Thanks everyone! Interesting how suddenly the article gets picked up again! We actually finished renovating and sold the flat in January 2017 and bought a farmhouse in need of full renovation! Funnily enough we've just been doing more bathrooms - turning one very large bathroom into an en suite and bathroom. I've been trying to keep up to date (ish) on my blog woodenwindowsills.co.uk and there are lots of ensuite renovation highlights on my instagram @woodenwindowsills - when we've finished I'll be sure to post another before and after as this one is a completely different style, and I love it!

Hi Shantell - there are benches and a table and chairs along the wall of the house that are hidden by the trees in this photo - they are completely bathed in sun when the sun comes out in Edinburgh, beautiful place to sit and relax!

Thank you for your kind comments. Our original kitchen was a dark and dingy internal one with only one fan light above a solid door giving very little borrowed light. Last year we opened up the original doorway near the sink, to make way for the tall window to the hall, then we closed off the original door and replaced it with another tall window, and to finish it off, we turned the room around to give a full length of units and worktops, and installed a full length glass door with fanlight almost to ceiling, and the result is that we still have an internal kitchen, but with loads of borrowed light from all over the place. It now never gets dark. We opted not to have drainage flutes as we have a full size dishwasher, and this allowed us to maximise the lemgth of worktops. I am reliably told that flutes on granite or Quartz worktops are a waste of time and space. Perhaps I should say that I (68) designed the kitchen, including the windows and door, and my husband of 75 installed the kitchen units, did the plumbing, with only the worktops being done by the supplier. It is perfectly level and he has done an amazing job, perfectly level! As for th alessi trivet, that was a treat after weeks of disruption (May 25th to August 29th. Too complicated to give details) and I feel the need of another Alessi treat coming on very soon!

Much better. Like it.