tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post7477798483687811405..comments2023-07-20T14:52:22.013+01:00Comments on Alternative Eagle: industrial lightingKaren Cheunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162058505350255330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post-24975155949952216822010-04-07T15:20:59.000+01:002010-04-07T15:20:59.000+01:00:-) virtual blogging here is fine. I was wondering...:-) virtual blogging here is fine. I was wondering what happened to your blog.<br /><br />Your old house sounds like the kind of thing I'd like to buy. I would probably regret it, though, because whilst I like the fantasy of renovating a house I think the reality might be a lot tougher, and I will find it hard to live with the cold/damp/leaks/crumbling walls/rubbish plumbing/mould...Karen Cheunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162058505350255330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post-50622322878107997362010-04-07T12:08:12.520+01:002010-04-07T12:08:12.520+01:00f*** sorry, I'm virtually blogging on your blo...f*** sorry, I'm virtually blogging on your blog.<br /><br />I should probably resurrect my blog (am in two minds about whether it is compatible with my job) or better still, go do some work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post-19828405469363189312010-04-07T12:06:58.633+01:002010-04-07T12:06:58.633+01:00I wouldn't say the old house was amazing. I...I wouldn't say the old house was amazing. I'd say it could have been amazing but my family are not really very good at DIY so it sort of resembled a 70s time-warp crossed with old stone cottage charm.<br /><br />It had some features that are very trendy now (cellars complete with stone table and little hollows for wine storage, outbuildings-even an old pig-sty, land with our own hedgerow etc. etc.).<br /><br />But it also had some really bad (and very hard to remove) "modern" updates completely out of character-fake chimneys and beams (even though there were also real beams!!!), stairs boxed in with chipboard etc.And our own taste in decor was kinda chintzy.<br /><br />I think the guy who bought it is ripping everything out, but he is crazy, so I'm not sure he'll do that great a job really. It was home, but not the best of houses, so I'm glad dad now lives in a new build. Different houses suit different people at different times.<br /><br />But yeah, buy somewhere big enough for parties-as if I get anywhere its going to be a studio or 1 bed which will be crap for parties (unless I hang everyone from hammocks). I'll do my best to host stuff for once though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post-1281125530401870982010-04-06T18:33:50.604+01:002010-04-06T18:33:50.604+01:00Your old house sounds amazing, if a little scary :...Your old house sounds amazing, if a little scary :-) and I know what you mean about the clunk - that's the joy of them!<br /><br />Yeah, I don't really want servants or a massive house either :-) Just one that's big enough for a good party weekend!Karen Cheunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162058505350255330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211285783434059218.post-85809370444438076942010-04-06T13:33:18.788+01:002010-04-06T13:33:18.788+01:00My old house had lightswitches like that (in the s...My old house had lightswitches like that (in the shed and cellars etc.). This was because the circuitry was actually way over the date it should have all been redone...I like the clunk feeling you get when you turn them on.<br /><br />Even the normal house lightswitches were sort of curved-hard to describe as I've not seen them in many houses (probably because everyone actually replaced them...).<br /><br />The best switchy things are those servants bell systems you see in old houses. I've never felt a desire to be rich or own a big house but those servant bell things and hidden corridors always appealed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com