Show us yer house and house-related meddlings

[mauvais]

I haven't posted owt for ages, but we have done some stuff this year, particularly half a new roof:



The front half was left alone, it's a mere 40 years old or so compared to the rear which was allegedly original - 110 years or so:



We think when they re-did the front, they moved the best rosemary tiles to the rear.

It's got nothing on kabbes' one though

Front upstairs windows next.

 

[catinthehat]

Made a lampshade. Found some good knobs to go on something. Mate made insecty coasters for me.

 

[equationgirl]

Like that fabric catinthehat, and those coasters will scare the bejesus out of people. A fabulous collection of lovely things.

 

[not-bono-ever]

New velvet sofa as everyone was bleating about the 20+ year old Heals one and refusing to sit on it. It already looks well used even though it’s only 3 hours since delivery


Now I have to get onto the british heart foundation to collect the old beast

 

[mauvais]

Today's job has been to sand down and re-oil the patio furniture. Did the table last year, chairs need doing now. Managed two of them.

You can't really see here why they needed it as the one below is in better nick, but - before, during, after:



Also pressure washed the patio again the week before, so that's looking good.





Quite pleased with myself really for keeping the garden ticking along for over a year, even improved on it in parts.

 

[danski]

Made a lampshade. Found some good knobs to go on something. Mate made insecty coasters for me.

Love those coasters.

 

[danski]

Moved in just over a month ago.
Waiting for surveyor to look at a few bits before starting some bigger projects but in the meantime knocked up a quick work bench. Nice to have a base.

 

[scifisam]

I bought a counterpane. Not fashionable, but the good thing about being single is that nobody else has to approve. It's way, way lighter than a duvet and fits in the washing machine. William Morris design.

 

[Plumdaff]

I think it's absolutely lovely scifisam. What a gorgeous rich red.

 

[scifisam]

I think it's absolutely lovely scifisam. What a gorgeous rich red.

I hunted and hunted for ages. Fell in love the moment I saw it. Spent too much on it. Bought it while waiting for someone at London Pride and carried it around all day. Worth it.

Yes, I fell in love at Pride... with a counterpane

 

[equationgirl]

That's beautiful scifisam and your bed looks amazing. I hope you enjoy that room, it looks fantastic.

 

[scifisam]

That's beautiful scifisam and your bed looks amazing. I hope you enjoy that room, it looks fantastic.

The painting is by a former student of mine.

 

[kabbes]

View attachment 179749 View attachment 179750 I bought a counterpane. Not fashionable, but the good thing about being single is that nobody else has to approve. It's way, way lighter than a duvet and fits in the washing machine. William Morris design.

Love it.

(PS the design is called “the strawberry thief”. We very very nearly chose it for our dining room curtains!)

 

[Cloo]

Only 14 months after we bought this awesome high-def photo of a wrecked boat and just a bit less than that since the hallway was repainted, we've finally hung it

 

[Manter]

View attachment 179749 View attachment 179750 I bought a counterpane. Not fashionable, but the good thing about being single is that nobody else has to approve. It's way, way lighter than a duvet and fits in the washing machine. William Morris design.

That’s beautiful

 

[Manter]

Only 14 months after we bought this awesome high-def photo of a wrecked boat and just a bit less than that since the hallway was repainted, we've finally hung it View attachment 183436

We have two of those above the bed! One is a wreck in hull and one a wreck in a London, and they go on the respective sides will take a photo in a bit

 

[Manter]

I have a new sign to go up in the bathroom

It gets really steamy even with an extractor fan and window, so I can’t put proper pics up, but it needs something to stop it looking like a hotel

 

[Cloo]

We have two of those above the bed! One is a wreck in hull and one a wreck in a London, and they go on the respective sides will take a photo in a bit

Did you buy them from a bloke in Whitstable?

 

[Manter]

Did you buy them from a bloke in Whitstable?

The street art fair in Brixton it he was from there and has a flat here

 

[Manter]

Cloo

 

[Cloo]

Cloo

Nice. Think this is a different person as I don't think he signed any of his ones.

 

[Gaia]

A lot of victorian mantlepiece had a mirror over too. A quick Google brings up the question on a website called old house Web, which says it was to reflect light from candles and gaslights back into the room to make it brighter.

Hate to nitpick, but 100 years old, it's not Victorian, it's Edwardian. It's the same vintage as my parents' house (which was built just after WWI). The doors are almost identical, the panels are a slightly different length (these are longer).

 

[Gaia]

Nope *sound of buzzer* that one is.. false!
Quite good article here on it, its not only false but doesn't make any sense in the context of what is really not a prudish religion at all despite the dress codes.
FACT CHECK: Do Orthodox Jews Have Marital Relations Through a Hole in a Sheet?

Unless you're Charedi. Charedi Judaism is just about the most batshit 'mainstream' religion there is - it makes Moronism Mormonism look (almost) sane. I bet Charedis have, er, relations through a sheet.

I seem to recall a group of Charedis who almost died because they were going to go for a swim in the Thames, because they couldn't read the warning signs because they were obviously in English (and Charedi Judaism forbids the learning of any 'outside' language, so all kids are raised speaking and writing only Hebrew). In ultra strict Charedi communities, men and women aren't allowed to sit together (remember there was a group of Charedis that refused to board a plane because it would have meant the men having to sit next to women?). There's a Charedi community in Shepherd's Bush, I think. It's all very cloistered and closeted and fucking weird.

 

[Gaia]

Bathroom's painted, or nearly anyway.

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And then, more controversially, there's the lounge...

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I like that green, but it's very dark to use on the entire room - I'm not sure I'd be able to live with it. I will make the room seem very dark in the winter.

 

[Gaia]

Also just gone green in the hall...

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Really love that green. It reminds me of the colour I wanted my room painted (Dulux 'Kiwi Burst 2') (but mother decided it should be yellow I don't like yellow).

 

[equationgirl]

Hate to nitpick, but 100 years old, it's not Victorian, it's Edwardian. It's the same vintage as my parents' house (which was built just after WWI). The doors are almost identical, the panels are a slightly different length (these are longer).

This is not a thread for nitpicking. I know the difference between edwardian and victorian, thank you.

 

[equationgirl]

Unless you're Charedi. Charedi Judaism is just about the most batshit 'mainstream' religion there is - it makes Moronism Mormonism look (almost) sane. I bet Charedis have, er, relations through a sheet.

I seem to recall a group of Charedis who almost died because they were going to go for a swim in the Thames, because they couldn't read the warning signs because they were obviously in English (and Charedi Judaism forbids the learning of any 'outside' language, so all kids are raised speaking and writing only Hebrew). In ultra strict Charedi communities, men and women aren't allowed to sit together (remember there was a group of Charedis that refused to board a plane because it would have meant the men having to sit next to women?). There's a Charedi community in Shepherd's Bush, I think. It's all very cloistered and closeted and fucking weird.

Whatever your thoughts on Judaism, please keep them off this thread.

 

[moose]

Hate to nitpick

 

[Cloo]

My parents have replaced the windows on their house in Slovakia

 

[equationgirl]

My parents have replaced the windows on their house in Slovakia

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They look great Cloo, looks really nice.