To make way for the new floor we are planning to put in requires the creation of one large open space in what we call “The Barn” . This is the space to the right of the living quarters which currently incorporates our bedroom to the far left of the building. In order to start this we need to empty

Dawn had the opportunity to take a week off with her family and spend it at the house. Given the house in an ongoing “work in progress” everyone was always going to be put to work.  Somehow they all managed to strike a balance of working on the house, garden, cowshed etc etc and exploring the area. This was just

So David @ Midwest Render again working his magic bringing our changes, dreams and desires to life. In this latest render we are now 95% complete to these being final “go live” plans, we need to make some small changes as one of the renders doesn’t show the chimney (small oversight) and the 2nd one misses off the new solar water

When it comes to front doors, sliding doors and windows the market is flooded with potential suppliers so to stand out from the crowd you’ve got to bring something special to the table.  So far I have to say Kloeber have the most fantastic customer service we have encountered. The products themselves look great, feel solid and are made to our measurements but

There is an update to this post at the bottom of this article. So with the job up on ELance we are getting a staggering response to our request for some help modifying the plans. This is all great and encouraging, however some people seem to be having issues downloading the provided files so its time we made them available

Please note there is an update at the bottom of this post dated 21 Jan 09 It’s no secret that we feel we’ve had a total disaster with our first architect and while i want to vent my spleen and name and shame there comes a point where you have to accept that people run into unexpected circumstances that impact

So we are starting to learn FAST that thing in France are ALWAYS more expensive and take forever to get done, even then they aren’t necessarily done right. Here’s our story of trying to use our first French tradesman : As you can see from the photo on the right the “Grange” is missing some shutters and this is causing