Month: July 2012
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Building reclaimed wood shelving
The recently painted utility room has always been bereft of shelves. All the paint tins, barrels of tile cleaner and bottles of white spirit had no proper home and so gathered in those little used corners of the barn instead. Something had to change. Propelled by the freshly painted utility room and the poor weather…
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Barns Gallery on Remodelista
There is a lovely gallery of barn related inspirational photographs available on Remodelista.
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Building Regulations
In general terms, building regulations approval is required for building work in the UK…
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Barns – the Long House
Situated on the North Norfolk coast, this is a building to admire…
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Painting colour scheme
I thought that it would be worthwhile to record the brands and shades of paint we’ve used throughtout the barn, if for no other reason than to remind me when I come to repaint. This is our complete palette for now. I like to keep things minimal, simple and fresh when it comes to the…
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Barns – the Balancing Barn
A stunning piece of architecture, although not entirely to my taste…
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Building Progress in June 2012
Update on building progress during June 2012…
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Art – design – form – function #FrankLloydWright
I was rather taken with this Frank Lloyd Wright observation…
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What is SAP?
What is SAP and what are SAP calculations?
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Painting…
I’ve been doing a lot of painting recently…
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Turn in the stair…
Oak staircase, white clay painted walls, oak beam and ‘bag rub pointed’ masonry wall… From Barn Conversion 2012 It’s these places in the barn where differing materials and finishes meet and harmonise that work really well. @Cornish_Lime a recent acquaintance via Twitter have a article on their website about the bag rub finish worth a…
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New fast-track planning permission for the development of barns proposed
The Daily Mail reports on a new fast-track route through planning controls for the conversion of barns…