I am lucky enough to own a lot of tools. All of them are dangerous in their own way – but, I have a long […]
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The Story of the Oak Dining Table – Part 2 …
Yep, I know that it has been a while since I did part 1 of this series – but, like a Magpie more shiny things […]
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A story about a new sofa, refurbishing an Alcove and the bastard Oak Capping – Part 2 …
So in the last part I took you all through how I bought a new sofa and then ended up pretty much re-fitting a large […]
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A story about a new sofa, refurbishing an Alcove and the bastard Oak Capping – Part 1 …
Bear with the intro to this post as it jumps around a little bit! A little while ago I decided that I was going to […]
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The story of a little cottage located in the Shire – Part 3
I left the last part on a little bit of a cliffhanger. If you’ve not read them – you can find parts 1 and 2 […]
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It can be hard to give someone an idea of the true level of work that goes into something that you have made, especially if […]
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My top tips for any DIY task
I was asked by a friend the other day who is interested in getting more into DIY – what would be my top tips? This […]
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The story of a little cottage located in the Shire – Part 2
Continuing from what might be legitimately be seen as a rant from Part 1 of my context setting (but trust me, my rants will get […]
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The story of a little cottage located in the Shire – Part 1
Well folks, prepare for a long first “setting the context post” before we get to the juicy bits which involve tools and shit – but […]
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