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96. Rare and raw

The staircase wall has been adorned with mulberry

29th December 2015




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95. The books are home

We've started moving in

8th December 2015

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94. Parquet heaven

The floors are done and dusted

8th November 2015







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93. The final piece of parquet floor is laid

And the sanding begins


3rd November 2015



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92. Fiat lux

We’re lighting up

30th October 2015




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91. The light is fading

But I'm still harvesting breakfast

21st October 2015




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90. Cornered

The ground floor is done

15th October 2015



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89. Red invasion

Our stained glass project is approaching its full height

13th October 2015



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88. And the first shall be last

My plastering has improved

1st October 2015




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87. Another floor, another wood, another pattern

The utility room floor is down

28th September 2015


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86. Some imperfections are better than others


I've been paneling the staircase wall

18th September 2015


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85. There's a goblin under the sofa

The next floor begins

4th September 2015



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84. Dragon backs and fish bones

We've laid our bedroom floor

31st August 2015




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83. Vertiginous graft

I've been plastering some big walls


21st August 2015


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82. August slowdown

The garden is flourishing, at least

August 11th 2015



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81. A lick of oil

We've been fitting and oiling our door linings and window boards

28th July 2015


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80. Framing the heavens

I've been tiling the reveals of our roof windows

21st July 2015





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79. A taste of second fix

I've installed our first light fitting 

10th July 2015

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78. The big reveal

Our scaffold has gone

24th June 2015


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77. The end of one of many stories

We've been putting up shelves.

21st June 2015


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76. Fractal pleasures

The garden and the greenhouse are both looking good.

20th June 2015


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75. Making windows

The greenhouse has got to be glazed.

5th June 2015



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74. An Art Deco flourish

A step flashing joins the greenhouse roof to the brickwork behind it.

3rd June 2015


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73. A cheap and cheerful roof


The greenhouse roof is on.

26th May 2015


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72. A pot but no chimney

I've terminated our soil ventilation pipe

11th May 2015





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71. Hiding all manner of sins

I've started plastering.

8th May 2015





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70. Another big delivery

This time it's our floors.

5th May 2015


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69. Some boring details

I’ve been insulating the window reveals


28th April 2015

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68. We have lift off

A new oak frame changes everything

24th April 2015



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67. A fine transition


I've been tiling the back door.

17th April 2015

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66. The most important room

Our back garden takes shape and gets planted

28th March 2015








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65. A solar milestone

Our solar panels went live today

23rd March 2015



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64. Grey fuzz

Our walls are pumped full of recycled newspapers

20th March 2015





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63. New spaces, new possibilities

Our porch and conservatory emerge from the brickwork

14th March 2015




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62. The rooms take shape

The plasterboarding is almost finished

7th March 2015

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61. Watertight and airtight

We’ve had our all-important pressure test


7th February 2015
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60. Hardcore Sunday

I've been making use of leftovers, new and old

1st February 2015



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59. In a Flemish garden

The brickies are back

22nd January 2015


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58. Connecting up

Our services are taking shape

18th January 2015


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57. In praise of arches

Our preformed brick arches arrive on site

14th January 2015

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56. The boarding out begins

But most of our walls are not yet ready for plasterboard

11th January 2015

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