Fixing the floor

Fixing the floor

Usually I post about the things that have gone right, but we are on a learning curve, and things often don’t work out first time around. The floor in the new build is one such case. After much deliberating, and mainly due to budget constraints, I put in a...

Ceilings at last

At last, we’re getting the ceilings in, and the place is starting to look like a house at last. It is amazing what a difference it makes, and the rooms seem to change size as we work. Here’s the newly insulated kitchen –  Tomorrow we’ll be...

Fully woolly

We’ve used all manner of “eco” technologies in the cottage, and my favourite so far is the sheep’s wool insulation, which came from Black Mountain Insulation. After a long day yesterday we had a third of the house done, and suddenly the space...