House
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Getting on with the decorating
The dining room is a big job – and this is only doing half the walls as luckily the part above the dado is in good condition with wallpaper which (although it would…
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Nice visit
We had a lovely visit today from another lady who used to live in the house in 1970s and her husband. She brought some lovely flowers and chocolates and we had a long…
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Winter drying method
Following on from my revelation last summer that drying clothes on the outside line was better than using a dryer, I have come to a further epiphany (this time courtesy of J). Our…
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Started on the dining room
I started on the Dining room today. First one piece of good news – the old Lincrusta (or Anaglypta) came off in one single piece – it was really hardly attached to the…
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Dining Room Renovation
Well we are a month in to the New Year now, and my batteries are recharged. So on to a new project – it would be getting the garden into shape but the…
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In which Aspy finds a new home
We have two Aspidistras called (very originally) Aspy and Distra. The Aspidistra is also known as the “Cast Iron plant” and was a favourite in Victorian times because it was one of the…
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House for an Art Lover
Saphy seems very keen on the Arts and Crafts movement with a special fondness for William Morris As you may notice, I am not allowed to take a shower near the art works…
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Clearing the garage
Since we moved in (would you believe more than seven months ago now), the garage has been to a greater or lesser extent one almighty mess. First of all it was full of…
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First Snow
Today was our first experience of snow here on the east coast – unlike areas a bit north of here we only had a few centimetres. Here was the house in the snow…
