Unusual interesting site

[Steve G]

 Here ye go, peeps. I've tried to access this site through my Blog, Google, Firefox, iE ..... It appears there's just a global outage ~ with me, at least  ~ which has taken Yahoo and half the rest of the net out with it. I've even completely reinstalled my modem. Nothing.

 But, remembering the name of this thread, I managed to find a link to it on Google. Maybe it'll work for you? If so, I trust the photo's will still be on my post? They're some beauties and I'd hate ye not to be able to read the report as was intended.

 Please let me know if ye can get through ~ and enjoy the rest of the site 

" The Cottage, The Kiddlecrane and the SAS "

My oppo', Dean O' and I in action 

[fallingonabruise]

Glad to see you lot found it interesting too. 
My ony trouble is I want all the farms or little cottages especially if they have a big cooking range, I could live in any of them, even the old theme parks,
but then again I am slightly strange 

[Steve G]

Falling; Did I ever tell ye about the old, stone built farm cottage I live in? Eighteen inch thick walls. Tin over thatch roof.  Smack bang in the middle of no where. Nearly a mile from the road ~ which is miles from anywhere anyway. Big range in the kitchen. Smaller, gloriously ornate and flash, wood stove in here, for the long winters. Nothing out there but fields and trees.

 Sickening, isn't it? 

[danuslave]

but then again I am slightly strange

Aren't we all - or we wouldn't be reading this 

Linda

[Ruskie]

Falling; Did I ever tell ye about the old, stone built farm cottage I live in? Eighteen inch thick walls. Tin over thatch roof.  Smack bang in the middle of no where. Nearly a mile from the road ~ which is miles from anywhere anyway. Big range in the kitchen. Smaller, gloriously ornate and flash, wood stove in here, for the long winters. Nothing out there but fields and trees.

 Sickening, isn't it? 

Sounds idyllic. Is it one of the houses you photographed then decided to move into? 

No, seriously, your photos are really interesting. And you write well too - most entertaining.

Falling, you are not alone. I like the (genuine) distressed look and prefer my interiors dark and gloomy. I always prefer my walls after the woodchip is removed and before the new is applied, especially if there are remnants of interesting old wallpaper underneath. We looked to buy an Edwardian house in London many years ago which was absolutely original. You could see sky through the roof tiles and I must admit I would have repaired this, but almost everything else would have stayed just as it was, black staircase and all.  I don't like 'overconservation'.

[Steve G]

 Is it one of the houses you photographed then decided to move into? 

 You're much nearer the truth than ye think 

I'm with you though, on the 'leave as is' idea. I've done that here. Where I've had to add, I've done it sympathetically to the original. Had all the windows replaced ~ original style, of course ~ and am now going round the insides, finishing in the reveals. But, I'm deliberately not doing my best. I walk away before I'm finished and even engineer the odd, 'artistic' slip of the trowel. Which I then fail to notice or make good.

 Result is that it matches the original work and what's become of it over the years, see? Bit rough and craggy. And, when I'm done, I'll not be bringing a tin of Brilliant White near the place! I'll have 'Dirty, Old White' mixed for the job.

 My favourite little anecdote is about when the lady who was born here, about eighty years ago, dropped by. I was showing her the cow sheds and she was just saying, " And we used to have a little gate. Just ..... Oh! there it is! My Father made that  "

 Of course, I didn't mention that I'd made that one. Taking my cue from a couple of splinters of decayed wood and some bits of rust. All that I'd found left, a century later. But that did it for me. Made my day to see her completely convinced that not a thing had changed here 

[Ruskie]

Do you have any photos of your handiwork and house that you'd be willing to post?

[fallingonabruise]

Falling; Did I ever tell ye about the old, stone built farm cottage I live in? Eighteen inch thick walls. Tin over thatch roof.  Smack bang in the middle of no where. Nearly a mile from the road ~ which is miles from anywhere anyway. Big range in the kitchen. Smaller, gloriously ornate and flash, wood stove in here, for the long winters. Nothing out there but fields and trees.

 Sickening, isn't it? 

do you want a wife ?

[Steve G]

Do you have any photos of your handiwork and house that you'd be willing to post?

 I'll sort something out, one of these days. Only, much of it's still very much 'work in progress' right now. And I progress slowly ~ because I'm always working on my tree, rather than getting damn all done around here! 

do you want a wife ?

 Sorry, love! Been there. Done that. The buggers are forming a queue, now that I've 'Made It'. Peace and perfect solitude for my creatures and me? Why spoil that by adding another person to the mix?