Month: July 2021

Bespoke Builds

Bespoke Builds With us occupied elsewhere it’s down to Mike at Turnerford Oak to build us a bespoke kitchen unit, extra-deep oak worktop and a chunky shelf to compliment the building. The unit has turned out really nicely, so Rachel has left the oak drawer fronts and shelves alone and just painted up the frame…

By admin July 20, 2021 Off

The Big Lads Leavers Celebration

The Big Lads Leavers Celebration When we first brought Adam home form the hospital, other parents would encourage us to make the most of the time and try to enjoy it, as it goes so fast and we kind of brushed it off, not really taking it all that seriously. Anyway, we seem to have…

By admin July 15, 2021 Off

Oh the glamour!

Oh the glamour! If you’ve read this far you’ll probably have figured out by now that, being largely off-grid might have thrown up its own share if challenges and you’d be right. The main one, which over a million septic tank owners will be familiar with is the periodic pump-out of the settling tank. Given…

By admin July 5, 2021 Off

The Little Princess Cut

The Little Princess Cut Ever since Emily was a toddler she’s always had her own sense of style and after a short stint of princess dresses, she soon wanted to be doing everything her big brother Adam was doing too. Dresses and frills made way for joggers and sportswear so our little princess for quite…

By admin July 1, 2021 Off