by admin | Jul 19, 2014 | My Diary
We went to Wickes today to sort out the kitchen. My goodness, what an expensive proposition that is! We have been umming and aahing for weeks over what the layout should be, all rotating around a walk-in corner larder unit. The layout was finalised today. We will be...
by admin | Jul 8, 2014 | My Diary
At half past four this afternoon, a builder pal of DP’s and his four labouring lads piled into the house. They hoisted the lintel up into place in a trice. At one point one of the lads, a skinny youngster, looked no more than 17, had the entire weight of the lintel,...
by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | My Diary
I am covered in filth! Brick dust in my hair and clothes, I’m sweaty, I have cobwebs and plaster and those weed things that stick to you everywhere. This is what the kitchen and extension look like now. You can see the acrow props holding up the roof, and right...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 23, 2014 | My Diary
Look, Look!!! No door and no window! Can you see? DP took them out today. So exciting. He is working out how to fit the lintel and this is the first stage of doing it. The mess, of course, is horrendous, but temporary. It feels like it is all really happening now....
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 12, 2014 | My Diary
This bad boy was delivered yesterday…. Our lintel, woohoo. It had to be moved from the front of the house, round to the back where it is now. Did he have any hefty fellas for that? No! Muggins here was told to ‘get on the end of that’. Do your DIY chaps do that to...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 25, 2014 | My Diary
Oops, thought I had posted this last night! We’ve got a skip outside at the moment, and today we have been busy tipping stuff into it. From early this morning DP and myself have been shovelling spoil from the foundations etc into a wheelbarrow and pushing it round the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 19, 2014 | My Diary
Got on really well with the quilt today. I planned to lay it out on the kitchen floor where there is just enough room so I could stick the layers together with temporary sticking spray. I got it all ready, cleared everything out of the way, swept and washed it and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Was intending to make plain scones today, but ended up adding rosemary and cayenne, plus some oats. It worked very well. They had a lovely flavour from the rosemary, and a bit of a kick from the cayenne. The oats gave them quite a different texture, more short than...
