Have you ever done a job that you’ve always known needs doing & once you’ve started it you wonder why you’d left it so long? Well the removal of the ceiling in the old bedrooms …

In the grand scheme of things with the damage and loss of life these large storms in France have caused we’ve got to think of ourselves as very lucky. This time we got away with …

Firstly: Thanks for hanging in there! I know thing have been more than a little quiet on the site and that’s simply because there’s not been a lot going on with the renovation, due to …

I briefly posted about this at the time but then we did no more tweeting or posting since we just decided to switch off and enjoy the time at the house.
A few things about this …

Dear Reader,
let this be a lesson to you and serve as a warning. The desires of this man are simple, give me food and give me heat. Put those things together and give me hot …

We made the decision to make Petite Assistant FREE for the festive season to celebrate the house being warm, sealed and ready for us to spend the first Christmas here as a family.
This now brings …

During the dismantling of the cow shed we removed 10 timbers that have stood for years. These are approximately 17cm wide by 8.5cm deep by 423cm long (all are approx. as these all vary a …

With the groundwork already done by Dawn & her Dad (Eric) (in this post : HERE) it was now time to get the tiles removed, the roof opened up and wooden beams taken down so …

Wordpress upgrade to 2.9 broke the site, i’m currently rolling back.. Hold on in there folks !

[UPDATE] – With some great pointers from Twitter it appears that Wordpress 2.9 isn’t compatible with SQL4 (thanks for …

As you’ll all know architects and architect meetings are the bane of my live and have the ability to get under my skin as i feel it’s a dark art that is often quite closed …