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…

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.…

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…