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::::::: an Arts and Crafts ecohouse in south London ::::::::
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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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