cottage entrance
HU-169995131
2 years ago
Renovating seaside cottage. Long entrance hall way. Not sure what to do to sofen it
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Comments (27)Hello Tom, Yes sadly I have had experience with this... first of all my heart sank, it was getting late and nippy and I had just popped outside, shut the door and heard the "click" After sitting on the step waving my arms around, swearing at the top of my lungs and muttering at my idiocy. I decided that I could save the day... So off I went in search of friendly neighbours.... and more importantly their hangers... I decided rather ingeniously that I could fashion a hook to open the latch from the cat flap opening with the help of said hanger and my arm and body shoved up against the door and what I could fit through the cat flap, in painful and oddly fashion (which on obtaining hanger from friendly peeps down the road... I had opened out and created a loop..... I say ingeniously because shoving my head through the cat flap to a rather interested furry head and two eyes... saw how it could easily work and indeed it almost did! Problem was the latch was just that bit too heavy to spring open the door as planned... Swearing, tries, and more swearing and a arm nearly take out of it's socket endured for about half an hour... My cat did not lend a paw and so... heart sinking again.. I set off once again in search of friendly neighbours.... and their phone... This time however, they were closer to home and upstairs having some grub. A chap was called and a chat and an hour or so later... Someone arrived...... Well................ what was used was known as "The flexible friend" Yes folks........ The Barclaycard!... And no......... it wasn't mine by which to pay for his expertise, jiggery pokery, costly and lengthy tinkering and extensive toolkit!!!!.... It was in fact the tool kit!!!! 1 wave of it in the lock and "Open Sesame" my door sprang open, like it was never closed.. $**£%$3%!!!!! I grinned inanely whilst shuddering at the thought of it... My innocent smiles did not save me a buck (as thinking it was so easy, I would be "let off" without the fee)... Sadly I thought wrong.. I almost needed my Barclaycard to pay for it... So the moral of the story is this... When you're a spastic... just get the plastic!! ........(and then hide it in a plant pot, along with a snifter you'll need when the realisation hits that you've been had! :)) (The door in the story is no more!) :) )...See MoreBefore & After Updated Facade of 16th Century Kent Cottage!
Comments (4)It looks like a complete reroofing and repointing. In the before pic, the tiles are in a pretty dodgy state, and the pointing is all over the place -- it even looks like there's some modern cement mortar in there causing damp. Good for another century now, and a lovely job mixing the tiles so that the replacements don't stand out....See MoreCottage layout dilemma (Photos and videos)
Comments (4)I think you can do a few things upstairs. You could keep things simple like this:- Or if you wanted to change the main bedroom to the rear of the house - two ways - the simple way:- Or - probably what i'd look in to, and, that would be to make the top left bedroom larger and give it a good En-Suite. Change the Main bathroom and alter the bedroom bottom right. All good sized rooms with a good main bathroom and En-Suite. Downstairs - not too much amending. I'd prefer the lounge at the rear, but that's not so easily achievable - Maybe go for a good long kitchen / dining / breakfast room. The a separate lounge and maybe a snug/ study Of if you fancy some more structural work?...See MoreLiving room front door entry
Comments (5)I think you'll be able to see just fine if you move the small sofa to under the window. I'd try it. You already said that the small sofa is oddly placed and you don't like where the table is, so it's really the only choice you have. I presume you mostly use the sofa opposite the t.v ? You don't say how many are in the house? I think it's just the two of you. I'm guessing that when you have friends over, then you're not really watching the T.V so much, so the sofa in front of the T.V is the one you use mostly?...See More- PRO
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