The bedroom mystery
When we moved from a rather cramped three bedroom bungalow (albeit one with a loft conversion) to a spacious five bedroom house, I never thought…
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A house of two halves
It’s been a couple of weeks now since I realised I no longer walk into our house filled with dread. My heart no longer sinks…
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Project 365 Week 4
It’s been another busy week working on our new house and it’s gradually taking shape. I must say I’m really enjoying taking photos every day…
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Moving is stressful
If I had a quid for everyone who told me ‘moving is stressful’ I could afford a fair few pots of paint. Apparently it’s the…
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All about the bathroom
Ever since we started the moving process, all my husband could think about was knocking the ground floor through and getting a new kitchen. I’ll…
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Lessons in decorating
Most people will know these things, having reached the status of proper grown up in their 20s, rather than waiting until 40. But over the…
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The Gallery: New
Well, it’s the new year and there can be no more apt prompt for me on The Gallery this week than ‘new’. Regular readers will…
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Bitten by the (DIY) bug
I’d never understood people who said they enjoyed DIY or interior design or doing houses up. What’s wrong with them? Didn’t they have better things…
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Making a start (the new house)
After the excitement of finally getting the keys and standing outside our new house and revelling in the fact that it was actually ours, reality…
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Getting the keys
Way back when our move first went pear-shaped we exchanged contracts on the new house and were given a final completion date of 10th January. But it…
