We are having an extension to our house renovated - the extension was the bit of our house that housed the bakery ovens when our place was a working bakery. The ovens sadly were full of damp and falling down and right in the middle of the room, so had to be removed to make way for...... My New Workshop!!!! (Me? Excited much? Nah!)
This is the bit that's being renovated:
Last summer they did some work on the bottom floor and now, finally, they're raising the top walls, front and back and putting a new roof on. This also involved knocking a doorway through from the top floor into our existing kitchen.
Herein lies the rub.
Originally they weren't going to knock through until the very last moment, thus saving us A LOT of dust inside, but then someone twigged that if they don't knock through now, they won't be able to get a lintel into the new doorway because they'll be a roof timber in the way. So the knocking through started last week:
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| Steve, The Boss (who Seren is totally in love with!) |
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| The start of the mess in my old airing cupboard which is in the kitchen! |
But I have managed to clean enough in the evenings to be able to make a pair of baby shoes for my Cousin's new arrival Baby Olivia:
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| Plain mint green & beige 0-3 month shoes |
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| Mint & Beige 0-3 Month shoes with flowers appliqued on |
Now I'm off with a cuppa and the last of the Easter Eggs (mine - honest!) to catch up with everyone else over at Handmade Monday.
Oo, how exciting, bet you can't wait until it's finished
ReplyDeleteIt really is, for all my grumblings ;-) Simmi x
DeleteThe building work looks so exciting!
ReplyDeleteCoupled with those lovely baby shoes it took me back to arriving home from hospital with my first daughter to the extension from our kitchen being just knocked through! Memories of bathing a baby in the kitchen sink with just a sheet of polythene for a window between us and the new room the builders were working in!!
Looking forward to seeing your new workshop :)
Ohhh crikey I bet you were glad when they were done! Thankfully we did the main bit of the house before the kids arrived and now they're big enough to help with the cleaning! Simmi x
DeleteHmm great timing indeed! Poor you as it has been very clod. It will be well worth it however so a bit of sacrifice is just about manageable? Really lovely little shoes - nice spring colours :)
ReplyDeleteAmazingly the temperature in the house hasn't been too bad, although I do feel for the builders up on the exposed roof at the moment! I am getting SO excited about the end result that I can cope with the mess for a bit longer ;-) Simmi x
DeleteWe had much the same thing happen with Dad's extension here. Thought we could leave the knocking through until last, but then couldn't! I sympathise about the dust - it gets everywhere doesn't it? Still it will be worth it in the end. Love the slippers - so cute!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing - I'd forgotten how dusty everything gets and last time, we had all of our furniture in storage so we weren't so bothered about the dust, but this time everything is out and getting messy! But it will be lovely once it's done :-) Simmi x
DeleteOh wow! that's SO exciting! Have you got a history of the building? it looks amazing. Those little slippers are SO cute!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with dust, it'll be worth it in the end!
Thanks :-) Yep, although it's quite confusing because we also own the cottage next door and they came as one with all the deeds muddled up, but both were working shop/bakery till the 1950s! Simmi x
DeleteBet you can't wait for the building work to be finished!
ReplyDeleteLove the shoes, they are so cute!
Thank you :-) I certainly can't, although I think Seren will go into mourning - she adores the buiders!! Simmi x
DeleteThe building work looks very exciting, and I'm sure the end results will be worth all the upheaval and dust. Really like the little felt booties.
ReplyDeleteAhhh thank you :-) It definitely will be worth it in the end! Simmi x
DeleteOoh it's worth any mess to get your own special craft room!! You must post pics when it's all stocked out and ready to work in. I have a whole bedroom as my craft room as our children have left home and I love the feeling of it being my special space!
ReplyDeleteOhhh I will - I'll probably bore everyone senseless about it ;-) I cannot wait! Just knowing where everything is will be a real novelty - at the moment I'm spread out over the whole house! Simmi x
Deleteoh wow wow wow Simmi!! every particle of dust is worth it - it will be amazing...you should invite the teamcb lot down to drool over it!! All the best with the work, know it's hard to live in a building site! xx
ReplyDeleteHehe I might just do that - I'll certainly have space for a West Country gathering once it's all finished :-) Simmi xx
DeleteHow exciting! Building work is always awful to live through but always worth it in the end. And your baby shoes are simply gorgeous. Enjoy your chocolate x
ReplyDeleteHehe - thanks Natalie :-)
DeleteOh my goodness! I can totally see why you need to get out of the house. That is a mammoth job. No point in telling you that it will be worth it when it is all finished because that won't help you right now. It will be worth it though!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the little shoes with the flowers.
Hehe - thanks Jilly :-) I am so excited as we've had it planned out for SO long now! Simmi xx
DeleteIt looks a great place with a great history attached. Oooo maybe I should do houses with extensions :)
ReplyDeleteLove the booties, I know what you mean about colourways, I love mixing different combinations.
Jan x
Jan, you SO should :-) Thanks for the bootie love! Simmi x
DeleteI bet you can't wait until the building work is finished. I'm sure all the upheaval and dust will be worth it though. Just keep saying to yourself 'new workshop. New workshop...'
ReplyDeleteThe little shoes are so cute. I'm sure Baby Olivia looks lovely in them xx
Awww thanks Gertie :-) I've been a bit sneaky in that I've posted the pics on the same day as I posted the parcel to my cousin, but I'm guessing they'll be too busy with the new arrival to be reading my blog!! Simmi x
DeleteOooh that sounds like a project worth suffering the dust for :) It is a nightmare though isn't it... i hope the ordeal is over soon!!
ReplyDeleteyou're little booties are just adorable and perfect for a spring baby! x
Hehe - I'm not sure I'd be putting up with the chaos if it was for anything else!! Thanks Natalie - I just love that they're so little and snuggly :-) Simmi x
DeleteThese shoes are too cute! I love the color and the flowers!
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Awww thanks :-) Hope you have a lovely week. Simmi x
DeleteIt's really grim living in the middle of all that work, but so nice when it is all finished and you have lovely new space. Lovely slippers - such a pretty colour. hope you have a good, dust free, week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jill... it is grim, but thankfully most of the dirt seems to have stopped for a while :-) Simmi x
DeleteThey are so cute! And well done to you - being able to create such beauties in the middle of all the building work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen :-) Simmi x
DeleteIt's amazing how far dust can travel! I hope you get settled as soon as possible so you can make more beautiful shoes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise - you're so right though, it gets everywhere! Simmi x
DeleteHaving just finished some house renovations I totally sympathise with you - the dust just gets everywhere! Really hope it's not long until the work is finished. I'm sure it will be worth it to get your own workshop :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks :-) I've been eating dusty sandwiches and fruit this week, which takes some beating!! Can't wait to post pics of the finished workshop though! Simmi x
DeleteThose shoes are so cute. And I love your colour scheme :) My (in their late twenties)kids need to get a move on and make me some Grandchildren so I have an excuse to make things like this:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Janice :-) Awww hope you have the excuse soon! I just can't believe that I didn't think to make them when my kids were babies! Simmi x
DeleteHow exciting a workshop of your very own, no pain, no gain tho!! It will be wonderful when it's finished. Love the little bootees, they are lovely.
ReplyDeleteHehe true! It is very exciting, I've been decorating it in my head for months now ;-) Simmi x
DeleteAs soon as I read bakery oven my eyes lit up, albeit bright green with envy and then i read the rest...such a shame, I am sure you would have been able to put them to great use!
ReplyDeleteThose shoes are too cute for words!
I know, we were gutted that we couldn't find some way of saving the oven! Thanks for the bootie love :-) Simmi x
DeleteI dont envy you having all that mess around you. At least you managed some productivity this week, love the colour of the shoes.
ReplyDeleteThanks :-) It's not too bad thankfully - compared to the renovations we did a couple of years ago, but we weren't trying to raise two small children and run a business from home then!! Simmi x
DeleteIt is my lifetime ambition to live in a beautiful house like that with my very own workshop, I'm trying to be pleased for you in between the intense bouts of envy ;) Hope everything goes smoothly, and the booties are adorable - gorgeous spring colours and some impressively neat and even blanket stitch too! :) x
ReplyDeleteAwww thank you - I am a very lucky girl! Simmi xx
DeleteHi Simmi, we just visited your Etsy shop. Blue baby booties with train are adorable! Lovely to speak to you and we look forward to your next posts. Good luck! xx
ReplyDeleteAwww thank you :-) Simmi x
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