tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48013219182860426882024-03-13T23:54:19.768+00:00Our Cullen HouseA little piece of heaven - well, it will be!Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-35901865906218999262017-08-02T11:11:00.001+01:002017-08-02T11:11:32.124+01:00It's been a long time - again!It really is more than a year since my last post! As the house is pretty much finished inside there's not been too much to write about. We have been enjoying spending time in our house and work hasn't been a priority! <br />
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We re-joined <a href="http://cullenseaschool.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cullen sea school</a> earlier this year and have been enjoying their increasing choice of activities. Zack spent most Saturday mornings during the winter at the boat building where he helped to build a second rowing skiff and refurbish an older boat. I enjoy the social rowing with a really great bunch! I like that you can just turn up on the beach and go out with a different group each time. I even raced for the first time last weekend in the biggest swell I have rowed in! It was also good to try out the new skiff, Swift that Zack had a hand in building. We weren't placed but our sister boat Mhairi went on to win. The school is now also offering kayak tuition which we have enjoyed as a family, the highlight so far being the water polo.<br />
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The house has not been neglected though! We had a huge delivery of firewood ready for the winter from Portsoy Firewood. They offer a great service and the wood burns nicely. The paintwork around the windows is also getting a makeover. We have started to peel off the many layers of paint using an amazing paste called Peelaway. It's a bit time consuming but the paint peels off like a dream!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-65290396970372346932016-03-29T15:07:00.000+01:002016-04-07T11:06:29.518+01:00Outside makeoverIt maybe wasn't the best plan to re-point the whole house over the winter as it has taken nearly 4 months! It is nearly finished with only one wall to go and looks great. The builder is a perfectionist and has picked out 1/2 a wall because he wasn't happy with it! There's just one problem now; the masonry paintwork around the windows and door is now looking really shabby. I think that will be my summer job!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-11829748877185865122015-08-19T21:54:00.000+01:002015-08-19T21:54:42.505+01:00It's been a while!I really didn't realise it had been a year since my last blog entry! Time really has flown this year. As the house is now habitable we have had less work to do therefore not much to report on. After speaking with some friends today I decided to make this post a bit of a nostalgic one. It has now been 4 years since we bought our lovely Cullen house and made it our own. I honestly had forgotten just how much we have done in that time. I hope you enjoy the before and after photos!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Office which became the bathroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original bathroom </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original bathroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master bedroom which was partitioned</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Partitioned bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Partitioned bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hallway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hallway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloakroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downstairs bedroom<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downstairs bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bathroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">En-suite shower</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room<br />
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Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-48729481094374929212014-09-09T22:47:00.000+01:002014-09-09T22:50:18.399+01:00Summer 2014I've not posted for some time as I have lost the charger to my camera! A new one is now on it's way so I can retrieve all the holiday photos.<br />
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Summer was not as good as last year but we still had plenty great days at the beach and in the water. It meant that not a lot of work was done on the house! We started the summer with a fantastic outdoor performance of 'George's Marvellous Medicine' at <a href="http://www.duffhouse.org.uk/">Duff House</a> in Banff. This was the second show we have seen from <a href="http://www.illyria.uk.com/">Illyria</a> and it did not disappoint. The boys swam with their snorkels, jumped off the harbour wall (once!) and enjoyed meeting some friends from last year.<br />
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We have had our builder and plasterer in finishing off some things for us. The coving was completed at the beginning of the summer. That has really finished off the rooms and has also stopped the draughts! Our builder has bricked around the back of the fireplace and that marks the completion of the living room. All we need is a door on the downstairs toilet and cement at the back door and we can apply for our completion certificate! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illyria's George's Marvellous Medicine at Duff House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snorkeling in the harbour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A storm coming in - we had a few of those!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Couldn't get the boys off the beach on this night! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room finished, I love the fireplace!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another lampshade made by me</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coving finished</td></tr>
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-22871686125902920882014-05-13T22:29:00.000+01:002014-05-13T22:30:41.955+01:00Why do all the little jobs take so much time??! It is great to finally see some rooms completely finished. We are ticking items off our finishing list but still adding others as we go along!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-91858380941597796312014-03-26T22:31:00.001+00:002014-03-26T22:31:07.099+00:00Spring!We really are on the final push with the house now with only small but time consuming jobs such as door handles, cupboard doors and shelves. The carpets and stair runner are down now so the house feels much more finished. <br />
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As we have had such a mild winter we have managed to do some things in the garden too. The old shed has been emptied and pulled down - that was an interesting day with my dad! The kitchen now gets much more light and our neighbours commented that their kitchen also seems much brighter.<br />
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Easter holidays are nearly here and we intend getting all the little jobs finished. We cannot believe it is nearly 3 years since we bought our bolthole by the sea! The projected timescale of 9-12 months was maybe just a little unrealistic!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-17559043182123591672014-02-21T20:46:00.000+00:002014-02-21T20:48:06.833+00:00A new yearSorry, I know it has been ages since my last post! We have been finishing off lots of bits and pieces, none of which make very interesting photos! <br />
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We had a great time in the house over the Christmas period with our parents. The weather was cold and crisp and we were able to do lots of walking to work off all the food.<br />
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We have started to landscape outside with the addition of a new fence which really tidies up the garden. The back part of the garden has been levelled ready for a patio area, we just need to demolish the shed so we can finish it off.<br />
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Inside, cupboard doors have been hung, a few light fittings have been fixed and the downstairs bedroom now has a carpet. I bought some beautiful fabric from <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/categorylist/dept/fashion-fabrics">Liberty</a> in London when we were there on our long weekend. I cannot wait to make it up into another quilt, Great British Sewing Bee has me inspired!<br />
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On another weekend away we visited <a href="http://www.wmboyle.co.uk/">Boyle's</a> in Glasgow and picked out our coving for the downstair rooms. It was a treasure trove of all sorts of designs and I think we came out more confused than when we went in!<br />
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We saw Santa at <a href="http://www.christiesoffochabers.com/index.php">Christies</a> in Fochabers then had some lunch and Christmas decoration shopping at <a href="http://www.baxters.com/">Baxters</a>. When we went back to Cullen we had a walk around the harbour to see the damage caused by the storms last week. Our poor harbour beach was battered, the sand level is normally more than a foot higher than the picture and the harbour jetty was littered with pebbles and a few boulders washed off the beach. We have never see the tide come so far into the harbour.<br />
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The boys had fun making some decorations for the Christmas tree out of broken bead necklaces and old buttons I bought at the <a href="http://www.cullenantiquescentre.co.uk/">Cullen Antiques Centre</a>. I love this converted church, I always buy something in there! We finished the day by lighting our newly installed wood burner and decorating the tree in my favourite style; a bit of old, new and home made!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-57245663007852073202013-11-04T22:21:00.000+00:002013-11-04T22:21:08.710+00:00Another step closer!Things do feel that they are moving too slowly but we are nearing completion (of inside anyway!) We have no heating but do have a hot shower so we spent most of our 2 week October break there finishing off lots of little bits and pieces and enjoying the mixed weather!<br />
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We did a bit of painting, sealed and grouted floors, put up curtain rails, installed the cooker hood and showers and even attached some door knobs!<br />
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The first few days were lovely and we got out on the bikes to explore some of the area. We discovered Cullen House which is an old mansion which has been converted into apartments. The grounds are open to walk through a couple of times a week. They were beautiful with the leaves all beginning to change colour and nice and flat for the bikes! There is also a church which dates back to the 11th century within the grounds. The boys enjoyed finding out how old the stones were and figuring out what the symbols meant! The boys also had a few circuits on the<br />
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BMX track for the first time which is just 5 minutes away from the house. I now know where to find them when they get a bit of independence!<br />
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A trip to the <a href="http://www.macduff-aquarium.org.uk/">Macduff Aquarium</a> is always on our list of places to visit and Miles was even lucky enough to win a shark in a raffle!<br />
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We had our first visitors some of whom got soaked and some enjoyed the fantastic October sunshine! Miles and Zack both enjoyed showing their friends all their favourite places, crabbing and playing in the sea.<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-89126563009472604922013-08-18T22:57:00.001+01:002013-08-18T22:57:47.915+01:00Fantastic summerI didn't realise it was so long since my last post! It has been a fantastic summer in Cullen. The sun has shone and temperature has been warm for over 6 weeks! This has meant that there was more play than work at the house. Things have moved on though, just very slowly. We are now staying for several days at a time and visiting Buckie Swimming Pool to shower as we have no hot water!<br />
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We have been on the beach every day that we have been in Cullen swimming, body boarding, crabbing, fishing or sailing. The boys and Michael even did some harbour jumping - I was too chicken!<br />
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Our dads have been fantastic and painted all the outside windows - a huge job, one that they don't want to do again in a hurry. I am STILL painting - that's a whole year I've been doing that job and I am getting a bit bored with it! Front and back door as well as the architrave have been painted this weekend. Kitchen is nearly in and flooring is going down. The bathrooms now have some privacy too with adhesive film from <a href="http://www.brume.co.uk/">Brume</a>, it looks great.<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-81194901118935716052013-06-15T23:20:00.003+01:002013-06-15T23:20:56.623+01:00A dusty day!Today was a beautiful day in Cullen but we didn't really get a chance to enjoy it. We spent the day sanding down and oiling our reclaimed gym floor in the living and dining room. It looks like a completely different floor! <br />
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Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-890495249914871692013-06-11T22:08:00.001+01:002013-06-11T22:08:07.095+01:00June updateSorry I've not updated for a while! We have been quite busy and the house is nearly ready for us to stay, hurray! We still have no heating as we are waiting for the electricians to come back but at least the weather is warmer and we don't need it yet!<br />
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I had a fab day out with 3 of my oldest friends. We had hoped it would be a girlie weekend away but it wasn't to be! We started out with lunch at <a href="http://rockpool-cullen.co.uk/">Rockpool</a>, had a wander round the many antique shops in Cullen including <a href="http://www.cullenantiquescentre.co.uk/">Cullen Antiques Centre</a>, Bits and Bobs and Cullen Collectables. We finished off our afternoon at the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1097167-d3332713-Reviews-The_willow_tea_room-Cullen_Moray_Scotland.html">Deskford Galleries</a> for afternoon tea. We will have our girlie weekend there soon!<br />
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We had another great day out with a newer friend and her family who are sadly moving back to Norfolk. We had lunch in Rockpool (again!) and spent the afternoon on the beach. The boys and their friends had their first day in the water, exactly 2 years since we got the keys to the house - we didn't think it would take us this long! We stood in our jackets and they ran around in the water not caring about the cold.<br />
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Kitchen units are in place ready to be fixed in, a great friend attached our reclaimed facings round the windows and doors downstairs and I spent 4 hours today cleaning upstairs ready for us to stay! <a href="http://www.stbfportsoy.com/">Portsoy Boat Festival</a> is on the 22nd and 23rd of June. We have our tickets and are staying for our first weekend. Mattresses are being delivered on the 21st so we will have some comfort!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-27367028252293510082013-05-06T22:07:00.000+01:002013-05-06T22:07:18.697+01:00Busy, busy!We spent a very long day working on the house yesterday! Michael attached the last of the radiators ready for the boiler to be switched on, repaired some reclaimed facings and put up the new bannister at the top of the stairs. I finished painting the kitchen and the builder started finishing off the outside of the extension. We ordered mattresses today, carpets are here ready to be laid and curtains are all ready to be hung. I just need a few days to blitz the cleaning first!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-70494143967577298412013-05-01T19:04:00.000+01:002013-05-01T19:04:27.783+01:00Kitchen plasteredThis week saw the final plastering of the kitchen. It will be dry enough for me to paint on Friday! I sat outside in the garden yesterday for the first time this year painting windows. It was lovely and warm in the garden, our new extension shelters us from the icy wind coming off the sea!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-71971768975660993172013-04-22T22:14:00.000+01:002014-01-24T21:58:11.979+00:00Crafty bits and other things!Frames are now backed with wallpaper we rescued during demolition. I've also painted some lamp bases and made lampshades to fit them. The boys chose the newspaper print fabric for their room!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-4364324246427656562013-02-19T21:25:00.001+00:002013-02-19T21:27:33.413+00:00Spring has arrived!Who wouldn't want to be in Cullen on a day like today? It was beautiful even if it was a little chilly! My parents had a walk from Cullen to Portknockie at the weekend and saw the dolphins very close to the shore. I'm very jealous as after over 1 1/2 years of spending most weekends there I've still not seen them! Maybe it's because we never have time to enjoy the town - hopefully by Easter we will.<br />
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The town has a real buzz when the weather is good. There was even a queue half way down the street on Sunday at the ice-cream shop!<br />
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We are also water-tight at last! Blockwork and slating is done and the new velux lets lots of light into the kitchen. We can now get going with the inside - insulation, pipework, plasterboard, finished!<br />
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I am frustrated at the slow progress of the build at the moment! The weather has not been good and I've been at home with 2 boys on snow days! It is now coming together though and the builder has started to brick up the walls. <br />
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We were supposed to be at Anfield to see Liverpool play West Brom this half term holiday but there has been a problem with the tickets and we are now spending the weekend in Cullen. Probably a good thing as there are lots of little things for us to finish off. I think I'll need my thermals on! <br />
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I've been doing some vintage shopping again! I bought a teapot for £1 on ebay - 1p more than my sofa!! I also bought cutlery from the <a href="http://www.cullenantiquescentre.co.uk/">Cullen Antiques Centre</a> and a lovely tea set from a Valentine Vintage fair at <a href="http://ninasapartment.blogspot.co.uk/">Nina's Apartment</a>.<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-68975934928944599432013-01-14T21:48:00.001+00:002013-01-14T21:48:58.411+00:00Original art!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These fantastic canvases were painted by Miles and Zack today. The only input I had was the grey outlines and I think they did a fantastic job. Cannot wait to see them on the wall in their room - maybe by next month?!Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-25393415230189811202013-01-12T21:00:00.000+00:002013-01-12T21:00:38.083+00:00January updateHappy New Year!<br />
Not too much has happened over the festive fortnight! We did manage to work a couple of days but it was very cold and we felt we didn't achieve very much.<br />
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The floor is now down in the living room and Graham has fitted the soil pipe for the downstairs loo which now means that the slater can start this week.<br />
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I have been re-attaching cupboard doors and fitting a clothes rail in the cupboard in the boys bedroom. I think it looks straight - the hanger doesn't slide so it must be more or less level!<br />
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I have also purchased some lovely fabric for making curtains for the kitchen and cushions. The fabric is vintage and once upon a time were Hungarian grain sacks! See <a href="http://www.parna.co.uk/index.asp">Parna</a> and <a href="http://www.beyondfrance.co.uk/index.html">Beyond France</a> for other designs.<br />
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The gas supply is being re-connected this week so we should have some heating on within a few weeks - hurray!<br />
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<br />Lyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06419065973367167021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801321918286042688.post-16217329093171182232012-12-23T20:11:00.001+00:002014-01-24T21:57:26.454+00:00Windows!Well we are meant to be watertight but the torrential rain over the last couple of days has taken it's toll. The windows and doors are in but the velux window is leaking. The electricians have also been in to do the 1st fix electrics so once the wood all dries out we are ready to insulate and plasterboard. The slater and brickie will get going between Christmas and New Year so hopefully by the beginning of 2013 we will be watertight!<br />
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When we went to the house yesterday we had lunch at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DeskfordGardenGalleries/photos_stream">Deskford Garden Galleries</a>. It is a lovely tea room with an art gallery and antiques shop. The furniture was very reasonably priced and I would love to have space for the beautiful linen press I saw. We did buy some lovely ceramic bothies, boats and lighthouses for the house.<br />
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Last week the concrete floor was poured and this week the timber frame went up. I could not get up to Cullen to do any work this week as we had around 6/7" of snow at Chapel and the road conditions were terrible. There was no snow at all in Cullen and the joiners have managed to get the frame up and will be installing the windows and door on Wednesday. The electricians have also been in and we now have power throughout the house - at last! We have been working with only one socket for the last year so that will make a huge difference!<br />
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My dad borrowed a horsebox from a friend today and we moved out most of the furniture I've been restoring to make room for the 8' Christmas tree that was delivered on Friday! Once all the furniture had been unpacked we had a lovely lunch at the <a href="http://www.cullenbayhotel.com/">Cullen Bay Hotel</a> and then the boys saw Santa! <br />
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