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119. Hot and cold glass

More stained glass windows, complemented by our own fired glass
  
29th April 2019




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118. Pond life

The hard landscaping of the back garden is finished

28th May 2018






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117. Twenty-seven invertebrates

No-one in the history of the world has had a bathroom door quite like this

19th April 2018


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116. The front of the house is finished

A new gate and some brickwork details

18th April 2018



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115. Cooking the spoil from the foundations


I’ve been installing tiles made from our very own clay

5th October 2017




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114. The greenhouse is finished

And everything is growing like crazy

 4th July 2017


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113. Bricks, mortar and horse manure

I've built a window box with our leftover bricks

22nd March 2017


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112. Sweet lord you play me false

The loft is complete

7th December 2016






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111. Twelve steps forward

I've made a ladder to our gallery

9th October 2016


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110. More colour

The porch floor is down.

2nd September 2016



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109. Assorted woodwork

I've been completing some details

9th August 2016



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108. Tudor space invaders

I’ve tiled the greenhouse wall

30th June 2016






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107. Welcome to the grotto

Our bathroom is nearly complete

14th June 2016





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106. Bee happy

Our fanlight is in

23rd May 2016


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105. Transparent boundaries

Balustrades and fences appear

3rd May 2016







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104. Spring is here

And the orchard is planted

10th April 2016 


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103. Knock knock

Our front door is in.

8th April 2016

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102. Some tidy junctions

Our skirting boards, architraves and cornices are in.

28th March 2016


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101. Fifteen fabulous steps

Our staircase is in.

22nd March 2016


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100. Bake, griddle and boil

The kitchen is finished

11th March 2016



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99. Velvet zombies

Our window seat is complete

28th January 2016



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98. Maximising utility

Our utility room is almost complete

11th January 2016




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97. The light fantastic

Our stained glass window is in

5th January 2016





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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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