Jan's Rustic Life

Jan's Rustic Life

Tag: renovating

  • Spring Is In The Air

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    Well I never, it’s been a long time since I last posted. Sanremo, our challenge that is, went well, then badly. I was winning, then second, then, last! My team didn’t high five enough or do the point earning things! I’ve been spinning in the sun. The weather has really perked up and we have…

  • A Week Of Snuggly Cosiness!

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    When you feel so cold, so very cold, nothing lights your day! You can’t imagine what it’s like to be warm or what it’s like to feel the sun in summer. It really is a low, low feeling. We have had our wood delivered and I have to confess that I decided to embark on…

  • Christmas Spirit And New Ceiling

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    I haven’t posted for such a long time. I am the type of person who can’t settle if I know that someone is coming, whether to visit or do some work. I can’t just carry on as normal, I’ve tried but I get very twitchy, if you know what I mean. Now you know that…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Internet Saga

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    No post yesterday. The internet connection’s been a bit sporadic and extremely slow. I’ll write a bit about it. Living on the top of a mountain, 705 metres above sea level but also surrounded by mountains, getting the internet can be a bit tricky. I must have tried everything over the years. Broadband doesn’t get…

  • 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…