Given how unpredictable the weather has been, we use our studio to safeguard our seedlings and seasonal plants in the spring because we don’t have a greenhouse. So Kirsten suggested…
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Last summer, we did some major maintenance work on our garden room, which culminated in us painting the outside wood in a high-quality, weather resilient paint: Zinsser All Coat Exterior…
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Since moving in, we have seen signs of damp develop in our entrance hallway and in the downstairs guest toilet. We’ve spent a fair amount of time examining the walls…
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For a recent DIY project, we needed to get a thin piece of sheet metal installed in the kitchen. It was astonishing to see how expensive sheets of metal were…
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Our air source heat pump recently went into standby mode for two consecutive nights, during which time it refused to heat the house or hot water in order to prevent…
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Kirsten’s outdone herself this year decorating the house for Christmas. One of the areas she spent a lot of time on was making garlands to dress the fireplaces, doorways and…
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Earlier this week the fire rope that acts as a gasket came unstuck on our Chesneys Beaumont 8WS wood burning stove. Given the Covid lockdown regulations, we went online and…
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Kirsten has spent December transforming Home Farm into a Christmas wonderland with beautifully decorated garlands, wreaths and two Christmas trees. She even got around to making handmade clay Christmas decorations,…
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We have been wearing “normal” high street clothes to do our DIY, gardening and reno jobs in. I’ve been through multiple T-shirts and Kirsten ripped through a pair of jeans,…
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With winter drawing closer, we undertook some required maintenance work on the exterior of our garden room, and finished it off by applying Zinsser All Coat Exterior Satin paint in…