design

You just cannot imagine how much work goes into a complete refurishment or total renovation until one is happening in your very own house.  The mess and disruption cannot be underestimated and the feeling that your home is never going…
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There are aspects of living solo that can be very frustrating and cause more than a night or two of sleeplessness.  The thought that in very windy weather the gutter might detach itself from the front gable again is one…
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There is a small pub in a village near me – they had a yard which was used as a car park but still had the stables and a small barn.  These have been used for a all sorts of…
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There can be nothing more soul destroying than to come home after a hard day’s work truding through town, onto a comuter train or driving in comuter traffic, and then discovering you have a problem with a leaking gutter or…
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There is something rather grim about dealing with winter weather.  Take this week for example, it started off with almost balmy sunshine and rediculously mild temperatures but the weather forecasters were urging us to take great care by the end…
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In my latest e-newlsetter from one of the three heritage memberships I enjoy, there came news of an very important acquisition for them.  A very run down but architecturally significant stately home had been won with help from the government…
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When you can’t decide whether to try and move to a larger house or just have y our current one expanded up or out, or both, there are so many questions to be given very careful thought to.  Financial matters…
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I have recently visited some truly gorgeous villages in this area – dripping with chocolate box cottages and pretty pubs and the odd even prettier shop.  When you look up at the frontages, near the thatched roof and down the…
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