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15th July 2015 27th August 2015

Dining room before and after

by Happenupon

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

30th June 2015 20th August 2019

Chimney sweep

by Happenupon

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

12th June 2015 20th August 2019

Garden Room Before and After

by Happenupon

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

10th June 2015 10th June 2015

French Doors

by Happenupon

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

27th April 2015 18th September 2019

Bay window Renovation

by Happenupon

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

26th April 2015 20th August 2019

Stair light

by Happenupon

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

5th April 2015 20th August 2019

The Finished Attic

by Paul

As we have said before, we weren’t going to do the attic so early on in our restoration project, but we changed our mind…

31st March 2015 9th September 2019

Hide Ugly View

by Happenupon

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

24th March 2015 24th March 2015

Revealing old wallpaper

by Happenupon

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…

18th March 2015 7th November 2019

Garden Room

by Happenupon

Garden Room before We are about to start work on the garden room. When we moved in this was our temporary living room for…

9th March 2015 24th August 2020

Zen house restoration

by Happenupon

Zen house restoration With a big house restoration project, you can see the beautiful home it will become (WHY DID YOU BUY IT IF YOU…

8th March 2015 26th November 2015

The Attic

by Paul

So, we’ve started work on the Attic. We weren’t going to do it so early, but the way things have worked out it makes…

17th February 2015 20th August 2019

The Drawing Room

by Happenupon

The Drawing Room We christened this room the white room when we moved in due to its ornate white plasterwork, and fire surround but…

17th February 2015 9th September 2017

Drawing Room Before and After

by Happenupon

Drawing Room Before and after I have been dying to do one of these posts, we love a before and after. I can’t believe the…

11th February 2015 24th August 2019

Fireplace Hearth

by Happenupon

Stone Hearth We needed to put in a hearth for the fireplace in the Drawing Room. As the house is stone built we thought it…

7th February 2015 26th November 2015

Dado rail and Skirting board

by Happenupon

Dado and Skirting Began work demolishing the crude office panelling that had been installed in the Living room. It was a plaster with wood…

23rd January 2015 3rd March 2019

Repairing Stained Glass

by Happenupon

Repairing the stained glass panel We have a stained glass panel divide , it separates what would have been the family side of the…

23rd January 2015 20th August 2019

Glitter Ballroom

by Happenupon

Glitter Ballroom We have a tradesman’s entrance, which was later appropriated to be a fire exit. This narrow corridor is not a very useful…