This is the completed master bedroom.  It is not really entirely Victorian because the washstand is a bit modern looking (I did start to look into the idea of buying an original one…

The sign for “Castlebank House” at the bottom of our drive was a very rusted dusty black.  My task for today was to renovate it. The easiest way by far would have been…

The latest room to be decorated is J’s basement bedroom and the two of us worked on it together.  It had been pretty grotty – this was the wallpaper.  The woodwork was also…

We have now finished what I would describe as “Phase One” of the house renovations – the bits that needed to be done to make the house work as a building and be…

I have been putting some finishing touches to the bathroom today.  The new curtains use the design of  “The Strawberry Thief” by William Morris.  I thought this was one of the most iconic…

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…

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…

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…