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Plastering the living room

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…

So we’ve moved in now and one of the things that needs doing in the spring is an outside paintjob. We need to return…

New House New Blog We have bought a new house! It has been used as an office for the past 20yrs but we are…

Honestly it isn’t as big as it looks. People keep asking what we are going to do with all the space but it is…

I’ve been investigating the best way to patch and re-point sandstone. Apparently a big no-no is using normal cement mortar as it will actually…

White House Grrr the paintwork on this house makes me crazy, every time I look at it I just want to change it immediately….

The Coach House The coach house needs a lot of work. Inside there are still the divides and grooved flooring for the horses. It…

Homemade Goats Curd Take advantage of the Autumn sunshine to make homemade goats curd cheese. Simple to do and if it isn’t sunny you…

Rumbullion is a 15th c term meaning to have a good time – hope this cocktail lives up to it

Yurt Glamping Top tips to having a good time We have just come back from glamping (glamorous, comfortable camping) in a Yurt. It was…