Pointing the chimneys

The guys from Grate Expectations came to clean the bricks and point the fireplaces and also put in the limestone mantles today. Chimneys are coming along nicely, waiting for delivery of the woodburners which will only be March.

Cupboards in the outhouse

Put some cupboards up in the outhouse. We got them from Lu's family friends and they will give us some extra storage space. Not particularly interesting but I'm learning a lot in the process.

Kitchen floor

Finally got the vinyl flooring down in the kitchen! It was a hell of a lot easier than the bathroom, no toilets or basins to circumvent. Had to drill into the floor to lay a floor join cover strip between the kitchen and bathroom, which worked out quite well so I am happy.

Also moved some boxes into the house and some of our wedding gifts are going out onto the counters and shelves. We'll finally be in next weekend!

Kitchen window blind

Maz has very kindly made us a window blind to add some colour to the kitchen. Cath Kidson for those who are wondering :)

Bathroom floor and bath siding

The quick fix vinyl flooring in the bathroom almost got the best of us (tricky to fit and cut!) but I finally got it finished today.

Paul and I also fitted a new, white siding to the bath, much better than the black and lightens up the room even more, along with the new floor.

Extending the kitchen counter

We have decided to move the tall fridge into the outside room and install a smaller under-counter fridge in the kitchen (thanks for the great idea Maz!). This has given us a lot more room for appliances and food preparation space.

Not much left to do in the kitchen before we moved in, woohoo, getting there now!

Bedroom fireplace

We had the handyman come round today to help us install the decorative fireplace (we won't use it) in our bedroom. He made pretty quick work of it with a kango drill and I even capped an electrical outlet all on my own and survived!

The room is pretty much ready to crack on and decorate now.