S.O.B.S (Slow Owner Building Syndrome)

Apparently Christmas is not too far away….. again…. Yep the house was going to be a two year project……three and a half years ago!!!  As I gaze at acres of plywood that needs to be sanded, undercoated and painted my mind drifts. When you are Owner Building it seems that time stretches, in the words [...]

Door dreaming. Transforming hollow core doors.

    All the doors in the house are boring flat plywood hollow core doors painted with a variety of  acrylic paint colours from baby blue to puce. YUM !! We looked at replacing them with a set of older doors but finding enough interesting doors with the right measurements could have taken a lifetime. Then [...]

It’s Finished !! First room renovated

   finished room all furnished Well the first room is finally finished. We now have a bedroom to call our own. There are a couple of jobs still to do; pelmets are needed before colder weather arrives and the door needs painting and decorating.   The room is light and airy with the curtains providing [...]