Home Improvements and a New Office

At last we have some news on the home improvements front. At the moment our outhouses are being transformed from a shed and coal house to a washing room/utility and a new larder. It is ridiculous how excited I am simply about having a larger utility and the opportunity to finally get a tumble drier. Then there is the larder! As we live in an older house storage is a huge problem so to have a room specifically for food storage will be a huge help. After my visit to River Cottage I am even hoping for some space to hang cured meat!

But something else that can now happen inside thanks to the building work is that I can finally have my own work space. The room that is now our small utility is to be my office. Having my own work space has got me thinking about how I will decorate the room, what will I furnish it with, as it will be my study I will need some work furniture. I already have some beautiful images for the wall which I think are fitting for my blog..

The Extension Dream Will Come True!

Recently I wrote a blog post about my kitchen and how I dream of having a lovely large extension to create an open plan living/dining area.

Well, in the new year my dream will become a reality!

We will be extending the kitchen and making it the true heart of the house.

We will also be adding an extra bedroom which will mean that in the future the three children will all have a room of their own!

Along with the prospect of building work has come the excitement of being able to furnish and decorate the area. This is something that I am really looking forward to. It is going to be fantastic having the extra space and being able to make it all exactly as we desire.

I already have ideas floating around in my head. That is why I am writing this post. It is going to be great to look back on and see what ideas we had before the work is done, while the work is being done and the end result.

So far my ideas are...

A beautiful big Oak dining table with enough room for us all to sit

comfortably around with room for guests! I love this Oak design

with the matching sideboards and cabinets!

A lovely large corner settee is a must! This area is going to be a

place where we can sit and enjoy looking out onto the garden

while the children play. A place where we can all be together.

Then of course I will have fabric to choose for blinds! As our

garden is East facing we have the sun shining straight in for a

lot of the day blinds will be important! I am wanting to have

an open roof with skylights in to allow the maximum amount

of natural day light into the room. This will mean that we will

also need blinds on those and as they will be high up we will

need to make sure that we can get ones that we can close

with a remote control!

I would love to incorporate something like this into the skylights.

I can imagine having a sloping open roof with plants on the

window still against a pure white ceiling and blind.

(photograph courtesy of Roof Blinds)

Thankfully we have a lovely long garden so we will

not miss the part of the garden that we will be loosing.

The hubby is already planning how to transform this

part of the garden and adding a large decking area

coming off the extension. We dream of having large

patio doors that will open up onto a decking are with

an area for a table and a built in barbecue.

These are our ideas so far! We have so many exciting plans to make into a reality during 2015. It is amazing to think that this time next year we will have the home that we have been dreaming of and I cannot wait to share our journey with you.