Renovation
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Another little piece of history
It’s not all about the 19th Century – today I got the opportunity to start sorting out the total mess that has become of our linen since we moved (I’m trying to segregate…
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Here goes for the kitchen
The upstairs kitchen was actually one of the worst parts of the house when we bought it, so getting it redone was a priority. The units look as though they have been there…
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Nearly finished…
The games room is nearly finished now. I ended up with a huge pile of stuff in the hall, mostly cardboard from packing, but also stuff for the other two floors which was…
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Tiles and bread
We had the tilers here today putting up the new tiles in our main bathroom. This room was not in a good state when we moved in – it had a hideous 1990s…
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Basement Lounge
J’s lounge in the basement is a huge room with a bay window. For a basement it is really quite bright and airy but when we moved in it was not showing at…
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Saphy’s first bird
I had a hard day yesterday working at decorating. J’s basement lounge was basically in need of quite a lot of TLC – it had pretty awful wallpaper and a carpet that was…
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R’s Office
Now that the pink wall paper and disgusting old curtains are gone, you can start to see what a gorgeous room R’s office is going to be. I renovated the original Victorian fireplace. …
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The End of the Beginning
I know we still have a long way to go, but today we made some major steps forwards. All the new flooring went in to the basement. The intention had been to paint…
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New Plumbing
The first night we moved in I tried out the only shower on the first floor and nearly boiled/froze myself to death with it because the temperature oscillated about randomly without any input…
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Fast or Slow?
I’ve always been a fan of the JFDI protocol. To give an analogy – you are trapped by your ankle by a giant clam and the tide is coming in. It is lose…
