We couldn't work out why despite re-taping up all the joints, the tumble-dryer wasn't blowing or drying properly. Thankfully, on...

Extraordinary patterns in the ice on our attic Velux windows last week. (Click image to enlarge)

The storm last May brought down a lot of trees near us, but the chaos of that Monday evening was offset by the nice collection of firewo...

I'm sure it didn't used to look like this.....

On Saturday night, Perthshire singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lins Honeyman held a 'Living Room Gig' round at our house,...

We had a strange experience this week with a double-glazing company called Weatherseal. I took a telephone call from one of their sales peop...

Yesterday I had to clear out part of our attic to make space for an inspection of the timbers in our roof, which appear to be moving... Whil...

If I lie on our bed and look up I can see the cracks that are working their way steadily around the ceiling and into the wall behind the hea...

Note - when the dishwasher is on a 'hot' wash programme; don't take any glass object out and immediately fill it with cold water...

The phrase, "this is a local shop" surprisingly featured in the top 5 comedy catchphrases of all time. The ghastly premise of the ...

A strange sight in our house today..

Endlessly Restless recently responded to a challenge posted by Lucy , which I'm going to do as well! The idea is to post snapshots of t...

Perth continues to look idyllic in its Arctic cloak, with the hills of the Sma ' Glen forming a pure white backdrop to the chimney'...

Hours of cleaning, sanding, polyfilla-ing! Finally, making progress At last it looks half-decent HHmmm, not too bad

"At all times there must be absolute equity"... this apparently is the golden parenting rule, when you have two boys amongst your...

The attic conversion is now finished, the book shelving hung on the walls and we've finished decorating (well all but a few fiddly tidyi...

The evils that lurk in the darkest recesses of the vegetable cupboard... maybe it's time for a clear-out!

The attic is starting to look like a pleasant place to sit, think, read or work. (It'll soon be a mess again once I move all thebooks up...