A year ago work cutting back trees and getting rid of brambles took place making the section of the garden feel more open and bigger. A year later, as you will see, it was just as well this work took Read More …

Having pointed one wall in the downstairs bedroom, a decision was made to employ a Stone Mason to do the rest of the cottage. This gave time towards commencing work on the outside of the cottage. This lovely bench was Read More …

This month the garden got attention mainly with the grass requiring cutting. This opened up the opportunity to take some photos to compare how it looked in August 2017 and now. Meanwhile inside the downstairs bedroom, the wall is almost Read More …

Christmas and New Year have been and gone. During this time there was nothing that could be done to either cottage or garden due to the time of year. February 2019 saw the cold starting to lift and a transformation Read More …

With the cold weather looming in, this gave us the opportunity to finish removing the plaster from the utility room and also take the bathroom back to a blank canvas. First the kitchen. In the first of the following two Read More …

Most of August was taken up clearing out all of the plaster gathered in the centre of the floors in each of the rooms of the cottage ready for the stone walls to be cleaned and pointed.

Back in May 2018, Mark was removing the plaster from around the dining room window. To Mark’s surprise and my amazement he wasn’t hurt, upon removing the plaster from the right side of the window, it was revealed that apart Read More …

Internal work has reached its peak at present, so all efforts have been spent working on the garden. Especially now the nice weather is here. First, let’s take a step back in time with the back garden as viewed from Read More …

This month the focus will be to complete the removal of plaster in the kitchen/diner and a general tidy of the garden. With the caravan demolished, the wood is already on the bonfire and metal set to one side for Read More …

Although not quite warm, the snow has gone and continuation of removing plaster from the downstairs bedroom and lounge.