The old boiler and the place where the Rayburn will be.
It’s ordered! We’re getting it! I can’t believe it!!
Posts Tagged ‘renovation blog’
Moving and Improving
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 I know it’’s out of date now, but I’ll put it up anyway so other renovators can empathise and would-be renovators can be warned!
Moving and Improving
July 7, 2009
The builders have left the building!
Moving and Improving
June 10, 2009
Living with builders
Moving and Improving
June 1, 2009
The walls are coming down!
Today the builders ascend on our house to knock down the kitchen and the dining room walls, and the staircase we don’t need. The beginnings of our new kitchen has begun!