Before & after: the study!

The space that's now our study was originally walled off as a bathroom, between what's now our lounge and kitchen. We knocked down the wall in this picture.

It got worse before it got better! The walls were all shapes, so Roscoe spent many hours with a pneumatic drill taking them back to vertical. All the old pipes were lead and broken, so would have had to be replaced anyhow.

The study as of today! Yes, I know, it's not the tidiest, but let's face it, it's only going to get worse... We bought unvarnished wood and the carpenter gave us the same stain he had used on the windows so we could create the study to match.

It's a game of cat and mouse in our study... Needless to say, at least one member of the family settled in right away.

It's been ages since I blogged, and there's lots to update! Most importantly, our first guests (Roscoe's parents) survived their two weeks visit. The house is officially road tested! Although they did suggest we buy a vacuum cleaner for the extreme quantity of dust in the house...
With a lot of last minute elbow grease, we managed to get the second bedroom sorted. The antique bed has not, as yet, fallen apart. (We slept in it ourselves to be on the safe side!)
More details to come soon, but to ease me gently back into blogging, here are the pics of our latest, dare I say, success?
Converting the old bathroom into a study was one of the hardest choices we made. Roscoe was convinced of the idea, and he brought me round. On paper, it means losing a room, but his passion is to open up the space - so the study is directly off the hall.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts!