I thought I would post a little blog post about a colleagues blog and give her a link and hopefully some traffic. Becky Pursey is writing a blog ‘How to Trust‘ initially dedicated to writing about trust in relationships, but I know she has bigger plans for her blog eventually. Becky is very new to …
Monthly Archive: October 2010
Oct
30
Labgear Dual Brushed Media Faceplate
I have been looking for a solution to tidy up the media wires behind the television in the new Orangery Kitchen extension. The television will be wall mounted at about 1300mm off the ground, we will also have a media centre PC running windows 7 media centre tucked away under a cupboard in the centre …
Oct
29
Pointing And Preparing The Walls
I have spent the last two evenings filling gaps in the back wall of the house that were left by plumbers. Although in theory these did not matter as they were behind the pitched roof, we have always had drafts into the bathroom and this looks a likely cause. These missing bricks should be behind …
Oct
28
White Recessed Spot Lights Don’t Look Great
We liked the idea of having white recessed spot lights in the up stands into the orangery window. I have bought some samples from Screwfix and it appears that white will not be the ones to go for. We like the idea of white as they would be discrete and not spoil the lines of …
Oct
27
Lighting Decisions And Orangery Project Update
We have been putting off the decision as to what lighting we want in the new orangery. We have been passing ideas around for a while. Do we have a drop light from the middle of the Orangery roof? If we were to do that it would have to be something rather grand so as …
Oct
27
50,000 Words And Still Counting
Ok so I rabbit on about nothing for much of the time on this blog, but having recently passed the 30,000 and 40,000 word marks I have just noticed that I have now reached 50,000 words on this blog. This means that in a month and a half I have written 10,000 words. Good progress …
Oct
25
Protected: Video – Demolition On The Kitchen – Ask For Password
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Oct
25
Orangery Extension Part 9: Walls Finished, Roofs Off And Walls Down
I have not posted an update for a few days for various reasons. Mainly due to pressures of time. There has been a great deal happening on the project since I last posted, not least the build phase of the project is finished and we have demolished the existing kitchen roof and walls to make …
Oct
20
Protected: Wedding Video – Ask For Password
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Oct
18
Orangery Extension Part 8: Walls Going Up
Conservatec were on site again at 7:15 today, the plan was to start on the walls, they have made great progress concentrating on the garage side. We can now see the door way starting to be established. You can really see the difference now, that site is up to just over 4ft. The bricks are …
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