Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged railway carriage house, insulation, lurcher puppies on July 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Though we’ve been held up by an evasive plumber, the builders have still been very busy. Ceiling insulation has been going in between the pine plank rafters, and a new window frame has been made for the front end of the house. Roofers have been replacing the remaining part of the roof, retaining the graceful [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged eco-building, solar design, porch, larder, conservatory on July 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Apologies for the long absence. Combination of frustration about the WordPress picture upload problems (fingers crossed that is now sorted as there are some great photos) and 10 days in remote, heavenly Applecross (www.applecross.uk.com) in north west Scotland.
Anyway, there is much to report.
Around the front door, the foundations for the porch have been laid.
Part glass [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged conservatories, domestic life, eco-building, greener living, world of interiors on June 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
We also have a roof!
Well, a roof of sorts - which is just as well given the amount of rain that has fallen, on and off, over the past couple of weeks. And of course, there is nothing like tangible boundaries to give one a real sense of how the space will be to live [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged eco-building, eco-home, greener living, salvage, solar power on May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We have walls!
Travelled down by train the other day to check on progress and was delighted to find the new kitchen surrounded by rough plywood walls on three sides, with gaps where the windows and doors are to go and a rafter or two overhead to give an idea of the roof height. It looked [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged railway carriage house, eco-building, dream home, Add new tag, seaside house, shed on May 18, 2008 | 10 Comments »
He came, he saw, he concreted….. The wonderfully-named William the Concreter has done his worst, and the scree bed outlining the extension to our railway carriage house is now covered with a beautiful cement slab. (I think officially the quote refers to Julius Caesar, but couldn’t resist it - sorry… 
Sticky in the [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged 3BT, Barbara Kingsolver, Blogs, earth-and-tree, liiviantalossa, monkeyandsofia, three beautiful things, yarnstorm on May 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m relatively new to Blogging, and am learning a lot from the kind people who have found my site through other websites and blogs and have left comments and directions to other places. Last week I was tagged by Gillie whose Blog at http://www.skybluepink.typepad.com is full of lovely things to cook and make, warmly and [...]
Posted in 1, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged eco-building railway carriage house eco house on May 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well, work is certainly underway! From the front garden the house entrance still looks more or less the same, framed in a haze of apple blossom and surrounded by bluebells.
But venture in through the front door, and you soon see daylight up ahead.
The top two train compartments on the left hand side have been carefully [...]
Posted in 1, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged building work, domestic life, eco-building on April 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
An entire month since the last entry…. This Blog business is no lark, particularly when you’retrying to finish a book. (Something called ‘The Wonderful Weekend Book: Reclaiming Life’s Simple Pleasures’ which John Murray are publishing in October. The deadline is tomorrow morning and the manuscript, re-read so many times I’m bored silly by it, is [...]
Posted in eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged dream home, eco-building, railway carriage house on March 6, 2008 | 15 Comments »
OFF THE RAILS
11 MARCH 2008
We’ve become accustomed to the comments, over the years. “Oh look! An old railway carriage! Anyone on board?” And once, a four year old, responding to his mother’s enthusiasm with total disdain: “But Mummy, why would anyone want to live in a broken down old train?” There have been [...]
