Our Edinburgh Tenement Project
Here’s a little story from two nights ago. Jennie got home at eight with some easy stir fry, and a good plan to have a quick dinner before retrieving our bed and a few bits of furniture to put in our newly finished bedroom. All was going well, everything cleaned up and with little felt feet…
I know, it’s not even really a pun. I can’t help it. We’ve got our bedroom back! It’s been eleven weeks exactly of sleeping on our mattress in the living room. Moving a big comfy mattress to and from the floor every day isn’t exactly hardship, but it does get a little wearing after a…
There’s a point, and I’ve about to hit it with our bedroom, when nearly all the prep is done, and it suddenly feels like everything’s coming together. Finishes like skim plaster or lining paper definitely help get you there, but in here what’s really done it is putting the trim on. I’ve kept it all…
Our floorboards are all tongue and groove, which is great for reducing noise and draughts. Over the years though, boards have been lifted, which means cut or broken tongues. You can feel a bit of a breeze blowing through those gaps, and on windy winter days (plenty of those in Edinburgh!) it’s very noticeable. I…
I’ve been very lax about blogging this room… I’ve been working on it for a couple of months now, but a simple thing like picture uploads not working from my phone can so easily stop me from blogging at all. That’s sorted now, so here’s a catch up post. The big alcove is an odd…
So, long overdue an update etc. Fuller post coming soon as I have some time off to work on the bedroom this week. In the meantime… I feel like there’s a little pressure here. He keeps wandering to and fro on our windowsill checking up on me!