Category: Projects

The Story of the Oak Dining Table – Part 1 …

I have always wanted a decent dining table. Up until the end of the summer 2025 I have an Ikea table, which whilst was very […]

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The finished project - book case furnished and feature window set up.

Project: Living Area Book Case – Part 2

In the first part of this project series I wrote about how I needed to do something a little less “reactive” in terms of DIY […]

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Project: Living Area Book Case – Part 1

Project Specifics: Project Dimensions: Project Costs and Difficulty Rating: Project History & Detail: As the main work to the kitchen was almost over (and I […]

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Dry assembly completed and now sanded.

Project: Coat Rack Shelving

Project Specifics: Project Dimensions: Project Costs and Difficulty Rating: Project History & Detail: So after I had made the coat and shoe rack – which […]

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View from the back to the kitchen towards the living space.

Project: Kitchen Re-fit – How it finished

Well this is the final part of my Kitchen Refit – if you need to catch up you can find: Part 1 here Part 2 […]

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View from the kitchen entrance with all the cupboards fitted.

Project: Kitchen Refit – Part 4

In the previous parts of this kitchen fitting adventure which you can find here, here and here between my son and I we had managed […]

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After cutting the pieces for the unit I needed to mark them to shape to fit the angle of the end wall.

Project: Kitchen Shelving

Normally I would start a project entry off by detailing the materials, difficulty rating and tools used to complete the work – but the kitchen […]

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All fitted and tested.

Project: Kitchen Refit – Part 3

So in the previous parts which you can find here and here between my son and I – we’d managed to get power back to […]

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Units and counter fitted with cabling for the appliances run ready for termination.

Project: Kitchen Refit – Part 2

In part 1 I set the scene for what, to date has been my biggest project – my kitchen refit! Within part one I set […]

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Rack installed and ready for use in the porch.

Project: Shoe and Coat Rack – Part 2

In part 1 of this project I took you through the design and basic cutting of the wood for the rack and in this part […]

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