Garden20th March 2018<19th August 2019 Dividing the garden Dividing the garden Rooms design isn’t just for inside the house we also want to create rooms outside the house. Our garden is a…
About5th February 2018<25th June 2021 Who lived in Penraevon? A Lord Mayor, An Eminent Town Planner, Three Lost Dogs, Two Cooks, and a Wedding The history of the house is a history of…
Interior3rd December 2017<4th December 2017 Three years on Three Years on It is December and is three years since we moved in. It has been hard but worthwhile. Here is a round…
Products28th October 2017<20th August 2019 S.P.A.B Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Being a member of SPAB doesn’t mean you have to have an ancient building, our house is…
Interior7th September 2017<20th August 2019 The Guest Room The Guest Room – A sneaky peek I wish decorating a room was as simple as choosing a colour scheme. Unfortunately in our house…
Hallways, Interior5th September 2017<25th January 2021 Black Hall Black Hall We have embraced the dark side and changed the paint colour in the hall. Welcome to the Black Hall. The hallway is…
Products22nd June 2017<20th August 2019 Inspiration Inspiration When will inspiration strike? another room needs decorating bring out the paint charts. Fortunately we are just back from a holiday in Italy….
Bathroom, Interior20th June 2017<20th August 2019 Bathroom before and after Bathroom Before and After The better you get at renovation the longer it takes! The bathroom has taken five months, read that again 5…
Garden, The Courtyard5th April 2017<25th January 2021 Courtyard before and after Courtyard Before and After Transforming a forgotten area To call the space around the back of the house a courtyard was a stretch of…
Bathroom, Interior3rd April 2017<20th March 2020 Bathroom Part one Bathroom Part One We were relieved when we moved in that the bathroom worked. It had a bath a shower, a sink and of…
Dining Room, Interior30th March 2017<25th January 2021 New Dining Room Window Replacing new windows with old Have you tried cleaning your windows? A friend asked me one sunny Spring afternoon. I knew what she meant…
Exterior8th March 2017<20th June 2020 Coal Store What do we do with an old Coal Store? To the side of our house is a stone and brick extension. You can see…
Bathroom, Interior4th December 2016<20th August 2019 En suite finished En suite finished We have finished! The en suite has been created, we can finally present the finished en suite. This bathroom is part…
Products24th November 2016<20th June 2020 Roman Wool Blinds Roman Wool Blinds Our house has big windows and has high ceilings. The more help in cutting the cold down the better. Our windows are…
Bathroom, Interior19th November 2016<25th January 2021 Creating the en suite En Suite – Part one En Suite, I hate that name. We keep calling it the bathroom but then people think we mean the…
Bathroom, Interior17th November 2016<19th November 2016 The Master Suite The Master Suite This may become two tales of renovation but it starts off as just one. We are turning one of the north facing…
Exterior29th October 2016<29th October 2016 Autumn light Autumn Light I have a new phone which has the best camera. It also has this little nifty feature, so please forgive my indulgence….
Exterior6th August 2016<2nd May 2017 Paving Front Of House Front of house The paths to the front of the house needed smartening up. We were so happy with the paving in the courtyard …
