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    • dinobarnesberlinD
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      @Giles:

      That sofa is my office….

      That is one sweet office–-comfy comfy

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      • GraemeG
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        I believe that's the Robinson of England Chesterfield. I might have put @Giles onto them, and can confirm that they're excellent sofas. 🙂

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        • northsouthdenimguyN
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          Not sure how I came across this topic but really great journal. I’m about an hour into looking at pictures and reading, as a home builder/developer I live for this stuff.
          Such an amazing addition, you did absolutely killer job. Very cool how involved you were in the process… but not sure if I would’ve loved it if I was the General Contractor lol 😳😉

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          • GilesG
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            Thank you very much.

            I was the general contractor 🙂 Which is why it took so long. I had to do everything in series because a) I did not know what I was doing and b) I did not have the luxury of juggling staff from one job to another...

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              @Giles said in Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House:

              I did not know what I was doing

              I see a pattern emerging here. Although that doesn't make it a bad thing

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              • GilesG
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                100% - I have failed so many times, and am still happy to make U turns when it is clear that I've screwed up again. But then you feel you have earned the wins....

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • endoE
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                  @Giles said in Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House:

                  I have failed so many times, and am still happy to make U turns

                  and that's what keeps our brains fit

                  si tacuisses

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                  • northsouthdenimguyN
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                    The use of reclaimed or saved materials is great. I won’t clog up your topic but the house I built before my current house I used some 18th century shutters from France as sliding doors, reclaimed Marie Antoinette “shutter dogs” on the exterior shutters, salvaged Heart Pine floating shelf for the powder vanity etc… New construction, but tried to balance the old with the new to give it a little bit more character

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                    • GilesG
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                      I love those old French Shutter dogs. I could not walk more than 50 yards when we were in Brittany last year without commenting on them 🙂 There's one in this post:

                      https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum//post/820812

                      Not sure if I documented the repairs we had to do to the "old" kitchen floor, but I found some very long and very wide boards sawn from 19th century beams, which I absolutely love...

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • northsouthdenimguyN
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                        You made the mistake…don’t get me started. 🤣 Forgot also had reclaimed oak lentils on the exterior and limestone pavers. I may have miss spoken on the shutter dogs maybe they’re Marianne? Regardless, I think they’re French. This house was something I built about 11-12 years ago, going through a very light phase like everybody else at the time.

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                        • GilesG
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                          Kudos, love the overall feel......

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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