Renovation
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Clearing the Drawing Room
The new carpet is coming tomorrow – essentially part six of the huge job of re-carpeting the entire house. When we moved in, every room was carpeted in the same green carpet –…
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Decorating the drawing room
This week I have embarked on decorating our drawing room. I was determined to call it that (rather than lounge or sitting room) because it sounds grand and is grand. It is not…
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Squeaky Floor
The first day we moved in, I got a nasty surprise when I walked across the drawing room floor and nearly tripped as my foot sunk a couple of inches into the carpet. …
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Another woodworking project
This bookcase used to stand on top of a desk in my grandmother’s house in Blackpool. Unfortunately the desk was thrown away years ago and the bookcase has been in a garage for…
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Moving some projects forward
Today I have been working on both reupholstering the chair, and finalizing the new improved cat door. The frame seems moderately secure now. I cut a piece of dark red velvet out of…
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Some woodworking
I was never sure that I was doing that well when I did the woodworking course in Edinburgh – some of the machines I found quite difficult and the other people on the…
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Renovating a chair
Today I started having a look at one of the chairs we inherited. I had been going to do some gardening but it was pouring with rain and windy. This chair is Edwardian,…
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There’s a sign on the wall…
I put the sign up today having finished painting the fence. However I then had to prep and prime all the metal hinges on the gates and then paint both gates. There were…
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Sewing Machine
This sewing machine belonged to my Grandmother who was born in 1888. The engraving on it “As supplied to her Majesty Queen Alexandra” places the date between 1901 and 1910, so Grandma would…
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A good quick fix
These are two more inherited pieces of furniture – I am just starting to look at the spare bedroom and they are to go in it. Although they look nice together – they…
