I started buying materials for this shit in February 2021, had everything sitting inside their little packages in my home office from April 2021, and was mercifully possessed by the Spirit of Bathrooms* momentarily on a warm day in August to finally see this through. Between then and now I've had not a single molecule … Continue reading Bathroom Makeover on a Budget
Log Burner Installation
I can't believe the day has finally come. I have been banging on about it for so long I was sure it was never going to happen. Let me take you on a journey... It all started at 11am today, this very day, this damp November morning. And then finished by about 12pm it was … Continue reading Log Burner Installation
Painting and Decorating: Living Room Edition
It took three days, several podcasts, and infinite crumpets, but the living room is now painted. I had been putting it off, waiting for the fireplace to be installed so there could be a big WOW moment, a reveal, a sense of satisfaction. I should know by now that literally never happens, everything is incremental, … Continue reading Painting and Decorating: Living Room Edition
DIY Oak Hairpin Office Desk
I made a thing! It was really easy and took almost no effort but I'm still proud of it! SHOWER ME IN COMPLIMENTS. This is the best pic I could find of the old coffee table (and incidentally my old living room - recognise everything?) It is solid oak, probably very expensive at one stage … Continue reading DIY Oak Hairpin Office Desk
Central Heating: Let Sleeping Pipes Lie
I feel compelled to write about this week's trauma not as catharsis but as a warning. Please, PLEASE, don't do what I did. You may remember my irrational obsession with the 'creaks' in my floorboards. Let's be clear, they don't even squeak, they just move a little in a few places. It's that same level … Continue reading Central Heating: Let Sleeping Pipes Lie
Log Burner Quotes
Genie is fine, I promise Summer is over (do not try and convince me otherwise) but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Why? Because CHRISTMAS FIREPLACE THAT'S WHY. I have two weeks off work, a DIY schedule to make you wince, and three slabs of porcelain absolutely dying to begin their new vocation as a … Continue reading Log Burner Quotes
New Boiler and Central Heating
This will be short because I keep welling up. I got the quotes, I did the research, I listened to my instincts (say what you want about this but I guarantee your gut is a better judge of contractors than your bank balance) and this is where I landed. And if I can offer a … Continue reading New Boiler and Central Heating
Choosing New Carpets: Deep Impact
It's easy to underestimate the longitudinal effects of a global pandemic and enforced quarantine. This may seem like an obvious statement, but when I am kneeling on the floor of my bedroom crying out for my dog because I have been looking at carpets online for so long I need the company of another mammal … Continue reading Choosing New Carpets: Deep Impact
Tools: A Quick Peep
Happy Saturday, m8s! Genie is having a sleepover at her dad's, the pubs are back open, the sun is out, and I am hungover af (not from the pub) and will not be leaving the house. *draws blinds* *whines softly* I have cheered myself up with a bit of retail therapy at Magabala Books which … Continue reading Tools: A Quick Peep
Grow Off Week 9 – Bake off Week 5
I write to you this week full to the brim with Bake Off spoils. Resembling an overfilled profiterole, I sit soft eyed and centred. And soft centred. The gardens are flourishing and the sunbabies have all moved into their permanent homes, a worrying time for us. I imagine it is a similar feeling to watching … Continue reading Grow Off Week 9 – Bake off Week 5
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