wax on; wax off
The furniture wax I’ve been using. £7 for a 500ml tin. It’s a natural wonder!
Moving and Improving
Moving and Improving
March 8, 2010
Chim-chim-e-ney cher-oo
This post is about the trials and tribulations of sorting out a chimney for use of a rayburn.
Moving and Improving
March 7, 2010
Buying a Rayburn
The old boiler and the place where the Rayburn will be.
It’s ordered! We’re getting it! I can’t believe it!!
Moving and Improving
March 3, 2010
We’re getting central heating!!!
Mouldy coat
We have (just about) survived two of the coldest winters in our new old house, and we can’t do another one. This is a blog about all the choices we had when deciding which heating option to go for – mostly ec0-friendly ones.
Moving and Improving
March 2, 2010
The kitchen work surface
The humble beginnings
I have finally replaced the picnic table!! Well, it had to be done before Christmas, but I am glad that table (bought at an expensive camping shop in the New Forest last year) has really had its money’s worth now!
Moving and Improving
March 1, 2010
The staircase
Ignore the awful walls!
Once a homage to 1970s style; now an attractive piece of carpentry to keep us warm!
Moving and Improving
February 28, 2010
Doing up the den in the cellar and review of Crown Shimmer & shine paint.
We struggled with naming this room – it used to be the cinema room because that’s where we have the projector and screen set up, but that sounded far too grand for a room about 9′ by 7′! So now it’s the den. Again, my daughter wanted to watch films in there with her friends, so her birthday party was the deadline to get it done.
Books
January 10, 2010
Happy New Year!
I haven’t done a book review for ages, so I’ll start the new year with A Wedding In December by Anita Shreve.
Moving and Improving
November 24, 2009
Doing up the cellar and games room + review of Focus paint.
Part way through the job.
I just can’t seem to start one thing and finish it. I left the kitchen alone for a couple of weeks and focussed on the rooms in the cellar. My eldest daughter wanted to use it for her birthday party, and I welcomed the change of scenery.
Moving and Improving
November 10, 2009
Knocking down another wall
Part way through the job.
Two days after the plane landed in England, I’m to be found ignoring the suitcases in the middle of the living room floor (the weather was too wet to dry the washing anyway), sledge hammer in hand and bashing down a couple of walls at the top of the cellar stairs. I do have a good reason though…