Kitchen Pantry Scullery
Kitchen Pantry Scullery It is time for us to start tackling the back of the house. The back of the house was the servants…
Building our own Log Store
Building a log store With two new woodburning stoves we needed a wood store. We’re in the middle of getting the Coach House roof…
Summer Garden
We’ve made our first tentative steps in the garden. It’s big, it’s a bit weedy and while we’re focusing on doing up the house…
Work on the Coach House begins
We have a coach house at the back of the house. You can read a description of it here in an old For Sale…
Knock Knock
Who’s there? We finally have a door knocker. It took a lot of work to get the door up to scratch and a few…
White house becomes Black house
Penraevon goes black Finally the house has been painted. It was the first thing I wanted to do to the house (see previous post)…
Where to start gardening?
A new house with a new garden Where to start gardening? we have waited until spring has truly sprung before attempting any gardening. We…
Bluebells and Beech Trees
When we moved in it was the beginning of December (we’ve been here 6 months now!). The garden was sparse and a bit derelict…
Bay window Renovation
Bay window renovation In the Garden Room, the bay window needed some love and care. The window bars have been taken down and the…
Half Painted House
Half Painted House We are getting the outside of the house painted. We still had scaffolding up from the roofer which made painting the…