Our old house
Yesterday we moved house. After nine very happy years, one wedding (ours!), two children (ours!), countless parties, celebrations and hangovers it is time for a new family to live here – we hope you will be as happy as we have. Over the years we changed, remodelled and decorated every part of Lancaster Towers, I love what we did and whilst I’m excited about a new project and blank canvas to start again with it has been a great home to us, let me show you round … this is where we were:
Welcome to Lancaster Towers, the first thing we did was laid wooden floor throughout the ground floor, on the diagonal something a bit different. Through the living room into the dining conservatory and out into our courtyard garden, all our plants are now flowering and they’ve come with us to the new place but never have I had to do any jobs in the garden at the weekend. Those days are over, but boy there were good!
At the front of the house is the twenty-thousand swear word kitchen, whilst the process of getting this kitchen was, well utter nightmare doesn’t come close, my goodness its good, like really, really good. Whilst small all the modern storage solutions and systems made the most of every centimeter, we moved the washing machine upstairs to make more room, oh and I had a kettle tap, instant boiling water – LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! What do you think?
Upstairs we go to the first floor, note the stair lights on every other step – bargain – £75 on eBay and Mr L fitted them. Here’s the children’s bathroom, we did this at the same time as the kitchen, a mistake in hindsight. The big orange hammock is a toy hammock from Ikea I use it for bath toys, I’ve left it for the new owners as it goes with the bathroom. Its about 99p but I am definitely getting another one. Underfloor heating also cleared up children’s bath time splashes quickly, also on the must have list for the the place.
Then Lil H and Baby G’s bedrooms – can you guess which is which?!
Up to the second floor and this is where the magic happens *snort* well we collapse in a heap of tiredness, watch telly, surf the Internet, plan holidays, stress about things big and small – you know the usual. The en-suite is probably about 7 years old, but I still love its natural theme and the pebble border remains one of my favourite things in the house.
So there you have it a through the keyhole look at our before house – where we were – what we did. The move went smooth, right back to 1961 with some 1984 highlights, a big garden to keep us busy and now, now I’m off to choose paint. The plan is to get H and G’s bedrooms painted and the playroom set up and then move them in. So far so good – so what do you think? Let me know your thoughts, what should I do again do differently? Cx
Category: Home Building | Tags: home building, our old house, real home, Through the key hole 6 comments »
July 26th, 2011 at 9:50 am
You know I am a DIY / home makeover tart so this is quite exciting for me!
Your old home is beautiful. I can’t say there is anything about it which I’d not love in my own home to be honest (kettle tap – seriously?) . I have a real thing for white so do a white house now, I dare you
Whatever you do differently now will be based on how much you and the family have changed in the past 9 years and I’m sure however you do design everything will be, well, spanking gorgeous!
July 26th, 2011 at 10:13 am
Oh wow what a beautiful house, bet you were sad to say goodbye. You have great taste! I know who I’m coming to when I want some decorating/design tips. Love love love the way you did your kitchen! You would give a few interior designers we see on tv a run for their money! I cannot wait to see pics of the new house. Wishing you all the very best for the future in your new home, love buzz and me. X
July 27th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Hi Clare
You had a lovely home, I bet you were sad to leave but I’m sure your new home will be just as amazing.
I love love love love the instant hot water tap too. We renovated our current home and that was one thing we had to have in the kitchen. I love it sooo much I had to blog about it!!
I look forward to reading more of your posts.
I managed to obtain a number of contacts for various things related to house building, and I live in the Cheshire area, so if you need anything just let me know.
Bx
July 27th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Yay another boiling water tap convert! Will check out your post & DEFINITELY take you up on the offer of contacts & hope you’ll share the benefit of your experience. Thanks for reading & saying hi! Cx
July 31st, 2011 at 11:57 pm
Welcome to the world of 1960′s and 1980′s decor! We’ve been slowly bringing our house into the new millenium! Looking forward to seeing before and after pics of the new house!
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