House
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Hanging the picture
Since we moved in, a large heavy painting has been sitting in the corner of the drawing room. It came from Norfolk, and in fact only came with us by mistake as I…
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Finished the decorating
I managed to decorate the wall in the drawing room. That may not sound like much of an achievement, but the ceilings in here are so high that to put the wallpaper up,…
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Boxing in the pipes
One job I have been putting off is down in the basement. J had to have a whole new central heating system, and in order to do this, all the pipes, which had…
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New Carpet
We got the new carpet laid. Unfortunately the first job we are now going to have to do is decorate the walls (or at least one wall as for now I am only…
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Clearing the Drawing Room
The new carpet is coming tomorrow – essentially part six of the huge job of re-carpeting the entire house. When we moved in, every room was carpeted in the same green carpet –…
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Decorating the drawing room
This week I have embarked on decorating our drawing room. I was determined to call it that (rather than lounge or sitting room) because it sounds grand and is grand. It is not…
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Cosy Corner
When we first moved into the house (it was just J and I initially because R had been left behind house sitting in Argyll), the house was an unspeakable mess for weeks. Imagine…
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Testing our water
The question of lead pipes and our water supply has been raised with me by various people now. My take on it (as far as Castlebank House goes) is that people have lived…
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Another room completed
Or more or less completed. When we moved in, I had to get my study with my PC up and running as a priority. I have a lot of “stuff” – mainly crafting…
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Cat Door Mark 2 – the saga continueth….
So after the failure of the first cat door (failure as a means of keeping Saphy in at night that is – it looked nice), I built another one. Art board was replaced…
