When we first saw the kitchen, we both decided quickly that it was adequate but not our taste. But we knew it had to suffice…
What the musician and the poet did next
Category: Restoration work
At the weekend I decided it was time to get puttying. Having had the windows draught-proofed they all need decorating. But first of all, PREP.…
Throughout the flat are the same door handles – the ones you can get from B &Q and familiar to us from the rented flat…
And finally… we are in. The guys renovating the windows ran over a bit, so they were still working in the living room as our…
The living room fireplace was an 1930s eyesore in brick, painted black. Yesterday our builders went to work on it and now we have a…
There are many lovely details I’m discovering little by little in our new home… The threshold to the bathroom has been done very poorly, but…
I’ve always fancied learning how to upholster, and I put my name down on a course at Sussex Upholstery a few months back. At our new…
We’ve started browsing auction rooms and reclamation yards in anticipation of having more space. We don’t have much furniture at the moment, since all the…