Hey friends,Apologies for my absence the last few weeks. I booked in a plasterer sooner than I probably should have and had a mad rush to get the room ready for him. The plastering is now complete so while I wait for it to dry out I'll catch up on th...

Hey friends,Apologies for the absence of late. Good news though - I've been getting stuck into the DIY and have lots to share.Back on the boy's bedroom - we left off with the removal and blocking up of the window. All dry now.Next up is to build the...

Hey friends,Last week we grabbed the last of the summer sun with a honeymoon/birthday holiday. I decided to make it a news-free getaway. I know a few of you have switched off the news altogether and say you're the happier for it so with all the doom...

Hey friends,🧱 Blocking Off The WindowThe lower part of the window didn't open so there was no access to the screws that hold the frame in place. Weirdly the bits that hold the glass in place (I've forgotten the name of them) are on the outside of ou...

Hey friends,I had a breakthrough. Through peeling back wall coverings and a bit more thought I've done a Morse and cracked the original layout of the upstairs:This layout with a cupboard next to the stairs perfectly explains a bunch of tell-tale sign...

Hey friends,We're moving on from the bathroom this week but I have a couple of points to wrap up first.The bathroom project started with figuring out the best way to get a shower with decent pressure and I settled on a shower pump to work with our ex...

Hey friends,Thank you for the well wishes. As it happened, on the day we wed, the Queen died. Not a great omen. On the upside though, should I forget, I can easily look up the date of our anniversary.I think if you pitched the idea of a monarchy in 2...

Hey friends,Fantastic news! We have a mostly functioning bathroom. Here's how it came together.The Last TilingTo finish this wall off I put up another batten to get my levels right. Given it's a wet area, when I later removed the batten I filled the...

Hey friends,I took a trip up to Northumberland last weekend so there wasn't enough material for a newsletter last week, apologies. My re-up of tiles was then supposed to come on Friday but only arrived today (Tuesday) so I don't have the progress I w...

Hey friends,I've run low on the larger porcelain tile. Being a large tile I ordered 13% more than the square meterage (10% usually recommended) as I knew there would be a fair amount of unusable offcuts but I hadn't counted on having just over half a...