19th August 2019<25th January 2021 Mice and The Butler’s Pantry by Happenupon There is water coming through the living room ceiling! The plumber was called to investigate. The problem was that mice had nibbled their way…
2nd June 2016<25th January 2021 Kitchen Dining Room Before and After by Happenupon Before and After Phew, it’s done. The very long, very hard slog of restoring our Victorian Kitchen Dining room is over. At our last house, when we…
26th May 2016<25th January 2021 Kitchen Splashback by Happenupon Kitchen Splashback Creating a Kitchen splashback is a chance to add some drama and pattern to the kitchen. We considered lots of different materials…
5th May 2016<25th January 2021 Knocking Down The wall by Happenupon Knocking Down The Wall The beginning of the transformation of the kitchen has begun. It has been a long journey just to get here,…
1st March 2016<25th January 2021 Victorian Broken Plan by Happenupon Victorian Broken Plan – The Kitchen Open up all the spaces, knock down the walls, make everything open plan, has been the design mantra…
1st March 2016<25th January 2021 Kitchen Destruction – Part 2 by Happenupon Kitchen Destruction part 2 I thought you had finished doing up your kitchen AAArgghh no. Truth be told I think we were just building up…
3rd February 2016<25th January 2021 Kitchen destruction by Happenupon Kitchen Destruction We are destroying our current kitchen. It had been cobbled together and needed to be cleared away to start again. At first…
28th January 2016<25th January 2021 Restoring Quarry Tiles by Happenupon Restoring Quarry Tiles This is a labour of love. Revealing and restoring the quarry tiles has not been easy. If you have come here…
22nd December 2015<25th January 2021 The Secret Wall by Paul Exciting day today as we solved one of the puzzles of our house by discovering a secret wall! It’s Christmas holidays, and so it’s…
26th November 2015<25th January 2021 Opening the fireplace by Happenupon Opening the fireplace This room was the original Kitchen (part of the kitchen scullery pantry set of rooms). The fire would have been a…
10th November 2015<25th January 2021 Moving the Gas meter by Happenupon Moving the Gas Meter We are starting the investigation stage of the kitchen. This means stripping away everything to investigate what needs to be…
18th October 2015<25th January 2021 Restoring the Kitchen Dining Room by Paul Restoring The Dining Room This is a bit of a work in progress post – as you will see. I needed to use up some…
17th September 2015<25th January 2021 Kitchen Pantry Scullery by Happenupon Kitchen Pantry Scullery It is time for us to start tackling the back of the house. The back of the house was the servants…
15th July 2015<25th January 2021 Kitchen 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…
20th October 2014<30th January 2021 Downstairs of Penraevon by Happenupon Downstairs of Penraevon The inside of the house has been maintained but as it has been an office it hasn’t had much love. All…
