Colin is up the ladders again for the weekend, back to help Cat paint the ceilings in the stairwell and landing. There is a lot of cutting in to do in the stairwell as there are so many beams and edges and there are two mist coats to do before two top coats! We have… Continue reading All hands on deck
Month: January 2021
Bite sized pieces
This week I am feeling a little better than I have recently, my back is a great deal better thankfully so I am in a position where I can do more to help Cat out with the house. I am determined to do something little every day this week while she is away working, bite… Continue reading Bite sized pieces
Snow Sunday
After a freezing cold night we had a blizzard Sunday morning and 2 inches of snow came down in about an hour! Even the cement mixer looks pretty. Cat has lit the wood burner in the sitting room to keep the house warm today. Last night we lent all the oil heaters to a neighbour… Continue reading Snow Sunday
Beam cleaning (again)
In a much needed boost to moral, Cat has help today from Colin who is here to assist with the big clean up process of the beams and stone chimney breast on the stairs and landing. Colin is good on ladders, Cat is not, so his help is massively appreciated here! Starting from the top… Continue reading Beam cleaning (again)
Choosing colours (again)
So it’s back to the drawing board with the colours now we have decided to ditch the lime wash and instead use chalk paint. There is also not much going on in the house (nothing in fact) so I shall go into a great deal of unnecessary detail about colours in this blog, for lack… Continue reading Choosing colours (again)
Lime washing ends!
It’s been emotional. And hard work, really bloody hard work. But after trying every damn technique for lime washing and still not being happy with the results, we have decided to cut our losses and not continue with the lime wash. It has taken Cat 3 weekends just to lime wash ONE ROOM and she… Continue reading Lime washing ends!
Lime wash issues
Cat is back for the weekend and is straight back onto lime washing the walls in Zanna’s bedroom. The walls are looking very patchy, more patchy than they should we think. Lime wash isn’t a flat paint finish like modern paints, yet we are not sure we have quite got the technique right. The paler… Continue reading Lime wash issues
Archaeology
Another super cold snow day, so I waste some time sorting through our garden finds. It’s amazing how much of the pottery goes together, I even pieced some bits together like a jigsaw. Much of this was found near the house and under the study window. Apparently when things got broken they were literally thrown… Continue reading Archaeology
Snow day
Seven months and a day after we started the renovations, I woke up to a covering of snow along with the freezing fog that is still covering the village. The gate lock is frozen so I left it locked and had a ‘snow day’. Sunny June seems a long way away right now. Good to… Continue reading Snow day
Lockdown 3.0
It’s been a very quiet week. Cat’s back in Bristol until the weekend, it’s far too cold for Tom and George to return to finish, I am really suffering with my back still and now the country has gone into a third lockdown. The iced up padlock on the gate today seems very fitting. Not… Continue reading Lockdown 3.0