96. Rare and raw

The staircase wall has been adorned with mulberry

29th December 2015

95. The books are home

We've started moving in

8th December 2015

94. Parquet heaven

The floors are done and dusted

8th November 2015

93. The final piece of parquet floor is laid

And the sanding begins

3rd November 2015

92. Fiat lux

We’re lighting up

30th October 2015

91. The light is fading

But I'm still harvesting breakfast

21st October 2015

90. Cornered

The ground floor is done

15th October 2015

89. Red invasion

Our stained glass project is approaching its full height

13th October 2015

88. And the first shall be last

My plastering has improved

1st October 2015

87. Another floor, another wood, another pattern

The utility room floor is down

28th September 2015

86. Some imperfections are better than others

I've been paneling the staircase wall

18th September 2015

85. There's a goblin under the sofa

The next floor begins

4th September 2015

84. Dragon backs and fish bones

We've laid our bedroom floor

31st August 2015

83. Vertiginous graft

I've been plastering some big walls

21st August 2015

82. August slowdown

The garden is flourishing, at least

August 11th 2015

81. A lick of oil

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

28th July 2015

80. Framing the heavens

I've been tiling the reveals of our roof windows

21st July 2015

79. A taste of second fix

I've installed our first light fitting 

10th July 2015

78. The big reveal

Our scaffold has gone

24th June 2015

77. The end of one of many stories

We've been putting up shelves.

21st June 2015

76. Fractal pleasures

The garden and the greenhouse are both looking good.

20th June 2015

75. Making windows

The greenhouse has got to be glazed.

5th June 2015

74. An Art Deco flourish

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

3rd June 2015

73. A cheap and cheerful roof

The greenhouse roof is on.

26th May 2015

72. A pot but no chimney

I've terminated our soil ventilation pipe

11th May 2015

71. Hiding all manner of sins

I've started plastering.

8th May 2015

70. Another big delivery

This time it's our floors.

5th May 2015

69. Some boring details

I’ve been insulating the window reveals

28th April 2015

68. We have lift off

A new oak frame changes everything

24th April 2015

67. A fine transition

I've been tiling the back door.

17th April 2015

66. The most important room

Our back garden takes shape and gets planted

28th March 2015

65. A solar milestone

Our solar panels went live today

23rd March 2015

64. Grey fuzz

Our walls are pumped full of recycled newspapers

20th March 2015

63. New spaces, new possibilities

Our porch and conservatory emerge from the brickwork

14th March 2015

62. The rooms take shape

The plasterboarding is almost finished

7th March 2015

61. Watertight and airtight

We’ve had our all-important pressure test

7th February 2015

60. Hardcore Sunday

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

1st February 2015

59. In a Flemish garden

The brickies are back

22nd January 2015

58. Connecting up

Our services are taking shape

18th January 2015

57. In praise of arches

Our preformed brick arches arrive on site

14th January 2015

56. The boarding out begins

But most of our walls are not yet ready for plasterboard

11th January 2015