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The story of a man with a hammer, some nails and an old house to use them on…

Finding your place in this world

It’s no real secret that I grew up in a different country to the one…

Thankyou

Hobbies, they are strange things.

There shall be sent a plague upon your house…

It seems fitting that this post reappears at this time —…

A man in obnoxious sunglasses stares with a gimlet eye from the window of a car.

You should never apologise for your success, but…

When you’re a colossus, a titan perhaps

A large, raised rotunda with a white, dome shaped roof, in a grassy waterside park with a boat moored in the distance.

The great Balmoral blogmeet

A historical slice of time…

We’re to the right of the bandstand…

A hand saw, plane, hammer, nails, power drill, screws, tape measure, pencil, square and spirit level, neatly arranged.

I think I hate DIY

When I was a kid, I liked nothing better to get outside with some tools and build…

I still don’t know about you, but…

I’m still in it for the glamour

A cleaner holds a bottle of surface spray just above the marble countertop she is wiping with a paper towel.

A cleaner is not a luxury

But a clean home is

Hi Mr and Mrs Albion,

The New York skyline in the evening with lights in the windows of buildings against a darkening sky .

Don’t know about you, but

I’m in it for the glamour!

A lumpy, bumpy, poorly finished wall

It won’t fall down in a hurry, but…

It is a truly crappy job!

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