Lots more painting this last couple of weeks! We are almost there now, I’m so over painting ha! It’s just so messy, I can’t wait to have a good old sweep up and a tidy..and put away the paint brushes…and the sprayer! We actually did the walls of my dressing room and our bedroom withContinue reading “Weeks 75 and 76 – Lots of flooring plus more painting and the first of the lights!”
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Week 51 – Site Progress! Garage door, more deliveries plus decisions…
Yesssss we have a garage door! And it’s certainly a statement piece don’t you think! It is ocean blue ral 5020…the camera seems to darken the colour but you get the idea And this one is an insulated sectional remote control door…perfect for when we’re taking the dogs for walkies via the garage right! AndContinue reading “Week 51 – Site Progress! Garage door, more deliveries plus decisions…”
Stone heads and cills..
As you may have seen on our Instagram the brickwork is progressing nicely and with that new decisions! During the planning process we decided to go with stone heads and cills. I LOVE these against a grey window and grey roof tiles. Initially I wanted stone surrounds however planning rejected this as they felt itContinue reading “Stone heads and cills..”
Week 9 (and week 8) progress!!
So we managed to get our second bricklayers! Whoop! Another father and son team who have worked with our builder before on previous builds. Nothing happened in week 8 but plenty in week 9. They were due to start on the Monday of week 9 but frustratingly rain called off the first day, better weatherContinue reading “Week 9 (and week 8) progress!!”
Week 6 and 7 – Not a lot of progress!
Not a lot to report unfortunately! This was expected for one of the weeks but not for the other… We knew that our brickies, whom I hasten to add had been working on the last two houses that Andy’s uncle had been building, were going to be on another little job in week 6 .Continue reading “Week 6 and 7 – Not a lot of progress!”
Flower walls
I’ve seen these on nights out in bars and thought they were pretty cool…not for everyone I would imagine, as is the case with most things in life (!) But after having a scroll through instagram for walk in wardrobe ideas I came across a flower wall in someone’s home and LOVED the idea! ThisContinue reading “Flower walls”
Hi vis doggies
The dogs have been so good adjusting to site living and all the new noises that that brings! They haven’t been phased at all really by people walking past the windows and nattering outside. We came across these super cute hi vis jackets for them from ebay… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202913439704 So cute!! Look at these two onContinue reading “Hi vis doggies”
Droning on!
As you may be aware from our other blog posts, we are using a Brinno camera for timelapse videos but we also have Ring set up. Brinno works really well for say a weeks worth of footage, simply because you need to get the ladders out, take the camera down and download from the memoryContinue reading “Droning on!”
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