Blog Post 21: Barn Conversion - First Two Weeks Of Occupation

August 2023 - Living here has given me more time to press on with the outstanding tasks … I’ve done a spot of ‘feature wall’ painting in the bedrooms …

A grey for the guest bedroom feature wall …

… and perhaps more controversially … a nearly (?) black for the main bedroom feature wall :-)

I am really going to miss good ole’ Wilko for inexpensive, yet good quality, paint :-)

Now that most of the contractors have finished, Alan Dawson: Adaptahaus was able to come back to do the ‘finishing bits and pieces’ to the stairs … the edging needed to go on the 1/2 landing and the railing at the top of the landing needed to be installed (I’d not wanted these tasks done before now to minimise the risk of contractor damage).

I can throughly recommend Alan Dawson: Adaptahaus for any architectural metal work. Alan is a problem solver; he listened to what I wanted, he considered how that could be achieved, then he created something that fitted the bill whilst meeting Building Regs.

The protective boards are still on the treads and the plank you can see in the middle of the 1/2 landing is, just for a short while, pushing out, shaping, the edging as it turns out the wall is not entirely straight.

I’ve done some sorting out in the living room because I wanted some kind of comfortable space to retire to at the end of the day …

I eventually got to take the plastic wrapping off the Eames chair and sofas …

… and to unfurl the rug … I know there is still a stack of other furniture that needs to be bought but that can wait for a wee while until my finances recover.

I asked the chaps at Tree On The Hill (bespoke timber and furniture), who supplied the timber for the treads and half landing of my stairs, to make me a kitchen table - the table has now been delivered.

Steven and Huw had to bring the table in via the living room patio doors and they had to take one of the internal doors off to get the table into the kitchen but it is exactly as I had hoped.

Ash top for kitchen table.

Setting it for two makes it a bit less Billy :-)

Stocking up for winter, chopping, well, sawing, kindling for the stove … I’ll admit that doing it in flip-flops on the cobbled courtyard is perhaps not the most sensible approach but I wanted it done so I could get on to something else :-)

I need to take some decisions about hardscape design at the rear of the property … flagstone? paving stone? I guess it’s not an immediate priority.