Author: rose

The washer and dryer have gone, and the wall of the bathroom.

With concrete set, and scored, construction of the wall to my new office gets underway.      

Gareth and the boys gave me this Breville Smart Oven Air for my birthday, and it’s working really well.  Obviously, I had to make a cheesecake

I bought this one-ring cooktop from Costco to allow us to eat during the construction, and to test out how I get on with induction as

With the chimney finally gone, the temporary supports can be taken down.  The dining room-kitchen is reorganised again, and the new washer and dryer installed where

The basement has been cleared, and everything stowed in the gym or the storage area at the end.  Once the frame has been erected, the boiler

As the concrete truck was leaving, it accidentally dragged the Verizon cable off the house.  No Internet means no working from home, no TV, no video

Chris from the AV Guys has brought us a couple of webcams that work with the rest of our Control4 system.  We’ve attached one to the

The concrete truck has arrived, and the prepared trenches are filled.      Note the two back cables in the featured image above – and read

Several days of relentless rain, but work carries on!

Working with a shovel and a mechanical digger, the footings appear quite quickly – and immediately collect the rain.    

The bedroom floor is gradually disappearing, and you can now see down into the kitchen:   How’s this for convenient access between kitchen and bedroom work