Comments on: Grand designs; our new year, new house renovation project

By: Baby weaning: everything I've forgotton | A Baby on Board

Baby weaning: everything I've forgotton | A Baby on Board — Fri, 29 May 2015 06:07:27 +0000

[…] so much more fun than I remembered. And on a completely unrelated note we’re yet to have our dining room floor finished (have you ever encountered a stray piece of two-day-dried cucumber? Solid Weetabix ain’t got […]

By: 5 tips for house renovations with small children |

5 tips for house renovations with small children | — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:31:03 +0000

[…] week before Christmas marked a year since we moved into our new house (how long is it considered new for? I should probably stop calling it […]

By: Nine months of our new house |

Nine months of our new house | — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:12:22 +0000

[…] realised during one of my recent 4am wake-ups that this week marked nine months of us being in our new house. So how are we getting […]

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New Look maternity clothes review | — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:35:25 +0000

[…] here are the results (Oh and BTW – our bedroom, like most of the house is currently a work in progress, hence the ‘artistic’ paint-splattered floor and red […]

By: Our beautiful bathroom makeover - the before |

Our beautiful bathroom makeover - the before | — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:09:03 +0000

[…] knew when we bought the house that it was a huge project and everything needed doing. But I don’t think we realised just […]

By: Children's wall stickers from Tinyme |

Children's wall stickers from Tinyme | — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:37:28 +0000

[…] recent flurry of new house painting activity has meant that we were finally able to put Eliza’s new wall stickers up. […]

By: Toddler distraction tactics - Fisher Price toy review |

Toddler distraction tactics - Fisher Price toy review | — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:35:57 +0000

[…] we’ve been tied to the house due to all our ongoing building work combined with the terrible weather, so to stop us going stir-crazy I’ve had to employ all […]

By: How to survive a house move with a toddler |

How to survive a house move with a toddler | — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:39:06 +0000

[…] think I may have mentioned once or twice that we just moved house. We’ve been in for about six weeks now, work is well underway and it feels a lot more like […]

By: Strange things in our house #1: the red fireplace |

Strange things in our house #1: the red fireplace | — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:59:01 +0000

[…] new house is full of weird and wonderful things. The previous owner was a carpenter; in every place he could […]

By: Clare Mansell

Clare Mansell — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:40:59 +0000

Lovely to find another home rennovater (via Twitter!) we are about to do a massive project doubling the size of our house and totally transforming the exterior. We are doing bits of it ourselves and like you are not very practical (we are learning!) my parents were rennovators and then latterly housebuilders and they made it up as they went along too (like yours!)