It’s been a week of highs and lows, literally and figuratively. Highs; Climbing ladders to fit the extractor fan (Keith- not me!), installing lights in …
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Week 13: Radiators and Wiring
Amazing week of progress on the Howieson construction site. Mostly thanks to my incredible parents who spent their Friday installing beautiful radiators {still questioning why …
Week 12: The Kitchen Is Forming
A week of more pipes, more cables and more Ikea units. Had some help from the little bro who smashed out the walls for the …
Week 11: It’s Electrifying!
After trying (almost) every trade in the industry, I think I have found my true calling as an electrician. There are wires EVERYWHERE and I …
Week 10: Cleaning Windows
Not much visible progress this week, since no matter how many hours I spend painting layers of white… it. still. looks. the. same. Added an …
Week 8 & 9: White Paint and More White Paint
The painting has begun, and if I never see a tub of white paint again after this project it will be too soon. Coating everything …
Week 6 & 7: Plastering & Painting
Major progress as the flat has evolved from resembling a construction site to a renovation project.. and somewhere that humans may actually want to inhabit …
Week 5 – Pipeboxes & Plasterboard
So. Much. Plasterboard. But at long last, things are being added instead of taken away! The walls are slowly reappearing (after dear Uncle Ken decided …
Week 3 & 4: Where did the house go?
On this week’s update of The Howiesons Lose Their Sanity… Electrics have begun, more walls have been smashed (yes, it’s possible!) and my cousin’s wonderful …
Week 1 & 2: The Beginning
Step one: Make it look worse before it can look better.