Got my new "old" door for the front of the house today.  Very very pleased with it, exactly what I was after, it came with a free Jesters outfit!
It was given to me by some good and generous friends of my folks.
I just have to build the hole to put it in. Anyone know how to build a hole?

Filled the plaster board joints yesterday. Today I've been making the raised floor for the bathroom. Won't screw it down until the plumbings done, drains etc. Stud walls ill be next.

Went a bit mad with the recessed lights and put them in the wall up the stairs, they look ok though I think, and you don't have to turn them on do you? Maybe need a smaller wattage bulb.

My Father and I started plaster boarding the ceiling on Saturday, it's now Sunday evening and we've very nearly finished, just the little end corner left to do tomorrow morning. Then a few patches and a few holes to fill and the seams to tape up and plaster, and it's done. The recessed ceiling lights are all in and looking good. Bathroom floor and stud wall will be next I think.

Fitted the suspended loo today, not plumbed in yet but it's in place. My father has completed all the upstairs wiring, so will be plaster boarding the whole upstairs over the weekend. It'll feel like I'm getting somewhere then hopefully.

Built the end wall up to meet where the plaster board will be.

Before

After

Heated some soup (pumpkin!) on the log burner today for lunch. I've had some little visitors to the house in the night, little buggers have been chewing my beams, rats I think, they must like the linseed oil.

With the snow and I've had a few days work so not had a great deal of time at the house, but I've been chasing out the walls for the electrics, the lighting and the sockets. Also putting some recessed lights in the stair wall too. Getting ready for this week end when the plasterboard will be going up, finally!

Rats have been nibbling at the beams, little buggers!

Lights inserted in the stair wall.

Managed to get to the house yesterday, in between the snow to do a little bit of work, but it snowed again today and can't get there again. It's expected to last all week so won't get much done.

It's also too cold for the plaster to dry, I've been experimenting with lime plaster mixes on the walls but it won't dry in these temperatures. It does look beautiful there though! Looking forward to the snow next year when I'm moved in, with a stew heating on the little log burner.

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