Well my husband has been building a raised bed in the last few weeks on and off dodging the weather and this week he started to backfill it so that we could put some top soil on it and we could start to add summer bedding.
The other day when he was adding more backfill he asked if we had been digging in it and both my daughter and I said no why would we do that he said a hole had appeared and he then wondered if something may be living it in or digging for some reason, we both thought he was mad.
So yesterday he put more top soil in and last night I went out and started to rake it and get rid of any stones and twigs, so I know when I had finished it was flat.
This morning I checked it and it was fine. So today I have been sat out on my balcony and out of the corner of my eye I catch sight of a wild rabbit in my garden below nothing unusual there we are surrounded by fields and hills anyway he sat a while then went back into the bushes. He came out a few minutes later and started across the garden again this time looking up the side towards the front and off he disappeared, that was about 90 minutes ago.
I decided I would bing all the summer bedding out and put it in place ready for planting so I placed some of it out and went into my office to do some work.
Guess what appeared and started digging in the same place as where the hole was the other day? The first photo shows the raised bed from my office window, the second two show a rabbit if you look carefully just behind the daisy like flowers. Sorry about the wheelie bin if I had know was was going to appear I wouldn’t have left it there.
I am going to have to leave him his whole and just plant around it I think.
OK two posts in as many days! I thought I would show you how the kitchen is shaping up.
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Laundry Room
I have posted before about the problems we had building this house, but when we sat down to design it we wanted to use the space better for us than in we did in the last house we built. Two of the areas were the kitchen and utility room.
In our last house we had a separate utility room that was to big and a dinning room that apart from Christmas we never used. In addition we had a good sized kitchen with a round table and chairs but I never felt comfortable eating in there and I don’t know why.
So in this house we made the kitchen even bigger and we have a good sized oblong table and chairs in there and we eat in there all the time and it’s great. I posted about the kitchen last week.
Now when my husband said because he wanted the whole of the downstairs to flow and he wasn’t having a utility room built I hit the roof, I am not a fan of having washing machines and tumble dryers in kitchens I know they have there place but it’s not for me.
So I said well I want a laundry area so you better come up with something and guess what he did!
Our main bathroom is big so he had a cupboard built in it with double doors and it runs the length of the stair wall inside so is deep. This cupboard also houses the upstairs manifold for the underfloor heating so it always warm in there too.
Inside I have my washing machine and tumble dryer stacked the same as in my last house there’s a shelf that pulls out in between them for folding up drying as I empty the dryer which I love.
I have the small white unit which I keep first aid stuff in, hay fever tablets etc and things like nail varnish remover and my hairdryer and brushes as I do my hair there too.
I have a shelf for everyday spare towels and a shelf for cleaning products and my iron.
I also keep my ironing board in there and right in the back a small old set of Ikea draws that has more towels that we never really use.
Now when he put the idea to me I thought he was mad but I have to admit it’s a stroke of genius (but I would never tell him!)
Its made washing and drying clothes so much easier, in my last house I would take the laundry downstairs, through the hall, through the kitchen into the utility room, wash it dry it and iron it then take it back through the kitchen, hall and upstairs to put it all away.
Now my little girl has a laundry basket in her room and we have a laundry basket in the corner of the bathroom so it’s at hand to wash and dry and I am already upstairs when it comes to putting it all away.
Here are some photos. If you click on an image and then click that again you should get a bigger view. The doors are oak like the rest of the house but they dont look it in this photos.
My batteries on my camera have died so I will post photos of the rest of the bathroom in a few days.