Not the easiest time to be building a house....

So a few further delays but progress is being made!

All the plastering is done, and beautifully smooth. Much has had a mist coat (thanks Ron!) and the rooms look more and more like themselves.

This weekend has mostly been the underfloor heating boards and pipes going in upstairs, which means the cork flooring can go down next week, hopefully!

The roof is done, and the cladding has only a tiny bit to be done above the oriel window - apparently should be done tomorrow. (More fingers crossed!)

Our pantry has shelves in it!

Everyone is finding the delays pretty trying, including poor Dai our lovely builder - trying to navigate cancellatoins and delays from various sub-contratcors (most of whom are themselves trying to do their best across multiple projects).

So we decided to have a weekend of making! We’ve been thinking about the lights in the hall and landing, wanting to use lots of bike bits we have, so I found some wire adjustable frames and Clare has attached loads of cogs with twists of wire. Amazing shadows!

Lovely cousin Pete has passed on some old industrial lampshades too, one of which was a little battered so we’ve Hammerited them better :-)

We’ve also got hold of two second hand director’s chairs - the wood is ok, the bolts a little rusty and the fabric knackered. So we’ve taken them apart and I’ve sewn new fabric for them - one is complete!