10th June 2015<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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…
8th March 2015<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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…
7th February 2015<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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<25th January 2021 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…
23rd January 2015<25th January 2021 Fireplace development by Happenupon First thing we did when we moved in was to open out the fireplace, it had been boarded up and we had dreams of…
23rd January 2015<25th January 2021 Plastering the living room by Happenupon I love getting rooms plastered, they go from looking derelict and un-liveable to pristine and soft. Craig has done a great job plastering the…
18th December 2014<25th April 2017 Fire Alarms and Panic Alarms by Happenupon Fire Alarms, Panic Alarms burglar alarms and Switchboards Changing an office into a home means stripping out all the electrical junk that goes with…
18th December 2014<14th November 2021 security grilles and bars by Happenupon Security Grilles and Bars Our house used to be an office so it is full of office type security including window bars and grilles….
17th December 2014<24th March 2015 Bye bye wallpaper by Happenupon Bye Bye Wallpaper Although our house had been an office for 60 years, for a short while before we bought the house it was…
