Jan's Rustic Life

Jan's Rustic Life

Category: Renovating

  • Decorate Your Home For Christmas And Create A Warm Festive Atmosphere

    Decorate Your Home For Christmas And Create A Warm Festive Atmosphere

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    Are you ready to create a warm and cosy atmosphere in your home for the holiday season and transform your space into an atmospheric Christmas wonderland? I have been working hard with my operation Cosy Christmas, which is now underway. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and get creative! In this blog post, I’ll give…

  • A Whole Week Has Gone By

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    I can’t believe that a whole week has gone by since my last post. I have been waiting for the ceiling guy to come and finish off my ceilings and I also managed to fit in a trip to a shopping mall near Florence, the Gigli! The Gigli was adorned with all things sparkling and…

  • Windows In, Warmer For Winter

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    What a busy time. I spend Sunday covering my ceiling panels with plastic sheeting to follow good building practise. This will prevent any condensation forming between the insulating panels. My windows guy, let me down but as the plastic was going on, we’d have got in each other’s way. I was with my friend the…

  • They’re Finished!

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    At last the panels are finished! My insulation panels are now all in place on the ceiling of my bedroom and also that of my son. It’s taken around three weeks and I’m exhausted but they’re done! Every individual piece had to be measured and cut to size. The next stage is attaching pvc to…

  • Happy Halloween

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    Halloween isn’t generally a big festival here. It’s growing in popularity with younger people, and there seem to be parties about locally, well in the nearest town. Just a few years ago it was very difficult to find any special local event other than kids dressing up and trick or treating. The more traditionally celebrated…

  • A Day Of Everything

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    A day of everything sounds quite exciting doesn’t it? Actually thinking about it, it hasn’t been a day of everything. I didn’t manage to paint. No, I thought I’d managed everything today! I was a bit organised last night. I realised that often some of my work comes in early and is there on a…

  • End Of The Week – Hurrah

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    In spite of working from home, every day of the week, I still get that Friday feeling. It, as you may know, is pizza night in my house which is a well loved family tradition. The problem was though, today we had no pizza. I had to take a break from work at lunch time…

  • A Surprisingly Productive Day

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    My normal start to the day with nothing particularly different. I made a lovely rustic bean, lentil and potato soup for lunch which went down very well with some tasty grainy bread. I got a message from my architect friend who said that she had a sample of the paint colour I’ve been considering and…

  • Choosing Colours

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    I don’t know why it’s so hard to choose a colour for my new windows. I received a message today from my friend, an architect who’s co-ordinating the production of my new windows. We’d spoken about a blue grey which is quite a traditional colour. The carpenter said that varnish would cost more but I’d…

  • It’s Sunday Again!

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    Today began with me waking with a start. I slept well, mainly due to my working on the ceiling panels which absolutely knocked me out. It made me realise that I’m not as fit as I should be! I never set my alarm at the weekend. I believe that I should wake up naturally so…