As my extended maternity leave draws to a close, been thinking back over the last few days of how manic the last 11 months have been. Two boys under 3, a husband and a dog! Busy, busy, busy!!
Add to the mix the mad cap idea we had to begin our house renovations while on leave! As if I didn’t have enough to do! We bought a house in need of total renovation so this was always on the cards however the scale of which grew as our family grew. We are currently in the midst of a roof conversion, this will be a playroom/ study. Outside we are doing a single story 32m2 extension and a revamped garden which will be both practical and fun for the boys as they grow up.
The biggest issue we are facing is natural light, it is quite dark and sheltered where we are so getting as much light as possible into our house was always going to be a challenging issues. We debated at length and considered the cost trade off and in the end went with Velux, 4 in the roof conversion and 6 in the back extension. We had considered a long narrow roof light for the back extension however when we discussed with our architect his expert opinion was the Velux would give a deeper light and penetrate more in the older part which as a result of the extension was going to get even less light. See here for some further information and some inspiration. We are probably about 40% through our project so check back over the coming months for updates and pictures of the finished project.
(Source: http://www.buildinginspiration.co.uk/)
My three year old has really taken an interest in the building particularly his new play space. He asked the Dada Fairy to build him a tree house, not sure about this myself!!
We have trawled the internet many times over the last few weeks and finally agreed on this. I actually think the addition of a firemans pole sealed the deal for my Fireman Sam fanatic! On a serious note an all weather playhouse will be a great addition to the revamped garden so hopefully the by the time we get to finalising the garden the budget will have some left for this.
Note: this is a collaborative post however all views and opinions are my own as always.
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Love the idea of building a tree house! We’ve said we’ll buy my toddler a swing this weekend but think he’d definitely prefer a fireman’s pole!
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