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4th March: Still Life With Sledgehammer
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Starting to dismantle the kitchen
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... and it's gone (to join the large pile of rubble outside)
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Discussing the finer points of floor construction
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... this would be how not to do it.
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5th March: still finding new and exciting ways in which the floor is crap
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Was there anything not used to make this floor?
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7th March: never mind, let's fill it all in
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Levelling
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Billy attempts not to measure his length in wet concrete
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13th March: look, we had a lot of different colours to choose...
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The Very Big Beam is now hidden from view
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19th March: Painting has been committed
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The new back patio is rather more elegant than the old one
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23rd March: underfloor heating
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Kitchen tiles going down
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26th March: the Big Fridge is in position
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Kitchen units taking place (but not fixed yet)
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This will be a big cupboard once it's constructed
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4th April: the soakaway in the front garden. These things still look like milk crates to me...
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The porch now has a roof...
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... as does the garage.
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You can put paving slabs in this sort of drain cover to make it blend in better
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Edging on the patio
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5th April: The big bush, before its removal
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6th April: And suddenly the garden is much larger...
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19th April: The back garden gets its buried milk crate
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The patio is complete
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... right down to the slabs in the drain cover
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An artist always signs his work
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Plywood base for the wooden floor -- and it still looks better than the dodgy cork tiles which were there before
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The appalling doors from the airing cupboard are now a thing of the past
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25th April: kitchen cabinets start to be fixed
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Waiting to be filled with appliances
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28th April: with a wide-angle lens, suddenly the kitchen looks much larger!
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The dishwasher is, sadly, not yet functional
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This is the Big Cupboard formerly seen in its component pieces
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30th April: architraves
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