Category: Blog

This time last year I thought I’d be sipping brandy by the fire, throwing a log on it once in a while, tucking into a mince pie and relaxing over a good book. I...

What have I been up to, well lots… but nothing really to show for all my graft… I did take a week off on holiday and I did keep a bit of a log,...

I’ve only had a day or two over the past fortnight to work on the house so what has been done is little and nothing. The hall is almost finished, though. The finish is...

Well phew, I’ve not posted in ages that’s a hall too far Rather than my usual thousand-odd words on how I painted a wall, I’ll be brief. I’ll try to keep to the point...

It’s impossible to say what’s been done since my last post. I’ve been so busy working on the house that I’ve not had a single moment for a post. I’ve not recorded what I’ve...

Big Screwfix pickup on Friday Had an earlyish night so I got up earlyish before my alarm clock went off. Started at 8:20 getting some chores done, started the washing and emptied the dishwasher....

Up against a deadline it was time to get a move on. A day at work then an hour drive home and straight into my work gear. I needed to get the bathroom progressed...

Took an entire week of holiday to get my bathroom completed, it would be a sprint against time my first job involving stripping a bathroom of all the useful objects it holds. Not too...

Friday was interesting, I’d been dreaming about fitting out the shower and I woke with a splendid new plan of attack. I wandered into the bathroom, surveyed the empty area that eventually would become...

Late evenings in most households mean snuggling up on the sofa watching Idris Elba. I however arrive home to drag on a pair of painty overalls and attack holes with buckets of plaster and...