A renovation adventure in Northumberland.
Taking shape
Things are starting to take shape. Having not lived in this side of the cottage since Christmas we’d forgotten that it wasn’t in the best of shape… the plaster is mostly blown and it’s the original horse hair so very dusty.
A slight change of plan
Now that we know the finished floor level we can look at the drainage and layout for the bathroom… and well let’s just say we’ve made a few changes…
Underfloor heating part 2
We almost have heating in the whole cottage… what a treat!
And the digging is done…
And finally the last big of digging is completed. It’s been a messy job and it’s taken a long time but now all the floors are level.
Wildlife wonders
We love seeing the wildlife that comes into the garden… so we thought we’d share some of our recent visitors.
Builders are back…
Our builders have been able to come back on-site, socially distanced of course, as we’re living in the other half of the cottage.
Lovely weather for it…
We’ve been spending lots of time outdoors with all the lovely weather doing more work in the garden.
Building a border
It’s going to be a little while until we start phase 2, so we decided to do some work in the garden to make it a nicer place to relax.
Getting ready for Spring planting
As the weather is starting to break we’ve been preparing the veggie patches in the garden and planting some seeds.
Tiling curved walls
We thought we’d try tiling the kitchen splashback – being first timers we didn’t have a clue how it would turn out but it’s going pretty well. We started with the alcove as it’s the smallest, and easiest section as the walls are pretty straight.
Doing what we can
We’d just started digging out the floors but luckily hadn’t ripped out the bathroom when lockdown happened. So other than having to walk through mud to have a shower we’re doing ok and looking forward to getting back to work when it’s safe for everyone to come to the house.
Finally watertight
Scaffolding went up in November and with bad weather and busy roofers it’s taken quite a while to get the roof watertight…