8th March 2015<25th January 2021 The Attic by Paul So, we’ve started work on the Attic. We weren’t going to do it so early, but the way things have worked out it makes…
18th March 2015<25th January 2021 Garden Room by Happenupon Garden Room before We are about to start work on the garden room. When we moved in this was our temporary living room for…
31st March 2015<25th January 2021 Hide Ugly View by Happenupon How to hide an ugly view by making it beautiful When our house was built I imagine the back of it looked over gardens,…
5th April 2015<25th January 2021 The Finished Attic by Paul As we have said before, we weren’t going to do the attic so early on in our restoration project, but we changed our mind…
12th June 2015<25th January 2021 Garden Room Before and After by Happenupon The Garden room This room was called the garden room as we did not know what else to call it, the previous tenants had…
15th July 2015<25th January 2021 Kitchen dining room before and after by Happenupon It was better before! We are big fans of a before and after, so here is our Dining room before and after with a…
7th August 2015<25th January 2021 The Vestibule by Happenupon Creating the Vestibule What is a vestibule? it’s a small entrance hall between the outer door and the interior. Our house used to have…
26th August 2015<25th January 2021 New carpet by Happenupon New Carpet Quality control A new carpet is a lovely thing. We have recently fitted one in my office, it is a lovely grey…
17th September 2015<25th January 2021 Kitchen Pantry Scullery by Happenupon Kitchen Pantry Scullery It is time for us to start tackling the back of the house. The back of the house was the servants…
18th September 2015<25th January 2021 Master Bedroom before and after by Happenupon Master Bedroom The master bedroom was quite a challenge. It was the largest room in the house with windows to three sides and the…
18th October 2015<25th January 2021 Restoring the Kitchen Dining Room by Paul Restoring The Dining Room This is a bit of a work in progress post – as you will see. I needed to use up some…
10th November 2015<25th January 2021 Moving the Gas meter by Happenupon Moving the Gas Meter We are starting the investigation stage of the kitchen. This means stripping away everything to investigate what needs to be…
26th November 2015<25th January 2021 Opening the fireplace by Happenupon Opening the fireplace This room was the original Kitchen (part of the kitchen scullery pantry set of rooms). The fire would have been a…
22nd December 2015<25th January 2021 The Secret Wall by Paul Exciting day today as we solved one of the puzzles of our house by discovering a secret wall! It’s Christmas holidays, and so it’s…
28th January 2016<25th January 2021 Restoring Quarry Tiles by Happenupon Restoring Quarry Tiles This is a labour of love. Revealing and restoring the quarry tiles has not been easy. If you have come here…
3rd February 2016<25th January 2021 Kitchen destruction by Happenupon Kitchen Destruction We are destroying our current kitchen. It had been cobbled together and needed to be cleared away to start again. At first…
1st March 2016<25th January 2021 Kitchen Destruction – Part 2 by Happenupon Kitchen Destruction part 2 I thought you had finished doing up your kitchen AAArgghh no. Truth be told I think we were just building up…
1st March 2016<25th January 2021 Victorian Broken Plan by Happenupon Victorian Broken Plan – The Kitchen Open up all the spaces, knock down the walls, make everything open plan, has been the design mantra…
