DIY

I have always loved paper pompoms, but there is only so many times you can use them before they get torn, frayed, flattened or squashed. These fluffy tulle ones are…

Two years ago we sanded down and treated all our garden furniture using a variety of products from different brands. Some have been better than others, and the Sadolin varnishes…

From the time we moved in, we had two cheap taps on the basins in the guest bathrooms. Last week, one of the taps finally broke so we purchased some…

We’ve built a lot of things from wood in the past three years and I’ve found that taking the patient approach of drilling pilot holes and then driving wood screws…

As a follow up to our recent post about the crazy price of timber, I had a very successful visit to our local wood merchants and hardware store earlier this…

We decided that we would extend our vegetable garden this year and make some 2×2 metre raised beds in the field so that we can grow sprawling vegetables like pumpkins…

One of our main summer projects this year is to build raised beds for cut flowers. We are building them in the front garden, and this year Kirsten has decided…

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…

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…

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…