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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.…
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Cats and cupboards
What is with cats and cupboards? This huge house is packed with comfy chairs and beds and yet… Here is Saphy in an airing cupboard. Her preferred place at night at the moment…
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Linen
I found some old linen while unpacking yet more boxes. One tablecloth had this laundry label on it. It says “Farrer” which was my grandmother’s maiden name. She was born in 1888 and…
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Stirling today
We went on a trip to Stirling today. With one thing and another and having every tradesman (and woman as our plumbers are female) in Cupar round at the house, I haven’t been…
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Kitchen – stage three
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…
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Roof – stage one
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…
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Happy birthday J
It is J’s birthday today. He is lucky to have been born in August because my birthday is in November (cold and miserable) and R’s is right after Christmas (cold, miserable and travel…
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Kitchen – Stage two
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.…
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Aspidistra still flying
I noticed today that the Aspidistra we bought a few months back has put some new shoots out. Perhaps one day it will be the “Biggest Aspidistra in the World”…
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