before and after
spring in the garden
Winter wasn’t very kind to the garden. So many plants withered to almost or absolute nothing. We were →
uphill gardening
A before and after photo, lest we forget how far we’ve come. We’ve spent most of the past →
Rip it up and start again
It’s happening! The builders are here, clearing the gravel as I type. Say goodbye to an unloved, underused, →
sitting on the fence
We spent the bank holiday weekend painting the garden fence. I say we. It’s not easy painting a →
a whiter shade of grey
Well, this has been a long time coming. Loooooooong time. Little Betsy is the reason. See, we’ve had →
50 shades of grey
Oh boy. This was finished months ago but I haven’t revisited the blog to update it. The living →
more floor
The floor in the living room is laminate straight over concrete. A couple of the neighbours have concrete →
wash your face in my sink
It’s DONE! We have a shiny new bathroom! It’s been completed, with new coat of paint, for weeks, but someone forgot to upload the photos and click publish. So here is your rather belated tour of the bathroom. Here is the empty room to remind you where we started from. Here’s the whole room, tiled, →
bathroom building: week two
Over the weekend we cleaned up the fine layer of dust covering everything in the house. We swept →
bathroom building: week one
The bathroom building begins! Here’s how week one went. DAY 1 The plumber pulled up the floorboards, and →