House
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First Day of Mousemas – A reflection on things past
Saphy cat here. I am saphy.cat on Instagram and you can also contact me on saphy.cat@outlook.com. I haven’t got a mobile phone yet but I am working on the humans on that front.…
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Christmas Tree(s)
Our real Christmas tree came from Caulders the local garden centre today. I got a real 8′ one because with ceilings this high I felt we needed the grandeur of a big tree.…
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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…
