October Update - Week 79

The limestone tiles finally arrived last week, all 100 sq metres of them! David had levelled the concrete floor in preparation so at the weekend we put all our practicing on the bathroom floor into action. With some tiles measuring over half a metre squared it was slow work.

We also had some valued help in the form of mum and dad A. Norma was put to work oiling all the oak skirting boards, architrave and the internal doors. While John was given responsibility of tiling the wood shed - picture to follow next week...

September Update - week 78

Outside the barn deserves a bit of a mention this week as the lawn is springing into life- it is the first time since we first bought the barn back in March 2006 that we have seen greenery surrounding the building!

Dad M has for the last few weeks been working tirelessly doing second fix electrics, ie attaching power sockets, installing spot lights etc as shown below in their semi installed state. You can also see that we have put up the main entrance curtain pole.

September Update - week 77

Another week on and more painted walls to show for it, with the protective plastic finally coming off, the oak trusses can be seen in their full glory.

The next new skill acquired this week included floor tiling starting with the bathroom using travertine floor tiles. This small area didn't seem daunting but it will be a whole different ball game when the ground floor tiles get delivered in approx two weeks.

September Update - week 76

The repointing of the barn has finished this week just in time for the wet autumn weather on its way. We added the finshing touches of the solid slate door steps in front of each door.

Then back on to more painting