wax on; wax off
The furniture wax I’ve been using. £7 for a 500ml tin. It’s a natural wonder!
Posts Tagged ‘renovating blog’
Moving and Improving
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 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.
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…
Moving and Improving
November 7, 2009
Grouting the floor
After spending one afternoon making my first attempts at grouting the floor; leaving the gaps to gradually fill with dirt seemed like a very sensible option.
Moving and Improving
November 6, 2009
Sealing the floor
After reading all about the different types of sealant on the internet and the best advice for terracotta tiles, I decided to go for the only kind they sell in the local Focus. This is Q EP Tile Sealer.
Moving and Improving
Moving and Improving
September 5, 2009
Kitchen Update
Sorry I haven’t updated for so long. Summer holidays. Kids. You understand. Anyway, on checking my drafts, I found this post that I must have written just before the festival back in June. I know it’’s out of date now, but I’ll put it up anyway so other renovators can empathise and would-be renovators can be warned!