Renovations - Part Seven

It has been another busy few weeks on site and finally I feel like things are starting to acutally be built and repaired rather than being knocked down or stripped back. I was in Scotland all of last week so wasn't able to keep track of things as much. When I visited the site yesterday though it seemed like loads had happened!

The sandstone window sill was a complete mess, really erroded and mis-shapen. So the stone mason has been busy fixing it up, as well as the cadbury stone.

The Cadbury foundation stone had been painted white once upon a time so I think it was tricky to strip that back without damaging the lettering too much.

It looks totally unrecogniseable now!

The brick work that was damaged with damp and removed has now mostly been replaced and looks great.

The mock Tudor panelling has also been stripped back and the rotten wood replaced.

Around at the back of the original house all the old extensions have now been removed. This is the view from the back window when I last showed you it.

Now it looks like this....with the flat roof gone and most of the wing taken down. All the best bricks were saved too to rebuild the gable ends and build the courtyard walls.

And this is the view from the back garden looking towards the old original building.

And now it looks like this!

So if your walking past things might look a little more patchy from the front, but the boards are getting cut for the infill between the black panels and the windows also need sorted out too.

In the shop this week we have just received a delivery of the really gorgeous range of summer fabric from Riley Blake called Seaside. Its available to buy in 4 different fat quarter bundles or by the half meter.

There are also still 2 days left of the 15% off special offer on all Oliver + S childrens sewing patterns, no code required - just visit the page and you'll see the discount there!