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There's a lot going on with the house renovation at the moment. 

I seem to spend most of my waking hours thinking about all the different complexities and challenges, and importantly what needs to happen next. Project management is not an easy job and yet at the same time, I love buildings and design, and most of all - I love this house. 

The groundwork for the new plumbing went in this week, as well as the stud work for the new family bathroom and some to square off the en-suite.

All the bathroom fixtures also arrived, as well as the new radiators......so many boxes!! Fingers crossed everything we need is there. 

The plumber and the electrician come in to do their first fix this week, I could not be more excited! Because once that's done we can start putting the house back together again. I'll check in with a little update on how that goes but for now here's a little sneaky peek at a few things that changed this week.

We uncovered this old fireplace in our en-suite. We're not going to cover it but have it plastered (with an air-vent concealed in the top) and use it to store our laundry basket. Got to love a feature turned happy function.

This is what our bedroom looks like now we took the stud wall down. Remember it used to be the only bathroom in the house?

Although it's a lovely big room, it's actually pretty difficult to figure out where to put our bed and wardrobes/storage. Every wall has it's drawbacks so it's proving to be a bit of a head-scratcher right now (more on that later). I'm sure we'll figure it out but our interim solution is to ask the electrician to make provision for bedside-table sockets on two walls in the room and then at least we have options.

And that tub weighs a ton - it's bona fide cast iron. Hello gumtree....anyone that can actually lift it down a flight of stairs is welcome.

Last but by no means least, the new stud walls for our Family Bath on the top floor are in. The space can only be described as small but perfectly formed!

There's a Velux going into the roof you can see on the right to provide some natural daylight. I like that all our bathrooms will have windows, although we still need to provide proper ventilation to comply with Building Regs.

And that's it for now. Wish me luck with the first-fix fun!