This month it got really exciting. We finally started painting! I always love this stage as it means we’re not too far away from furnishing it (ie the best bit). David fitted the spot lights in the bedroom this month too. I was a bit apprehensive about installing them in a bedroom as I thought… Read more

We’re five months in – this month in particular has been all about getting the upstairs bedroom done and fitting some new window sills downstairs too. The bedroom needed so much work – it especially needed insulation which my Dad and David have painstakingly fitted (whilst removing tonnes of crap hidden behind the stud work,… Read more

This month we made progress on the main bedroom, putting the dividing wall up and insulating the dormer window (I say ‘we’ but it was all my dad and David). The plan is to get this bedroom done before Christmas and move all our belongings up into there, freeing up the room we’re currently using… Read more

This month was all about windows! Prepping for them, getting them… they’re our biggest expense so far and have made the biggest difference to the house’s exterior. Our previous windows were a mixture of original rotting timber windows and newer poorly fitted mahogany uPVC windows. They were drafty, impractical (with handles in all the wrong… Read more

We’ve been in a bit of limbo this month. Our new windows and doors get fitted early July and until then, there’s very few tasks we can do that make sense to do this side of the fitting. Once they’re in, there’s plenty we need to get on with – the most exciting part is… Read more