I know, we’re March already, so technically fire-February has passed. Since I missed some weeks, I’ll just have it continue into March. Up for today: how to keep your fireplace working perfectly. Day-to-day actions Some things you just have to do every day (or every couple of days) if you plan on having a fire …
After last post we’re sitting on a pile of wood, ready to set a bonfire (or a pyre if you’d like). Or just warm the house. But how do you do that? The classical way If you ask 10 people to start a fire, 9 of them will tell you the following method: Pick up …
I don’t know about where you live, but over here we’ve had an exceptional warm winter. So far we’ve had one week or so where temperatures dropped below freezing, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t made good use of our fireplace. That’s why for the month of February, all news will revolve around fire, one …
‘T Is the season again. The season for best wishes and thinking about the coming year. The moment we think about resolutions. It was also this period we first took a look at the pile of bricks we now lovingly call our home. I can’t believe it has been four years since that happened already. …
The outer wall of our kitchen still needed to be finished. There was this big support for the beam holding up the roof, placed after that beam got a piece welded on. Sadly there was nothing we could do about it until window guy returned to finish the window casings before we could dive into …
So far we’ve dealt with three contractors for a substantial amount of money. Out of those three, there’s only one that has delivered as promised: the one that built our fireplace. The other two were the windows guy we’ve talked about last week, and roof guy. Somehow I believed window guy when he claimed that …
It seems like ages ago that we had our windows replaced by new ones. The photos learn me that all of that fun happened summer of 2013, July to be exact. While the windows themselves had been replaced, nothing had been finished: on the interior all rolling shutters still needed to be finished (if working …
Greased lightning! We’re keeping in the electric theme. Pendant lights are going up, but before that, I still needed to add a finishing touch to the ceiling. Ceiling medallions Long ago we’d already decided that our ceilings needed medallions where the pendants were coming, in line with the spirit of the house. Since our crown …
Okay, first the easy part… Outlets all over the world Most part of the world knows and has access to electricity (more or less). Not all electricity is equal though. Mostly due to historical reasons some parts of the world work on 110 Volt, others on 220 Volt. All electricity coming out of an outlet …
I have a confession to make: this post happened in two different episodes. There’s one that happened in between the floor and the fireplace installation and one that happened after the wallpaper. It seems more natural to tell it all in one go though, so I’m sure it will all make sense once you’ve read …