Before Just a canvas and pinboard to hang, a bit of beading round the loft hatch, some missing airbricks to replace and pipework to be boxed in, some shelving to acquire for dye bottles, tiling to do but it’s as good as ready. Photos aren’t brilliant as I took them this evening after finishing the [...]

Usually, the weeks go past in a whirlwind, but last week everything whipped into a crescendo as school “winds down” for the summer holidays. We had two sports days, a school trip, a school play, SATs results, two schools discos, two practice days at secondary school and a prize-giving day to come. It is a [...]

To save this blog from becoming the clanging blog of doom, tonight we have some photos of progress on the royal workshop/garage/shed/SQudio – call it what you want. We have been painting like mad for the last three or four evenings to get it ready for flooring, storage, worktops, Belfast double sink, hob etc next [...]

As you may be aware, work has come to halt on the royal estate for the time being as the new workshop is being constructed. Tis neither a shed (pah!) nor a listed building (as some have suggested), but a humble garage or gar-age as my grandmother who spent most of her married life in [...]