When we were scouring the property market for the Farm, the one very explicit requirement I had was that I did not want to buy a property with beams. I didn’t like them, I didn’t want them in my house, and I definitely didn’t want the job of restoring them! But, a year and a bit later, I’ll admit I now find the sight of these old lengths of timber pretty inviting…

Once your plaster has cured, you can start to think about painting. Whilst lime plaster doesn’t have to be painted, its likely the finish a lot of us will choose, both for its aesthetic benefits and as an added level of protection for our plaster. However, standard, off the shelf paints that you might find in your local hardware store just aren’t going to be right for use on lime plasters ….

It’s no secret that taking on a project the scale of the Farm has at times left us scratching our heads, and nothing more so than making the decision to replace the windows at the Farm. When we purchased in April 2021, we did so with the knowledge that every window and door here needed to be replaced, but that didn’t make the practicalities of doing so any easier…

One of the biggest technical challenges we faced with lime plastering was how we would finish the window reveals. We thought it might be a helpful post to share if any of you are in the same boat, and are wondering how to finish your reveals too.

Following on from last weeks post, Lime Plastering Part 1, today we’re going to look at the plastering process in more detail, the plaster’s we have used, and a brief look at paints and finishes.

Lime, and lime plastering in particular, is a material that we have had to wrap our heads around quite quickly since moving into the Farm last April, in order to ensure we have been making the best decisions for our property…

Pointing is a technique used to ‘finish’ the gaps between stone or brick in construction. It uses mortar, which is a workable paste made by combining a binding material such as lime, cement, or earth…

If you’ve been following our journey for any length of time, you may already know that the Cottage is the first of the houses we are renovating at the Farm. It’s is stone built, shares a party wall with the Mistal, and began work on it back in July 2021…