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Molded arches
The tins of Yellow Drab and Indian Yellow, from Fired Earth have been cracked open… aaahhhh! Inspired by the yellows in the stained glass in the windows of the west end of the church (in what will be our bedroom), they have been used on the molded arches above each window. Extremely fiddly to paint, very tense! The wall has…
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Room 2 finished!
The second bedroom is now finished. The walls have been painted in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Shaded White’ and the woodwork in Little Greene’s ‘Lead Colour’. The doors were ebay salvage, as were the bakelite door handles. This will become Fred and Victor’s room, though at the moment its too unsafe up there for them to use it. We are slowly…
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Door finds its home.
The house ‘end’ of the church is becoming more defined as the partition wall has become plaster boarded. Its great to see the details within the wall, such as the window and door reveals, emerging. The door that we got from a salvage yard a couple of years ago has constantly been in the way, so its a relief for…
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Wreck of the Week
We’ve just been featured on a restoration website ‘Wreck of the Week’. Take a look at http://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/p/project-church.html
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The Living Room progresses.
Focus has shifted downstairs, now that Owen has settled into his room and the upstairs floor cleared to be filled with tower scaffolds for lime plastering. We had a festive ‘Partition Wall Erecting Party’ when Darren, Chris, Steve and Tim very kindly gave up a day (and a long one at that) of their Christmas holiday to create the main…
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A little bit finished!
Finally we have a finished room! Its all very exciting, especially for Owen who has vacated ‘The Hut’ and moved in! It took a while to do all the finishing touches like skirting boards, hanging and painting doors, but its all been worth it as we’re really pleased with the finished result. Its wonderful to see all our ideas come…
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A busy summer…
The last pieces of the giant jigsaw puzzle of the downstairs floor have been completed by Karl relaying the Minton encaustic tiles. They originally surrounded the Font. We have compacted the original design to fill in the gap in the centre and kept to laying the tiles diagonally. We are thrilled with the results and it makes an interesting feature…
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The return of the floor
This week and last, a work of art has been taking shape with the return of the original flooring in the ‘house’ end of the church. We lifted it some time ago to install underfloor heating. We have redesigned the flooring from its original position. It was a patchwork of yellow tiles and flagstones. Now all the yellow tiles are…
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House taking shape…
Work continues on the house. Boys bedrooms have just been plastered. Got professionals in and they did an excellent job. Can start thinking about paint colours. Exciting! Karl conducted heating trials over Christmas, after connecting the underfloor heating to the boiler by installing the manifold. It works! What a relief. Lovely to hear the boiler working away, that alone makes…
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It’s been a quiet few months here at Christ Church. Karl has been working on the roof of the boys bedrooms, insulating and putting down boards. This will then have a rubber flooring and become an attic/play area. My days fly by with caring for the boys. Victor is doing very well and he is an absolute delight. Maternity leave…
