Is Spring here already? For the weekend, yes it appears it is. It’s a balmy 20+ degrees here today, 3 weeks ago it was -8! Jasper the dog is helping his best mate Colin roll up the membrane for the front pathway. When I say helping… Going through the buckets and bags of lime plaster… Continue reading Ladyholme
Month: February 2021
(Still slightly sweary) study preparations
Saturday and Colin is back to help Cat get the study ready to paint (I am out of action with a sore back). We are super excited about getting another room done and cannot wait to see the colour! Colin comes with doughnuts, they don’t last long. These doughnuts have fuelled the build over the… Continue reading (Still slightly sweary) study preparations
A very sweary day…
Friday and Cat is off for 4 days, so we have quite a list of things we want to achieve this weekend. I pick up where I left off in the study, scrubbing the plaster and orange dust from the stone wall. The old fireplace looks fabulous now it has been cleaned (again). The stone… Continue reading A very sweary day…
Cleaning the house with a toothbrush
My task this week is to clean the plaster and orange dust from the timbers and stone in the study, ready for Cat and Colin to paint this room at the weekend. These are the tools for removing the plaster from the timbers, a chisel and a small wire brush the same size as a… Continue reading Cleaning the house with a toothbrush
Green or blue?
Cat only has one day off work this weekend so we need to make it count. I have spent the week prepping the sitting room so it is ready for her to paint and this morning I finished off the last bits while Cat had a sort of lie in and walked Jasper. The sitting… Continue reading Green or blue?
More colour choices…
Another delivery from Fenwick & Tilbrook, this time Major Tom in Pure Matt emulsion as we ran out of this in claypaint for the modern wall on the landing and it needs at least one more coat. As it is modern plaster we are going to paint over it in the emulsion as it will… Continue reading More colour choices…
Actual, visible progress
Decorating is all about the preparation. It generally takes longer to prepare surfaces for painting than the actual painting itself (unless you are using bloody lime wash of course) and our house needs more preparations than most with the lime plaster and all the timber details, but finally we are making progress with all the… Continue reading Actual, visible progress
Posh copper pipes
Our plumber, Andrew, has returned for a couple of days to work on the new copper pipes to join the new plumbing up to the boiler and water tank. Copper piping and brass fixings. It is a shame this will all be covered up! He has worked out which pipe is which (the old plumber… Continue reading Posh copper pipes
Scrubber
I have had to get some more wire brushes as I have already nearly worn this one out from scrubbing the stone walls of the sitting room. I may get through a few of these! And knuckles, I have scuffed all my knuckles. I must start wearing gloves. The sitting room wall next to the… Continue reading Scrubber
In your face, lime wash!
A frosty, early morning walk for Jasper. It was another cold weekend but a very busy one with both of us up before 6am on Saturday. Cat left for a work reccie and I had to deliver a new bed to the house in London that I manage. I was too busy to take any… Continue reading In your face, lime wash!