Category: Monthly Updates

  • House Update: September and October 2024

    House Update: September and October 2024

    Nothing really happened in September so I’ve combined this with October’s update too. In September, the only thing we started was prepping the soil in the garden ready for hedges to be planted. They arrived in early October, and we spent a few days planting them in the border around the garden. After our trip…

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  • House Update: August 2024

    House Update: August 2024

    This month was a really exciting one. We finished the last room upstairs! We’re currently using this room as Arthur’s playroom. It has freed up lots of space in his *current* bedroom but eventually, the playroom will actually become his bedroom. The last thing to do upstairs now is to finish off the landing and…

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  • House Update: July 2024

    House Update: July 2024

    In July, we cracked on with the last bedroom. In last month’s update, I mentioned how we were adding the plasterboard onto the walls. Well, this month, all the plastering was finished, as was the painting and the panelling. Funnily enough, the paint is an almost identical colour to the one we have in the…

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  • House Update: June 2024

    House Update: June 2024

    Lots of progress was made in the third bedroom this month. We added in some studwork and insulated the room before starting on adding the plasterboards to the walls too. We are getting so close to decorating! This room is at the back of the house; it’s quieter and so cosy with the windows giving…

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  • House Update: May 2024

    House Update: May 2024

    Well, after a few weeks out of action due to Covid, we were finally able to crack on with the garden. Arthur loves spending time outdoors so I’ve been making it a priority to tidy up the garden and really push on with all the work we want to do. We’d been going back and…

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  • House Update: April 2024

    House Update: April 2024

    I can’t believe how fast the year is flying by, and with April here, we’re officially two years into our renovation journey. This month, we turned our attention to what will become our third bedroom. Previously, this space was actually part of our main bedroom but after dividing the room into two back in 2022,…

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  • House Update: February and March 2024

    House Update: February and March 2024

    I didn’t write an update post in February because, to be honest, we took the month off! We finished the office right at the beginning of the month and took the rest of the time just to chill out and enjoy it. Mid-March we got back into the work, starting with the fence.We added the…

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  • House Update: January 2024

    House Update: January 2024

    Wow my first monthly update for 2024. I genuinely feel the years are flying by. This April will mark two years of living here yet it only feels like two minutes… This month’s focus was the upstairs office (what used to be the upstairs loo!). We moved into this room right at the end of…

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  • Everything We Did in 2023

    Everything We Did in 2023

    What an unforgettable year. 2023 has been one of the busiest years I’ve ever experienced — not least because in January our little Arthur bear arrived amidst the first year of a 5 year long house renovation! Between spending time with Arthur, doing up the house, and working, there’s very little time for anything else……

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  • House Update: December 2023

    House Update: December 2023

    If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have seen that this month we finished our upstairs bathroom! I’ve written a post with more photos and videos earlier this month which you can read via this link. This means our drainage is now in place and broken pipes have been fixed too which is a relief…

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