Some recent (not very good) photos from the Old Shed:
Letterbox, not made by me, but painted by me:
Flowerpot, decorated with mosaic by me:
Cushions, designed, stitched and made by me:
Dresser, stripped, painted, lined, new handles added by me (and other family members):
Nothing homemade here, but pretty cow parsley:
Curtains made by me; cushion pads covered by me; [...]
The infamous sofa has finally arrived. Hooray!
I am so excited. It finally looks like a real home.
Work has also been going on outside. My brother has removed all the rubble and replaced it with some topsoil. He’s levelled off the drive and the planting area and made a nice bank going [...]
Earlier this month, I ordered a sofa for the Old Shed. It was going to be a beautiful, comfortable two-seater in a fabric called Fabulous Hot Pink. I was very, very excited about this sofa.
Yesterday, Sofa Workshop called in the administrators. The official statement says that they’re hopeful about finding a buyer [...]
Before:
After:
Kitchen: The tiles are actually white, but they are reflecting the pink units. Ignore the mess on the counter.
Bedroom: the walls are pinker than they appear here.
And here! The wardrobe doesn’t quite go across the whole wall. There will be space for some storage boxes. This is the room that needs [...]
I don’t think I’ve given a progress update here for a very long time. Anyway, the good news is that it is almost done! The bad news is I’m 500 miles away and so I haven’t seen it yet. But there are pictures!
You can see the parking space by the front door [...]
Apologies to those of you who are finding this tedious. It is completely fine to scroll past and ignore these posts. But for those of my friends who enjoy Grand Designs and Location, Location, Location, here’s the latest update on the Old Shed.
At great personal risk, I have utterly ignored the site warnings in order to take some photos of progress on the Old Shed.
The entrance to the Shed is somewhat precarious. The doorstep looks pretty, though. There are holes like this one all over the place at the moment. Water and sewage, I think. The electrician [...]
Here’s the building site:
Lots of wood lying around to give the impression of work going on.
Last week, this wall went all the way up to the ceiling. Now you can see all the way through to the other side. Oh well. Those beams, by the way, are specially for the [...]
Or, “Not the Lodge Project“
A couple of years ago, my parents suggested that a small stone building at the bottom of their garden might make a suitable cottage for me. Two years of rejected plans, bat surveys, and a displaced family of hedgehogs and work has finally begun. Hooray!
This is the shed before [...]
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