Can't wait for Christmas!

Not many days left till we move into Bwthyn y Plas and I am so excited I can hardly cope with it all. There's plenty of work left to do and it certainly won't be finished when we move in but the builders are coming back in the New Year to finish it off and then we can restart work on the hotel.  By now I had hoped to have been able to take you on a tour of the finished cottage but, as I know from experience, my plans never work out as intended so I'll give you a quick tour of the kitchen and utility - avoiding the builders.

I name this building .......

Bwthyn y Plas. Gawd bless her and all who will live in her.

Hard hats not necessary today

Peace and tranquility has returned to Plas y Nant as there's only me here waiting for the screed to arrive so it's an ideal opportunity for you to have another look at what's been going on. You needn't put your hard hat on today but just be careful where you put your feet.

Halloween comes early at Plas y Nant

Just let me take my Rescue Remedy then I'll be able to carry on with this blog post. Right, I feel a bit calmer now so I shall begin.

A second tour of what will be our cottage

It's been a busy couple of weeks since you were last here at Plas y Nant - quite eventful as well during the gales - and, from what the builders have told me, next week onwards is going to be even busier. I'll take you on a quick look round now whilst they've disappeared for the weekend.

Time to take a peek in the bunkhouse

Did you bring your hard hat? Good, pop it on and I'll take you for a quick tour round the bunkhouse and show you what we've been up to these past couple of weeks. Hope you brought plenty of imagination as well.

We're in!

It's a good thing there's no sound on this blog otherwise you'd be deafened. I'm very pleased to say it's the builders and I'm certainly not stopping them. They're busy dismantling the inside of the bunkhouse ready to transform it into our cottage - and what a transformation that will be.

A sad conclusion to "The best laid plans"

This blog post is one that I never expected to be writing and at times the situation still seems unreal. 

Will I be welcome to stay?

Oh hello, lovely to see you again. I'm just having a panad whilst going through a few odds and ends in the office but pull up a chair because seeing as you're here I'd just like to set your mind at rest, or maybe not depending on your view point.

An overdue update

Right, that's looking better - I've dusted down the blog and blown away a few cobwebs as I've realised that an update is long overdue.  For me at the moment time is hurtling by, sometimes too fast (I'm currently updating my To Do list with jobs to do in November), yet the progress on site at Plas y Nant is going remarkably slowly.

Going to the chapel

A comment was left on my last post which has resulted in a flurry of e-mails asking about our little chapel and if we intend to have weddings there. Like the main house it needs a fair bit of work doing to it but maybe you'd like to have a peak inside.

A touch of luxury - whatever the weather

The past couple of weeks have been spent in the company of my interior designer surrounded by fabric swatches, wallpaper samples, lighting schemes, sofa designs, casegoods furniture brochures and so much more.  I am now at the stage where if I'm watching a film on television I'm actually homing in on the furniture and fittings and missing the whole storyline. This happened when I built our house, at one point I had to decide on whether to have brickwork or lead around the dormer windows and it seemed that wherever I went dormer windows appeared to leap out at me until the decision was made - very disconcerting.