Something I’ve been SO excited to put together, is my dressing room! Who wouldn’t?! And I decided to go with the Ikea PAX system. If you’re not familiar with this, it is a modular system, with lots of different internal options, and can be designed to suit your requirements. It can be a lot ofContinue reading “Ikea hack! The PAX system…”
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Week 86 – Second fix almost complete plus Crittall samples!
Wow, another milestone…we have light upstairs! And Eddie, the electrician, is almost done! Maybe just a few more days than we are good to go. And the cinema room really is taking shape; these small diamond spotlights are SO twinkly!! And the lightsaber wall lights finish it off a treat! Great advice from Claire atContinue reading “Week 86 – Second fix almost complete plus Crittall samples!”
Week 83 – Microcement! Plus underfloor heating, flooring and more samples..
Happy new year!! We’ve certainly had a busy one, and are edging closer to the finishing touches! And, I thought we were pretty much done with light decisions…no such luck ha! We actually recently changed our minds when it came to the living room ceiling light…we were going to go with a large vertigo pendantContinue reading “Week 83 – Microcement! Plus underfloor heating, flooring and more samples..”
Week 61 – Site Progress! First fix done plus twinkly lights…
Another milestone this week, the first fix electrics are complete and we can now focus on insulation soon, hopefully week 62! Building control paid site a visit on Wednesday and they are happy with everything so we are good to go when it comes to covering the walls and floors And our very pretty twinklyContinue reading “Week 61 – Site Progress! First fix done plus twinkly lights…”
Week 58 – Site Progress! Plus “fiddly” lights and brick slips..
Lots going on this week! Eddie the electrician has been on site for most of it, finishing off the upstairs wiring and thermostats. The cinema room certainly took some doing…as you can see… Lots of twinkly LEDs to go in here, and doing this now will make the second fix much easier! And next weekContinue reading “Week 58 – Site Progress! Plus “fiddly” lights and brick slips..”
Week 57 – Site Progress..we have wires! Plus door casings,and great finds!
Busy week this week, Eddie the electrician…official name ha (!) has been on site most of the week and has pretty much done all the first fix electrics upstairs Wires..wires everywhere! And lots of them in the cinema room…we will be having twinkly LED spotlights in here… As you can see, very sparkly and we’veContinue reading “Week 57 – Site Progress..we have wires! Plus door casings,and great finds!”
Week 56 – Site Progress..first fix electrics and more stud walls
More progress this week! Andy has been assigned some plumbing tasks and so he made a start on those…cue plumbing related items laid out all pretty in the house ha ha! And he invested in a new drill, and special drill bit making drilling the plumbing holes much easier! Needless to say he’s very happyContinue reading “Week 56 – Site Progress..first fix electrics and more stud walls”
Ensuite plans!
For the most part, I have pretty much decided both layout and colours for my ensuite…yay go me ha ha! I’ve been keen to incorporate a touch of terrazzo in the design and love this one from Terrazzo tiles I was originally going to go for a white patterned terrazzo but I’ve decided to goContinue reading “Ensuite plans!”
The light design plans are good to go!
It is hard to believe that we are edging ever closer to the interiors but we are! Eek. So exciting. The glass has been ordered now which should hopefully be here in April, and then the first fix won’t be too far away… And so, as I mentioned in a previous post, we have decidedContinue reading “The light design plans are good to go!”
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