https://dougalshouse.com/2014/09/21/from-stable-to-kitchen/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image27.jpgimageHooks and blackboard up that we made from a gorgeous frame we had, a bit of plywood and lots of coats of blackboard paint.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image26.jpgimageNew kitchen in and a zillion tester pots on the walls. We went for the one to the far left by the window, called Elephant.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image21.jpgDougal kitchenDougal photo bombing in front of the new window and door and we're able to stand on the concrete floor now it's dryhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image20.jpgWindowWindow is in and Dermot us trying to imagine what it would be like when the kitchen is fitted. Weird red stuff for the underfloor heating is about to go down next.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image19.jpgOpen stablesThe old blocked in window at the back is reopenedhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image18.jpgStable buildCobbles and middle diving wall removed and pipes getting laidhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image12.jpgNew lights inThe latest edition was the new lights. I love them!https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image11.jpgJust after the kitchen was fitted...and having FINALLY decided on the wall paint colourhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image10.jpgThe new stable doorsMuch cosier than the old green stable doors!https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image9.jpgThe 'before' shot.The two stables before we started work2018-11-10T19:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2015/07/08/the-patio/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image10.jpgimagehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image9.jpgimageAnother anglehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image8.jpgimageThe finished patio and greenhousehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image7.jpgimageIn goes the greenhouse...https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image6.jpgimagePatio but complete, onto the greenhouse and gravel next...https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image5.jpgimageOur lives changed quite a bit during the project as our first baby wash hangs out...https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image4.jpgimageTaking shape...https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image3.jpgimageThe patio shape is finalised and the lack of soil underneath explains why I wasn't doing well growing anything therehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image2.jpgimageIf it rained we'd have to step outside into a pool of mud beforehand.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image1.jpgimageAnother ugly drain cover. Dermot had also built two veggie patches but we wanted to gravel around them .2015-07-08T12:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2015/06/04/the-nursery/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image10.jpgimageAnd finally, the birdhouse wall lighthttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image9.jpgimageOur fab (and rather massive) cothttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image8.jpgimageThe painted wardrobe and woodland stickershttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image7.jpgimageThe painted wardrobe from Gumtree with tree stickers uphttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image6.jpgimageThe bunting and shelf in more detail with the rabbit and print from Keswickhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image5.jpgimageHere are the drawers painted up with Mum's bunting as well as the rabbit and rabbit print from Keswickhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image4.jpgimageI'd found a wardrobe last summer on Gumtree which I'd painted white and then found drawers in a similar style which Dermot is putting together and painting to match ithttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image3.jpgimageCarpet in and the room as a blank canvashttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image2.jpgimageOn goes the paint....https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image1.jpgimageDividing wall goes up with nursery behind it2015-07-08T11:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2015/03/22/the-stairs/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image13.jpgimageThe view to the back of the househttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image12.jpgimageBottom staircase finishedhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image11.jpgimageSame photo with right wall join replastered, handrails removed or painted, painting done and carpets downhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image10.jpgimageBefore the painting and stair runner with old join on right between the two buildingshttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image9.jpgimageCaroet all ripped out, ready to painthttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image8.jpgimageNice magnolia paint and the old join between the two buildingshttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image7.jpgimageThe top landing with new window seat inhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image6.jpgimageThe grubby old carpet with bare stairs2015-03-22T19:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2015/03/11/utility-room/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image5.jpgimageAn 'after' version of the second photo https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image4.jpgimageDoor and cupboard sorted, complete with handy and totally unplanned baby changing areahttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image3.jpgimageWashing machine, loo and sink all ready to go, just missing a door which is a slight downsidehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image2.jpgimageThe carpet's days are numberedhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image1.jpgimageWider view including the entrance area and showing off our beautiful floorshttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image.jpgimageShower ripped out and wall replastered, ready for us to abandon for months on end and keep a healthy distance away from the room2015-03-22T16:36:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2015/01/05/our-bedroom/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image12.jpgimageFinal pichttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image11.jpgimagehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image10.jpgimageAnd the kind of key part of a bedroom - the bed, complete with woolly wallshttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image9.jpgimageMore bedroom nowhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image8.jpgimageThe bedroom now by the ensuitehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image7.jpgimage...and the shower toohttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image6.jpgimagePre-plastering in the ensuitehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image5.jpgimage...and the same shot nowhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image4.jpgimageThe ensuite box going inhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image3.jpgimageMore building site mess, with the dividing line which showed where the old hallway used to go to.2015-01-05T21:33:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2014/11/22/spare-room/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image6.jpgimageIf we'd had a better camera, you'd be able tell that the weird glow is the prehistoric window that wouldn't shut, with radiator underneath it to ensure we lost any heat we could get into the room when we moved inhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image5.jpgimageMum marbled the table with oil based paint under water based paint, or maybe the other way round.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image4.jpgimageOne Velux window that actually closes now.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image3.jpgimageThe window view now, where the bed used to be in the top photo.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image2.jpgimageWindow shutter project pretty much done apart from a bit more paint neededhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image1.jpgimageThe mouldy crumbling plaster when I opened up the shuttershttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image.jpgimageThe room before we moved in, with never seen before ( and hopefully never to be seen again) colour combo.2014-11-23T21:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2014/09/21/bathroom/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image25.jpgimageThese were our sinks for a good few weeks until the quartz top arrivedhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image24.jpgimageShower just fitted with no screen yet and no door handleshttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image23.jpgOld bedroom sinkWeird sink in the corner if the old bedroom with magnetic soap holder and fetching towel rail. And awful fitted wardrobes. All about to be destroyed to become part of the bathroom...https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image22.jpgimageMore of the gorgeous old bathroom, with crumbling tiles and a loo that could only flush one every 20 minutes.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image17.jpgThe bath's inDougal showing his approval of the bath as it's placed in position https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image16.jpgDermot getting stuck into the paintingI did the glory layer of the final paint!https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image15.jpgStarting to take shapeYou can see the join between the two old rooms in the back. The patch to the right of the join is where the ugly sink was in the spare bedroom. Behind the bath taps was the old sink and bathroom mirror that you can see at the tophttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image14.jpgGetting the new walls upThis bit was a bit of a panic as the bedroom suddenly felt small and the bathroom felt massive. https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image13.jpgThe old bathroom and next door bedroom destroyed!Seriously glad to see the back of all these 70s additions to the househttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image4.jpgFinished bathroomThe only loo I could get even remotely excited about buying.2014-10-18T22:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2014/10/18/the-new-lounge/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image11.jpgimageThe old fireplace having been attacked by Dermothttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image10.jpgimageA better view of the bar, and my top second hand find if an industrial trolleyhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image9.jpgimageThe first drink gets poured at the barhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image8.jpgimageOur lovely toasty warm wood burner, and light fitting that had our electrician cursing for some time but I reckon it was worth ithttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image7.jpgimageOur lovely toasty warm woodburnerhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image6.jpgimageThe brochure angle of the room today. Still lots we want to do but it's feeling much cosier. Mum's been busy making curtains and teaching me to make blindshttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image5.jpgimagehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image4.jpgimageWe had a 'windoor' for a week with the old door still in but the stone work ready for the new windowhttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image3.jpgimageThe dividing wall to the stables had just been removed but it's boarded up until the new kitchen doors and windows are in. The vestibule and weird office door are both being transformed too.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image2.jpgimageThe first day the stables becomes part if the house and we can see what the full space looks like2014-10-18T21:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2014/09/27/a-lick-of-paint-for-the-first-bedroom/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image39.jpgimagehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image34.jpgimageChair from Swoon, and I painted up the oars while we were at our old house using up bits of paint. And the date is our anniversary so it hopefully acts as a reminder of the date.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image33.jpgimageThe same view now. Ignore the dirty windows. I blame my iPhone for it looking darker than before. It doesn't - honest.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image32.jpgimageMy mum made the lovely curtains and blind, which are a big improvement on the orangey flowery numbers. The original wood shutters now work again so it's much warmer and cosier.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image31.jpgimageI love the old French wardrobehttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image30.jpgimageMy bargainous drawers and the wardrobe I found ready painted.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image29.jpgimageThe same view now. Although not a great shot as it just shows how dirty the windows are!https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image28.jpgimageBlue carpet, purple bedding and orange flowery curtains. What more could you want from a room?2014-10-06T20:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/2014/09/27/the-old-dining-room/https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image38.jpgimageDougal ignoring the fact that he's only allowed on the chair with the blanket on ithttps://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image37.jpgimageCoffee table from Greenwich market so many years ago I bet they're no longer there, apothecary chest and light from H&F and wedding shot from the very talented Armands (a-fotografy)https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image36.jpgimageThe same view now. Taken as a panoramic shot with an unsteady hand so it's the photo that's wonky not the room.https://dougalshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image35.jpgimageThe estate agent brochure shot. Don't be fooled by how light and bright it looked. It was seriously dark and dreary!2014-09-27T17:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dougalshouse.com/about/2014-09-21T20:42:17+00:00weekly0.6https://dougalshouse.comdaily1.02018-11-10T19:50:32+00:00