Flint House Renovation

Window

This was a challenging project. Creating two new window openings in a Grade 2 listed building. With two foot thick walls. It was completed, however, and you can see the before, during and after photographs on Instagram. The build took place in the summer of 2020 squeezed between Covid Lockdown 1 and Lockdown 2 after […]

The Piggery – Testimonial

Doorways

“The Piggery is a former stone barn which many years ago had accommodated an assortment of farm animals – almost certainly not just pigs as the roof is very high.  In the 1970’s it had been converted into a 2 bedroom/1 boxroom home with permitted use as a holiday let or tenant accommodation. We were […]

The Former Door

Flowers on windowsill

A few of you have asked how I came by the name of @theformerdoor for my Instagram account. The answer is steeped in the lore of Thomas Hardy, the legendary author and poet (and architect) who wrote so captivatingly about Dorset. If you’ve visited Hardy’s lovely cob and thatch cottage in Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester you might […]

It’s Curtains

Fabric

The engaging – and eccentric – Phyllis the curtain lady has been round again. I found her via the local parish magazine. She’s of advanced years, always beautifully turned out and with her silent husband, Ted, in tow. He’s the driver.Phyllis has done amazing things with the curtains from my previous house, making two pairs […]

Stockham Farm – Testimonial

Living room

“We had been pleased to enlist Beverley in a previous space planning project when she had helped us adapt a dark, cramped 19th century terraced cottage into a stylish Tardis-like 3 double bedroom/2 bathroom property; so she was the obvious choice to help us tackle our Exmoor farmhouse.  The building had at one time been […]