The Time Has Come, We’ve Picked Our Kitchen
I have always been a pretty poor shopper. I get terrible guilt when buying things. So often, I’ll find a nice dress, buy it, and then return it a few…
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Construction Update: The Scaffolding Chapter
This past weekend brought another 2 days of building work to the extension and, as always, here are a few pictures to show the progress (here you go, mum! No…
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Construction Update: We Have Walls!
Hey there! Remember me? I’ve neglected my blog this week but exciting things have been happening at the house, with the weekend just gone welcoming walls to our extension. WINNER.…
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Construction Update: Rain, Rain, Go Away!
I’m about to say something that not many people will understand. And you may want to be sitting down when you read this… I bloody love Winter. “But Karen, don’t you…
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Construction Update: Garden, Meet Bricks
In my last update (which you can read here) I talked about the foundations being dug for the extension. Since then, this stage has been completed after digging slightly deeper…
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Construction Update: Digging The Foundations
Come Thursday morning, the skip had arrived at the house ready for the rubble from the demolished outhouse. It was really odd having it on the drive, as the last…
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Construction Update: Conquering Brick Mountain
Construction has begun! As announced in my last post, we got the news that all the paperwork and financing had been signed off and construction could start on our kitchen/diner…
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Clough Manor: Under Construction
Exciting news!!! I would like to declare that Clough Manor is officially under construction! After 2 years in the house and an entire summer of delays getting the project off…
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Summer Shopping For Our Future Kitchen
As most of you will know by now, our kitchen renovation has been delayed *cue violins* However, this hasn’t stopped us from looking into what we want, and what we…
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The Day Our Kitchen Flooded: Part 1
Part 1 – What the heck happened? The weekend just gone was a bit of a disaster if I’m honest. After a wonderful Thursday evening spent in a Yorkshire hospital…
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