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Smoothly does it
I had a bit of a shock last week when a memory popped up on Facebook informing me that a year ago we’d been busy laying the slates on the roof. It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since the roof was being finished and the inside was nearly untouched. Who know where…
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Loose ends
There are big satisfying jobs and then there are the bits and bobs that seem to take forever, yet never provide as much satisfaction as the big jobs. With busy weekends these last two weeks we’ve seemed to be plodding through a big list of little jobs. Great to get done, but not particularly inspiring.…
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A mattress, not a carpet
This week has possibly killed us, just a little bit. Not only did we have the deadline of family coming in to help with the garden on the Saturday, we also had a last minute visit from some friends from Germany on the Friday night, meaning our deadline was a little more truncated. With the…
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Flat out
Personally, I work better with deadlines. The latest deadline is a visit from my family to help clear some of the front garden. In order to offer some comfort we want to get the lounge finished. It didn’t seem too much of a challenge when we first set it… I started by filling the holes…
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Abracadabra
After sending off for a wide range of tile samples, we eventually agreed on a dark blue set for the shower. In order not to make the room feel too intense we chose a grey tile for the windowsill. We managed to get these second hand, buying enough that they will also do the shower…
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A little lick of paint
For me the most exciting thing this week has been getting the first bit of colour on the wall. Even though the rooms aren’t finished a little bit of paint seems to bring them to life. For Chris, the most exciting thing has been getting our shed up. The shed is a short-term storage solution,…
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Chaos
A week after we moved in we went on holiday. While this was a nice escape it also meant we returned to utter chaos. Aside from halfway through the roof rebuild, I think this is the most overwhelmed by the job either of have been. At least when we didn’t live here we had somewhere…
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Boxes, bags and a piano
We have moved. This was our first proper house move, having previously moved into our first house with very little of our own stuff. Cleaning out the house, it’s been slightly horrifying how much stuff we own. Even trying to donate and recycle we still seem have accumulated enough boxes that we could simply build…
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Making a mess
With this being our last weekend before we move, we were keen to try and get as much done as possible. However, though we’ve got plenty done, most of it was small and fiddly. It therefore doesn’t look like we’ve moved forward very much, yet the house is significantly messier. All the cleaning carried out…
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Fabulous floors
The contractors have returned, and finished nearly all of the window reveals. Though they take up a relatively small area within a room, it’s amazing how much more it makes the rooms look finished. One of our requests to them was that they put our curved corners back, and we were delighted to see they…
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