Today we’re focusing on a bit of a post-winter plant pep up. Here’s how I’m going to be perking up my plants for Spring!
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Renovation Diaries 08. Woodworks, insulation and boarding, weekends up the scaffold
For today’s Renovation Diaries instalment, we make strides with the exterior woodworks as the fascia boards are reinstated. There are quite a few evening and weekend painting sessions to get things looking smart before the scaffold comes down. Inside there’s lots more insulation going in and the Chapel gets boarded out. This makes the whole space inside…
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HPH photo diary / 18. Birthday
Some photos from the last couple of weeks. The skies have been clearer and brighter of late and I can feel it getting a little lighter every evening. Been writing a lot and enjoying it again. My beloved Olympus lens malfunctioned so I’ve only got a portrait one to shoot on for the moment. I…
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Renovation Diaries 07. Plumbing, heating, electrics and more
For this Renovation Diaries instalment, there’s lots of progress on the roof and we see the installation of some of the essential services. The plumbing gets underway with the prep and installation of the underfloor heating. Outside, the brickworks are coming along and the Chapel windows are in the midst of restoration. The groundworks for the drainage…
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Heirloom Houseplants Part 2: Celebrating my oldest plants
Old plants in general, or heirloom houseplants more specifically are a topic you might have heard me mention before. In this blogpost, I will be sharing more about my own heirloom houseplants and the oldest plants in my collection. I’ll also be offering some tips on how you can go about acquiring some heirloom houseplants of your own.
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Renovation Diaries 06. Battening, stud work and scaffolding. Removing the roof!
For today’s mid-week Renovation Diaries post, the inside gets transformed with battening and stud work for the new internal walls. This gives a real life view of how the space will actually feel as it becomes a home. Outside, the scaffolding appears in preparation for the big task of removing the roof! If you missed…
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Heirloom Houseplants Part 1: How to find pre-loved / old plants (and how to revive them)
Old plants in general, or heirloom houseplants more specifically are a topic you might have heard me mention before. In this blogpost, I will be sharing more about my own heirloom houseplants and the oldest plants in my collection. I’ll also be offering some tips on how you can go about acquiring some heirloom houseplants of your own.
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Renovation Diaries 05. Windows, doors and pouring the floor
Picking up pace with the Chapel renovation, today’s Renovation Diaries is an exciting one! Outside, the new/old door and window along the south wall are installed and there’s progress with the brickworks and re-pointing too.
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Renovation Diaries 04. Construction begins, repairing, re-building, brickworks
For today’s Renovation Diaries instalment, you’ll see that the Chapel interior started to look very much like a building site…! This was also the part of the process where we brought services in, water, electric, gas, so that the Chapel could be brought up to modern day standards.
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10 of My Favourite Trailing Houseplants
For today’s post, I’ve put together a top ten of my favourite trailing houseplants that I love to grow here at HOUSE PLANT HOUSE. It wasn’t until I moved again last Summer that I realised that quite a chunk of my plant collection comprises of hanging or trailing houseplants! As I’ve been finding places for…
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