House
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Decorating the bathroom
I am now finally able to decorate the bathroom and unpack the last of the boxes which have been on the landing for the last three months. Today I filled in a load…
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A modern beautiful thing
I’ve spoken quite a lot on this site about beautiful objects from the past; everything from Staffordshire pots, to 19th century bedlinen, to 18th samplers. I haven’t said much about modern things because…
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Kitchen – stage three
So with the units replaced and the new floor laid, time to go to work on decorating. Much as I would love to have professional decorators do this, it is way too expensive…
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Roof – stage one
Just when we thought we were getting away (reasonably) lightly with things that could overtly be wrong with the house – we ran into a problem. A piece of the guttering at the…
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Kitchen – Stage two
We got the new floor in our kitchen today. I would have loved real encaustic tiles but they are excruciatingly expensive, so we went for the unauthentic option and bought vinyl cushion floor.…
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Fruit Flies no more
We had a bit of a plague of these pesky things for a few days. With the tradesmen in and out, not only were the doors constantly open, but it was difficult to…
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Kitchen – stage one
So the kitchen fitters were here for two long days and all the hideous units have been replaced. I’ve spent all of today putting everything back – this time with everything in a…
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Here goes for the kitchen
The upstairs kitchen was actually one of the worst parts of the house when we bought it, so getting it redone was a priority. The units look as though they have been there…
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Nearly finished…
The games room is nearly finished now. I ended up with a huge pile of stuff in the hall, mostly cardboard from packing, but also stuff for the other two floors which was…
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What lies beneath…
We have an old coal store next to (but not part of) the basement. I keep threatening to lock J in there – but in all seriousness, it is a rather creepy place. …
