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white heather barn

Barn conversion blog and a creative life in Derbyshire

white heather barn

The story of our project to convert some derelict Victorian barns in Derbyshire into a home

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September 23, 2016

Building Site

September 23, 2016/ Heather

About flipping time........we have scaffolding, so not quite a building site, but it is looking promising. First task is to install sewers and man hole covers down the lane (and BT cabling) so that is underway at the moment. Hoorah!

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white heather barn

A blog diary of my creative life in Derbyshire with crochet, quilting, knitting, embroidery, textile art and baking......and barn conversions

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Another octo fest! My go-to present for new babies, which seem to come in threes 😁 #octopus #babyocto #whiteheatherbarn #homemade #crochet
There aren't any windows in barn 3 but we have a garage door! #barndoor #garagedoors. I love the rounded bullnose bricks. #barnconversion #dreamhome #buildingthedream
At long last the bricklayer came and built up the final gable end. It looks great except that he forgot to put in a window🤣😜 after much deliberation we decided to do without the window as we should have plenty of light coming in, but we had such a battle with planning over windows that it goes a bit against the grain. I now have plans for a nice big clock on the feature wall inside 😀 #barn #barnconversion #gables #reclaimed #reclaimedbricks #foreverhome #dreamhome #derbyshire
Sweet baby hat and mitts. I used the lucet to make a cord for the mitts to go through baby's sleeves (the old fashioned way) 😂 #knitting #babyknits
At last the scaffolding is (mostly) down! There is just the gable end and roof to go on the 'dining' area end of the kitchen and then all the structural work will be finished hoorah 😂 #barnrenovation #barn #whiteheatherbarn #derbyshire #barnconversion #foreverhome #dreamhome
Flues in barn 3 from the 'bedrooms'. They're sticking out a bit more than we had anticipated and also in barn 2 so we are looking at rearranging the internal walls so that we can still fit everything in! It seems that there is more decision making during the works than I thought there would be, I mean, we have plans and everything! #barns #barnbuilding #flues #dreamhome #derbyshire #barnconversion #building
We took the opportunity to escape from barn converting to walk in the beautiful Peak District, just a hop, skip and a jump from the barns. #biggindale #wolfcotesdale #peakdistrict #walk #derbyshiredales #Derbyshire
Barn style 'doors' ready to be fitted. These will look like doors from the outside and windows from the inside to preserve the look of stables without having too many openings into the courtyard. #barnrenovation #barnbuilding #barn #stables #derbyshire #dreamhome #barnconversion #building #stabledoor #barndoor
3 flues just having the finishing touches of storm covers. The roof ridges are also complete so the next step is for the scaffolding to come down. 😀😀😀😀😀 #barn #barnconversion #Derbyshire #flue #logburner #woodpellets #woodpelletboiler #barnrenovation #dreamhome
The kitchen is coming along. It's making it look so much more like a home 😁 #barn #barnhome #barnrenovation #barnconversion #Derbyshire #dreamhome #newkitchen #whiteheatherbarn
At last the kitchen is underway. Whoop whoop!😂 #barnrenovation #barnconversion #barn #Derbyshire #finally #buildingthedream #kitchen#whiteheatherbarn
Sliding pantry door ready for the kitchen fitting this week. It's very exciting 😁 #barnrenovation #barnconversion #barnbuilding #whiteheatherbarn #Derbyshire #pantry #pantrydoor #kitchen
The main roof is almost finished on barn 3. Just the ridge tiles to go on after the chimney flues have been installed. Next step is to take the scaffolding down so that the gable end for the dining room can be finished and the last bit of roof. It's getting closer to weather tight and the windows are going to be ordered this week. 😀#derbyshire #roof #barnconversion #barn #whiteheatherbarn #logburner
Such a pretty sight - a consumer unit and plug sockets. We are coming out of the dark ages at last! 🤗 #barnrenovation #barnbuilding #barn #barnconversion #whiteheatherbarn #electricity #consumerunit

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