Ages ago we decided to have a glass splash back in our new kitchen – either coloured glass, or just plain glass with a painted wall behind. BUT now that the walls have been exposed (they were covered in tile and units) and replastered, a glass splash back is out of the question as the […]
Tag Archives: DIY
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Dec
Dec
I love handmade gifts! I love receiving them and I love making them and giving them too. This year I’ve been giving away a lot of my handmade glass stars that I’ve made in an evening class and I only have one left and that one I’m keeping for myself. Here’s a selection of things you […]
30
Nov
Nov
Re-routing pipes! We’ve been living with our 70’s kitchen for far too long now and it’s time to tackle it. We’ve put it off for so long due to lack of funds and also it’s such a huge task that just thinking about it makes our brains melt. But we’ve been deliberating about it for […]
30
Nov
Nov
Looking for a belfast sink! We’re going to be turning the back porch into a little bit of a utility room and that’s where the washing machine and freezer are going to go. Between them we want to put a small belfast sink, so I went on a hunt for one recently. We have one […]
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May
May
We had amazing weather last weekend. So we ditched the interior DIY plans and covered ourselves in a layer of protective sun cream and headed out to the garden. We’ve been wanting to get the greenhouse up ever since we moved in several years ago, but it’s just never happened. We even ordered the sand […]
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May
May
We’ve been pretty slow on the renovation front this year and after knocking great big holes in our studio walls in January nothing much happened with regards to installing our wood burning stoves for quite a while. Then Colin laid the hearths last month and last week we got round to getting the holes in […]
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Jun
Jun
We hate the concrete garden we have at the front of the house and want to do something about it this summer. It’s going to mean trying to hack away at it with a pick axe ourselves, or if that fails, hiring someone with a pneumatic drill. A previous owner decided to embed a load […]
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