Renovation
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Basement bedroom
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…
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The Decorator
Today we have been decorating J’s bedroom. But not without lots of help. Saphy really loves lying on top of things that are on top of other things. Usually it is bags, but…
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A Retrospective – Part one of the renovation
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…
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Finishing touches to the main bathroom
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…
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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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Woodworking class
I had another trip to Edinburgh yesterday (busy day). This was the second part of my woodworking course, which is to introduce you to basic woodworking techniques. We are building a “blanket ladder”…
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First shots of new bathroom
We finally managed to get our main bathroom finished apart from the decorating part which I will do this week. It is going to look very nice. But… If I ever do this…
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Edinburgh
As planned I paid my first visit to the big city today. I am going to have to admit that Edinburgh is actually my favourite city in UK (Rome is my favourite city…
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Fixing the window sill
Now I have the high ladder, I am going to try to fix this window sill. There is an obviously decayed bit on it, and it is the exterior sill for our much…
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Final stages of kitchen
I managed to finish painting the walls. Now I am putting some final touches to the room as there are a couple of ugly bits left, plus the walls look a bit bare.…
