View from the Potting Shed

At last! Our bedroom is now habitable. New duvet cover from Ikea, in case you were wondering. Artwork by Sarah Carrington.
Tonight will be our first night in the new house. Since Tuesday evening we’ve been sleeping next door in our holiday cottage, while during the day we’ve been setting up the house. […]

Before

After

A wardrobe built-in to the eaves in the room that is now my study, packed full with boxes, cartons and packaging.
If there is one thing that I enjoy doing, and that I think I’m good at doing, then it’s organising. I love thinking through problems and trying to find the easiest, most efficient solution. […]

Especially for Ric here is a photograph of the Crown Removals lorry driving away from 54 Drum Brae Park en route for Cellardyke.
I won’t rant (yet) about the damages incurred, the cutlery left behind in a drawer in Edinburgh, or the fact that despite our numerous telephone conversations warning the removals firm that they wouldn’t […]

I’m sorry, but your call cannot be answered at the moment, as Gareth and Jane are currently moving house. Thank you for your patience.
Please feel free to leave your name, e-mail and web address and any message after the tone.
Beep!

This is it. By the morning our Telewest Blueyonder broadband internet connection will have been disconnected, and a nice man will be chapping at the door asking kindly for their equipment to be returned.
On the whole, it’s been a good three years living here in Edinburgh. We’ve had our share of fun, we’ve […]

It really feels like we’re moving now. My shelves are now bereft of cassettes, compact discs and most of my books.

I have 17 boxes of books so far. I’m just glad we don’t live in the National Library of Scotland, otherwise I’d be up all night (at the very least) filling banana boxes.

All […]