How we spent our summer holidays

So because the world is in a mess right now and because all our spare time & cash goes on this project, Steve and I spent 2 weeks of our annual leave this summer doing Project Bucky stuff.

I went first with 2 weeks off at the end of July which I spent trying to decorate Holly Loft.  It didn't quite go according to plan!

We had originally intended to varnish the hardwood so as to keep the natural wood colour & patterns but unfortunately, the finish just wasn't quite right.  

So we tried to paint it instead but that wasn't quite right either as you could still see a lot of the nail divets and joins so now we're doing a mixture of painting and lining paper.

It's taking shape but it's quite slow going and there will still be many weekends before it's finished.

That's said we do now have a small kitchen unit installed and a single toilet & wash basin together with a nice new hot water tank so it's pretty operational as a makeshift home office.

Steve has just finished his two weeks "holiday" and he spent his time to create a lovely garden space.

The outside area is pretty big so we have left a fair amount as "driveway" area but there was still a large portion which needed to be cleared, de-weeded and then laid to lawn.  

He also extended on the little kitchen veg plot area we'd already put down where I've been growing potatoes, onions, courgette & tomatoes.

I honestly wasn't sure he'd be able to get it all done in two weeks by himself but he's done a great job.  I think his body hates him right now but he succeeded.

Here's some before photos:

Some during photos:

And the finished product: