Happenupon, Author at Penraevon

Interior 15th July 2015 27th August 2015

Dining room before and after

It was better before! We are big fans of a before and after, so here is our Dining room before and after with a…

Exterior 14th July 2015 20th August 2019

Knock Knock

Who’s there? We finally have a door knocker. It took a lot of work to get the door up to scratch and a few…

Interior 30th June 2015 20th August 2019

Chimney sweep

A Clean Sweep We have 13 chimneys in total, however only two of them have been opened back up. The rest were all closed…

Exterior 26th June 2015 20th August 2019

White house becomes Black house

Penraevon goes black Finally the house has been painted. It was the first thing I wanted to do to the house (see previous post)…

Interior 12th June 2015 20th August 2019

Garden Room Before and After

The Garden room This room was called the garden room as we did not know what else to call it, the previous tenants had…

Garden, Uncategorised 10th June 2015 6th April 2017

Where to start gardening?

A new house with a new garden Where to start gardening? we have waited until spring has truly sprung before attempting any gardening. We…

Interior 10th June 2015 10th June 2015

French Doors

Installing French Doors The garden room has windows facing East but it also had a west facing wall which could be knocked through to…

History 30th April 2015 20th August 2019

Princess Kate’s great grandmother was our neighbour

Olive Middleton, A Royal Connection When our house was built it was inhabited by the wealthy and important families of Leeds. Rockland, which can…

Exterior, Interior 27th April 2015 20th August 2019

Bay window Renovation

Bay window renovation In the Garden Room, the bay window needed some love and care. The window bars have been taken down and the…

Interior 26th April 2015 20th August 2019

Stair light

Stair light, the right light for the right space We have lovely big wide stairs, a massive stair well with a landing and a…

Exterior 24th April 2015 20th August 2019

Half Painted House

Half Painted House We are getting the outside of the house painted. We still had scaffolding up from the roofer which made painting the…

Products 13th April 2015 20th August 2019

Builders Brew

Builders Brew The things you don’t plan for when buying a restoration project is how many cups of tea and coffee you will end…

Exterior 11th April 2015 4th September 2015

Porch roof

Fibreglass Porch Roof Many problems in old houses can be traced back to roofs. Leaking felt, missing tiles, holes in the leading, corroded drain pipes,…

Interior 31st March 2015 20th August 2019

Hide Ugly View

How to hide an ugly view by making it beautiful When our house was built I imagine the back of it looked over gardens,…

Garden 25th March 2015 25th March 2015

tree trim

Tree Trim Living in a conservation area we have to get permission before any work can be done on the trees. We had a…

Products 25th March 2015 20th August 2019

working hands

O’Keeffe’s Working Hands hand cream Since working on the house I have ripped all my nails and cut my hands to pieces pulling out…

Interior 24th March 2015 24th March 2015

Revealing old wallpaper

Original Victorian Wallpaper We have been stripping back the stairs. There was Lincrusta covering the hallway going all the way up the stairs and round…

Exterior 24th March 2015 20th August 2019

Railings

Replacing cast iron Railings Once upon a time our house would have been surrounded by cast iron railings. There is still the evidence of…