We knew we'd embarked on a project, and with little Ella being 2 years old life was going to be very busy! I wanted to keep a record of the project so we'd remember the journey, the highs and lows, the good the bad and of course the ugly! We have taken many ideas from others' blogs, and some great inspiration can be easily accessed on the internet. Although the primary reason for writing this blog is to provide a record for our family I also hope others can glean some knowledge, learn from our mistakes and enjoy our highs as well!
The brief was simple, restore the house to its former glory, including as much of the original features as possible, whilst spending no money, buying as many power tools as possible and getting as dirty as possible!
Feel free to throw in advice when possible, or 'I told you so's!!
We got the keys on the 18th of May, and the obvious first thing to do was take a hammer to the kitchen wall.... I was dying to see what was behind it, a big wasted wall in the kitchen that would provide much needed additional space for our growing family. I hedged my bets that the arch would still be in place, or resigned myself to having to put a lintel in if not, I'll admit, there was a little trepidation in smacking big holes in the plaster in our brand new home.....certainly not for the faint hearted!
Thankfully my manly instinct was correct and my hard work paid off to reveal:
A bit of re-pointing later and some more smackdown with ol' Betsy and we had:
but more importantly:
We had a two week overlap with our old property and time was running out so we moved some of the masses of stuff we have into the living room.....
Obviously this was the start of something epic....!
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