Shhh... I'm sneaking up on some of my first guests to get a shot of the finished house before it's really ready. Rough around the edges is probably the best way to describe where we are now. There's still a fair bit of raw skirting boards and taped up edges around, not to mention the two major jobs that need to be done on the roof terrace and the downstairs garden.
Despite still being in some disarray, the first 12 days in the house have been and gone, we've painted some more, hung some things, talked endlessly about the sofa layout and had an antique wardrobe arrive in an old palette that stank of fish which then nearly broke both Robbie and our lovely new neighbours' backs when we tried to get it up the stairs.
I will do a post on buying antique real wood furniture for far cheaper than MDF later on - the downside is that it's some heavy sh*t.
The little house has come alive from being lived in and to embrace a cliché it feels like home in a way that nowhere has before. As I keep telling family and friends; our sweat and blood has literally sunk into these floorboards.
The bedroom is slowly being assembled. The new wardrobe compliments an old chest of drawers and the floor perfectly. I got it from Ebay for £110 (similar here) to replace an MDF piece of rubbish that I panic-bought last year for £250 that died in the move. Antique wood pieces are always cheaper than new MDF and if you look after them, will look after you forever. Ebay can be a hassle but is worth it for things like this.
God I love these floors. Robbie did such a good job on filling the gaps that the upstairs retains all of its heat and they are smooth to walk on. So nice to have kept some of the original parts of the house and have them used anew. I wonder when these were last trodden on by human feet. It could have been back in 1890 when the house is dated to - it certainly looked like it when we uncovered them.
Each morning, we wake up and open the terrace door to the South which lets in the breeze and sprinkles a little extra sun down our stairs. A cup of coffee on the roof is such a lovely way to start the day.
We are using the spare room as a study and general work space. The view onto the terrace is gorgeous and the grape vine keeps it private too.
Merlin, our house owl and a gift from my grandmother 'to watch over' us is fiercely guarding the stairs.
#Happy
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