Start of Project Ensuite Bathroom

Not bad for a weekend's work ...

Before (January 2015):

Everything you see in these following pictures Adrian did this weekend (14/15 November 2015) - apart from the lights repositioned and the walls painted last weekend:

Will it be all done by Christmas?  (A few weekends away will delay progress a little, but it's do-able!)

Journey of a bathroom ...

May 2013

 October 2013

 August 2014

 September 2014

 October 2014

 

November 2014

December 2014

January 2014

February 2014

March 2014

April 2014

October 2015 ... toilet plumbed in, if you don't mind sharing it with a table saw!

 to be continued ...

Our new living space taking shape

I haven't blogged any recent pictures of our new lounge area which is taking shape, thanks to a donated sofa bed which has come in very handy with so many visitors and celebrations this past month.

 

Even Hannah's been using the new kitchen!

 

November's late-night projects

Adrian continues to work hard on the house when he gets in from work each evening.  Here are some of his latest jobs ticked off the (very long!) 'list' ...

Oiling the downstairs doors and fitting handles.

At last, we can keep the cats out of the kitchen!

 The kitchen island is now complete, including end panelling and corner oak posts.

 

I now have somewhere to hang my tea towels and ovengloves!

 After spending ages to choose the lights above the island, and sorting out the required wiring, we're really pleased with these lovely reflective copper ones.

 

What a difference a year makes ...

It seems so hard to think back to this time last year when were all in the caravan and spending our daytimes in the garden room.  We were perfectly fine and cosy, but it is SO lovely (and far less complicated) to have our own space now.  Here are some pictures from October 2014 and 2015 to show the difference a year makes ... (at the time we remember thinking "what ARE we doing???"!

 

 

 

 

A year of VERY hard work by a great team of people.  Maybe we'll be completely finished this time next year??? !

October update 2

We have just installed much faster broadband this week, and now updating my blog is SOOOO much faster, taking just seconds to upload photos, rather than hours.  Hopefully I will once again keep up with regular updates.  Much credit is due to Adrian who has had a huge amount of work travel over the past few months (Japan twice, Paris, China) but still manages to spend every spare moment doing so many jobs around the house: we now have a kitchen door and dining room door which - very importantly - enables us to keep the cats OUT of the kitchen (otherwise constantly scrounging!). 

And, in anticipation of this weekend's lunch for 16 people, Hannah helped Adrian move the huge pile of unpainted skirting board which was taking up space in the dining room.  It is now in one of the unfinished front rooms, after most of the contents were transferred up into the loft (or sorted for our next car boot sale).  A lot of shifting stuff around!

We've also transferred the piano and drum-kit back from the garden room so that Emma can do her music practice in the comfort (and fab acoustics) of our lovely extension, rather than traipsing down the garden.  (Luckily for us she can use headphones, on both!). Time for duets is a lovely luxury.