Editor’s Vlog

While we were in Ireland recently, the new window for the studio kitchen was delivered, as expected. What wasn’t expected,

I’m back from Ireland – and the work on Ashling’s studio continues. This time, I remove the old window in

While I was waiting for other things outside my control in the bathroom to get done – and waiting for

I’ve tiled a bathroom before – and it turned out quite good. With that experience behind me, I had no

If you’ve watched my DIY videos before, you’ll have heard me say, “Don’t come here to learn how to do

My niece, Ciara, has just turned 18 and is about to start marine biology at university. So, I set about

We bought a fancy ceiling fan/light/heater, which needs 230mm of space above the ceiling. So, it’s this fan that ultimately

I love hard work – I could watch it all day. In this video I get a chance to do

At last I seem to be making visible progress – with walls going up. This was pretty straightforward and, amazingly, they

The plumber has been and gone after doing all his ‘first fixings’. So now, just like in the Army, that

The old roof on my shed leaked – not on to my tools, thankfully, but onto the ceiling of the

Hurray! I got the sunroom table finished in time for our New Years Eve party. Well sort of. It’s finished

Thank the heavens – I finally have a win with this table – just before another setback. I am happy

Over the past three weeks or so, I’ve been jackhammering in Ashling’s bathroom, whenever I could get a chance, to

If you know me, you’ll know I’ve claimed “nearly killed me” more than once before. And if you’re keeping tally,

You may remember I bought six Ironbark slabs of wood a couple of months ago. Well now it’s time to

I was ‘in a mood’ one day recently – the job I was supposed to be doing was too big

Thunder and lightening makes for a very skittish dog – and grandad (who forgot to latch the gate) has to deal