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Repurposed and upcycled!
Many years ago (maybe in the 1950’s) a cupboard was made underneath the stone stairs that lead up to the gallery. Some old school desks (possibly from the Christ Church School next door) were carefully taken apart to construct the cupboard. This beautiful old wood has been repurposed for the second time in its life, as we have used some…
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Image of the Week #7
The stairs in the base of the Tower, which lead up to the Gallery in the Nave. It has stone steps cantilevered out of the wall, with metal spindles and hand rail. This inspired us in the design of our new staircase.
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A variety of jobs…
An overview of what we’ve been working on over the last few weeks… Choosing paint colours for the stairs. We both thought blue, but there are so many… While thinking colours, we’re planning which colour to do up on the landing. My current thinking is warm and rich, to welcome you as you go to bed, in contrast to the…
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Staircase
Yesterday was one of those good days when big things happen and the house build seems to take a leap forward. The staircase, made by Craig, was installed. It was an incredibly complicated staircase to make due to the height and turns that it had to make. There was more head scratching yesterday getting it to fit in some tight…
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Stairs under construction…
After much thought, debate, head scratching and measuring, our staircase is currently being made! We decided on metal with thick oak treads. This allows us to easily cantilever off a central steel post and is less intrusive, especially with the use of parallel side bars instead of a solid side plate. We drew inspiration from the existing gallery stair case…
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9 Years!
Nine years ago today we became the proud owners of this fabulous Victorian church. It’s been an amazing journey so far. We have learned so much, not only about restoration, building and the building’s heritage but learned a lot about ourselves. This project has become our life and what a fascinating one it is! We’re not tired of it yet,…
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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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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…
