I actually can't quite believe I am typing those words, it feels quite surreal after over 2 years living in my Dad's barn (thank you...

I'm slightly embarrassed by the increasingly long gaps between these blog posts. Jon would rather I waited to even post this as some...

So there has been rather a big gap since my last 'Taking on the Terrace' post. And minimal work has been done on the house. First come...

Note to self: avoid DIY-ing on a hangover! The house this last weekend has literally been a house of pain and I blame the large quantity...

Taking on the Terrace brings new meaning to that once-liked song! Because yes, we are still at the house every weekend, and as Jon is now...

The big news is that the house has been Christened! No, no, not that, get your head out of the gutter! It was actually just Jon doing the...

We have simmered a little since my last, slightly depressing, post (sorry about that!). The days getting longer and lighter is probably a...

Right now I can honestly say that Jon and I hate the house. It's taking so much longer than either of us ever imagined, and losing all...

Our move-in date is rather like the Brexit deadline...forever getting pushed back! But at least our moving in will be a positive thing,...

The one positive of this second lockdown is that I don't mind working on the house (so much), as there's nothing else we could otherwise...

I have come to realise I have a rather exceptional boyfriend (I know, I know - super cheesy!). I had a hunch already, but this entire...

After a few weeks of being let down at the last minute by the window fitter with 'the dog ate my homework' style excuses, finally, on...

A couple of weeks ago, we had the weekend off from working on the house. Jon really needed the break, especially after many house-related...

A few significant things have happened over the last week. If we had been this productive every week since lockdown started we would...

I've started following a lot of renovation accounts on Instagram and often the blurb accompanying a before and after picture says...

We were so lucky that Jon bought some plaster before lockdown as there is now a global shortage! Unluckily, we didn't get enough for the...

Is it my fourth or fifth week working from home now? Home being my old childhood house in Chew Valley, certainly not Number 13. Not...

I can't write anything here without mentioning the corona virus. Every day the situation is getting worse and the death toll across the...

I don't think either Jon or I quite realised the extent of the structural work that would be required on the house when we bought it. Or...

Does anyone else think it’s crazy that we are already halfway through February, whereas January felt like years! Anyway, another week and...