Our lovely neighbours were having a new carpet fitted in their sitting room and have offered us their old one. It is only a couple of years old but has a coffee stain on one end (hence replacing it) which we will cut out. This is perfect for Cat’s bedroom as the old carpet in… Continue reading Carpet bonus
Category: Attic bedroom
Awkward attic
Cat spends Monday filling all the gaps and holes and corners in the attic, an epic amount of filling that takes all day. Tuesday morning is spent sanding it all back then hoovering up the dust before finally she can start painting the top coat. One of the many edges and corners that needs filling.… Continue reading Awkward attic
Windy weekend
The stormy weather continues, Jasper’s ear is demonstrating just how windy it is. One minute it is sunny, the next it is hailing. It was hailing as I took this photo. I have no idea what is going on here. I helped Cat wrap up all the beams in the attic, ready for painting and… Continue reading Windy weekend
Epic attic preparations
The epic attic preparations continue and on Sunday Colin was here again to help Cat clean up the beams and stone. There is a huge pile of 4×2 timbers left over from the attic conversion still up there so we need to move them downstairs and outside. The quickest and easiest route out is through… Continue reading Epic attic preparations
Super Saturday
Today the skirting boards are being fitted on the first floor by Glynn so the plumber can fit the radiators next week. We haven’t seen Glynn since just before Christmas so it’s great to have him back to help us out. He spent his lunch break yesterday (after having rushed to the dentist to have… Continue reading Super Saturday
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)
Warming up, cleaning up and drying up
Saturday and Cat is back from Bristol but we are so knackered and utterly fed up with the house that we decide to have a day off house stuff. With so much yet to do and a huge clean up process to begin, we simply don’t know where to start. It is so overwhelming that… Continue reading Warming up, cleaning up and drying up
Mud. Not at all glorious
I actually checked the weather forecast last night and it said possible light rain showers in the morning. Lordy, massive understatement. Poor Tom and George got utterly drenched and the front garden turned into a slippy quagmire. Properly grim. Jo and Charlie are here to finish up the plastering and clean the house down. Cat… Continue reading Mud. Not at all glorious
Scoopy II
Scoopy returns!!! along with Tom, Dan and George to begin the home stretch to the finish line… Today we had 12 people working on the house, the busiest it has ever been on site, people were literally tripping over each other. We had Charlie, Alan, Mitch, Dan and Jo working on the plastering, Tom and… Continue reading Scoopy II
Last of the windows
Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning… This was dead right. It was super chilly this morning and by lunchtime it had turned very wet and rained well into the evening. Lee Boswell and his son returned to finish off the glazing on the windows. He has been delayed as the factory in Liverpool that… Continue reading Last of the windows