of bifolding doors. We've spent a lot of time and energy deciding which ones to go for as there are a plethora of these super popular styles out there to choose from.... Continue Reading →
It's been a very long few months since we demolished half our home in August 2014. The old 'West Wing' section, once stables with living quarters above, and built to the side of the main house, was falling down, structurally unsound, damp and cold. Coupled with the main house becoming virtually uninhabitable - no heating,... Continue Reading →
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