Before the room can be plastered next week, the original plumbing that previously served the kitchen sink & appliances needed to be removed – paving the way for a cleanly filled & plastered wall. Unfortunately, as you can see the pipework disappears off under the floor somewhere and at the moment we have no idea…

Next stop was obviously to make a start on ripping something else out! The house has two upstairs bathrooms, one that’s looking somewhat tired and needs replacing, and a larger “family” bathroom that is pretty new and perfectly usable in the condition it’s in. The smaller of the two is just the right size to…

Feels like progress.. Got home to find that we’d gone from grey vinyl tiles to a nearly finished new floor in the space of a day! The cat’s a little unsure about the changes at the moment though…. Much more to do yet however. The rest of the floor needs to be fitted by the…

After a tedious couple of weeks, the transformation of our old kitchen into a dining room is nearly complete. Aside from needing to hang a couple of doors, all that’s really left to do is sealing & painting the walls & ceiling. That’s tomorrows job, followed by the skirting & anything else wooden that needs…

With all the prep work completed, the time had finally come to make a start on tiling. Tiles were arranged with full-height tiles around the shower tray to minimise joints, and work began… Progress…. More progress…!

Here’s the finished product. Still very much a Land Rover but now carrying around distinctly less land!!