Make-n-Do

After carefully sanding the vanity top for hours and hours – all the way to 400 grit – it’s now time

With the tiling finished, it’s time to turn my attention to the fit out. First up is the vanity unit

I only went to the mall for a cup of coffee – but came away with two of the chunkiest

HURRAY!!! The tiling is finally finished in Ashling’s new bathroom. It took longer than I thought it would, was harder

Tiling isn’t easy – especially with big tiles – I now have learnt. Despite this, I’m nearing the end of

If you’ll recall, I admitted failure as a tiler in Ashling’s bathroom, before going on holidays. Well, I spent far

While we were in Ireland recently, the new window for the studio kitchen was delivered, as expected. What wasn’t expected,

I’m back from Ireland – and the work on Ashling’s studio continues. This time, I remove the old window in

While I was waiting for other things outside my control in the bathroom to get done – and waiting for

I’ve tiled a bathroom before – and it turned out quite good. With that experience behind me, I had no

If you’ve watched my DIY videos before, you’ll have heard me say, “Don’t come here to learn how to do

My niece, Ciara, has just turned 18 and is about to start marine biology at university. So, I set about

We bought a fancy ceiling fan/light/heater, which needs 230mm of space above the ceiling. So, it’s this fan that ultimately

I love hard work – I could watch it all day. In this video I get a chance to do

At last I seem to be making visible progress – with walls going up. This was pretty straightforward and, amazingly, they

The plumber has been and gone after doing all his ‘first fixings’. So now, just like in the Army, that

The old roof on my shed leaked – not on to my tools, thankfully, but onto the ceiling of the

Hurray! I got the sunroom table finished in time for our New Years Eve party. Well sort of. It’s finished

Thank the heavens – I finally have a win with this table – just before another setback. I am happy

Over the past three weeks or so, I’ve been jackhammering in Ashling’s bathroom, whenever I could get a chance, to