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From red walls and black fire surround to all white.

White, white and more white

9 November, 2011 by Stonehead 8 Comments

Visitors to the croft could be forgiven for think we’ve intentions of getting ourselves between the pages of an interior design magazine if they walked into our snug with its white walls, white ceiling, white features, white window frame, white cupboard and white fireplace surround. We’re not going all post-modern, though.

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chimney, Decorating, DIY, fireplace, Interior Design, Living room, Paint, postaweek2011

Breakthrough! The concrete and granite finally give up the fight.

Smelled like… victory

2 November, 2011 by Stonehead 0 Comments

Coming up to lunchtime today, the concrete and granite plinth in the dining room still extended to the yellow strip of concrete in the foreground and across to where the broom is standing. I’ve chipped, hammered and pickaxed the plinth three days a week for three weeks now, usually managing to get a granite block [...]

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Concrete, Construction and Maintenance, Dining room, Do it yourself, Granite, postaweek2011

It dusted us over…

31 October, 2011 by Stonehead 12 Comments

It dusted us over, an’ it dusted us under. No, it wasn’t a dust storm on the American prairies. It was me, with my angle grinder.

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Concrete, Construction and Maintenance, DIY, Dust storm, Granite, Stone

The dining room excavation is making slow progress.

Excavating the dining room

20 October, 2011 by Stonehead 9 Comments

The Other Half and the boys are away on holidays. They’re at Grandma and Grandad’s house, where they’re enjoying fizzy pop, sweets and trips to the cinema. If the OH is to be believed, my “holiday” is having a break from them. If so, my idea of relaxation is peculiar. I kneel, squat or sit [...]

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Concrete, Construction and Maintenance, DIY, Pipes and Fittings, plumbing, postaweek2011, Water, Water supply

Out with the red!

9 October, 2011 by Stonehead 12 Comments

Ever since we moved in, I’ve wanted to do something about the red walls in the snug. It’s supposed to be our warm, cosy and bright room for listening to music and/or reading while the open fire burns. It’s also our haven when the mains electricity goes off. For me, though, red walls are not [...]

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