30 June 2012
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For the past couple of days, I have been mainly ikeaing; assembling the last bits of the order that came last weekend, going on a hunter-gatherer mission to Milton Keynes to pick up more and then back to assembly this … Continue reading
12 June 2012
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Our kitchen project is rolling forward. The ceiling and walls are now painted, everything has been taken out of the room (including the kitchen sink) and we are ready for the flooring guys to come in tomorrow. First they will … Continue reading
6 June 2012
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When we had the kitchen ceiling re-plastered in May, the builder left an almost complete bag of plaster behind. He left it outside but we spotted it and pulled it in before it got wet and, over the past couple … Continue reading
4 June 2012
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We are gradually making progress on our kitchen renovation project. Today we made the important step of deciding what colour to paint the walls. We have opted for a shade that Homebase call “Pebble”, roughly the same as the background … Continue reading
10 December 2011
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DIY tasks would be so much easier if they came with an undo button, letting you instantly revert at least to the point of things not working quite right rather than being in pieces on the floor. Finishing off fitting the … Continue reading
19 December 2010
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I was up in the loft yesterday and added a new feature that lets us monitor if we left the light on. I managed to create it in less than a second (unlike the insulation and boarding project, which is … Continue reading
1 October 2010
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I have not been doing so well with keeping up on my favourite photo meme this year. It is already the start of October and this one, from June, is the next in the sequence. It was hard to pick … Continue reading
19 June 2010
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You can see the completed compost bin on Flickr along with notes on the different stages.
18 June 2010
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I went back last night and finished my compost bin. As planned, the first job was nailing battens to reduce the gaps between planks and the earplugs were a boon. However, on assembling the pieces I realised that the nails … Continue reading
17 June 2010
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I am building a compost bin out of discarded pallets for our new place. However the particular pallets we found for this job had wide gaps between each slat, which isn’t ideal for the job of holding compost in. I … Continue reading