freshening up in the bathroom
The bathroom was, as with every room in this house, yellow. A kind of peachy-sand shade of yellow. →
architects
the world of architects, designs, planning and budgets I knew we wanted an architect to help design the extension and the new layout in the old part of the house, rather than someone who would simply produce the drawings for planning purposes based on my ideas. There are things I know I want to include →
trees
Q. Can you have too many trees in your garden? A. Yes, definitely. We inherited approximately 3000 trees when we bought this house. OK, so not that many, but we have half a dozen rowans, two crabapples, an apple tree, a couple of flowering cherries, a twisted willow and a twisted pear, contorted hazel, magnolia, →
Introducing Number Eight 2.0
New home, new project, new neighbours, new challenges. It’s a two bedroom semi, built using local materials and →
say hello, wave goodbye
It’s been a long time coming. Our plan when we bought number eight was to live here for →
spring in the garden
Winter wasn’t very kind to the garden. So many plants withered to almost or absolute nothing. We were →
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, difficult space and hello to a lovely new garden. The plan is to pave the side return, leaving a tiny strip to fill with scented, shade-loving plants. Then we’ll put a small fence across, about a metre →