OUR NEW HOUSE!!

The house is called Horsemill House (doncha love how the British give their houses names? We could call our current house "Not Our House Coz We Rent It House").


The front door. Yes, that's a water pump, not a petrol pump. I'm told that if you're very determined, you can actually have water come out...


The front of the house.


The view out the front door. The road dead ends into a field, so no thru traffic.


One of the views from looking out the back...you can see the woods.



The stone building houses the oil tank for the heating and the ride-on mower.



The view looking left from the back


The Avocado Green Bathroom Of Shame. It would be a really lovely bathroom if only it were in...oh, just about any other colour. Even hot pink would be acceptable for its foofoo-ness. Heck, I'd even settle for Harvest Gold, the other popular colour during that ugly decade known as The 70's.

But upon the sage advice of my Knitty consultants, I've resigned myself to its existence and will do my best to decorate it accordingly. Car boot sales, here I come. And hey, I've got PLENTY of tie dye... maybe a giant cork Peace sign and a chair shaped like a hand? A throw rug shaped like a giant fuzzy foot?



One of the many paths into the 5 acres behind the house. Nettles ahoy! On the plus side, I can set up many little gardens and altars deep in the wood, and no one would eeevverrrr knoooooowwww...

I didn't put pics of the rooms on because they're still full of the current tenant's things and boxes...once we're moved in, I'll post them. Enjoy!

We Found A House!

Yep, we shore is rich folk now...

We decided to take that house toward Ripon. How could we not? Five acres of private woodland teeming with wildlife and trails?? C'mon, even YOU would have to say, "Holy crow, Batman, it's time we moved in!"

The house is a converted stable with an addition built on. It's a very quirky place, perfect for me, full of little corners and nooks. Very long, very big, very cool. Not fancy at all.

Downsides: it's very secluded with only one other house directly across the way, at the end of a gravel road which leads right into giant farmland. So no social life like I'm used to here...that's the worst part.

Also, we have to turn against traffic on the A61 to get into town. Also not fun.

Aside from that, it's loaded with space and laid out pretty well for a large house. Two full bathrooms upstairs and loo downstairs go a looooong way toward matrimonial bliss. Although the bathroom at the end of the hall...make sure you're sitting for this...is done in avacado green. That's right. Avocado green. That one feature nearly put me off the entire property, but I decided it would be the guest bathroom.

Did you hear me? GUEST BATHROOM. Because we now have a GUEST ROOM...not just unfolding the sofabed in the lounge, blowing up the air mattress, and squeezing it on the floor. No sir. We done moved up in the world.

This place is loaded with really cool things, like a big old stone fireplace in the lounge. Yay! FINALLY a fire place that works! And a huge back garden that comes with...get this...a riding lawn mower! That will be my job. I've always wanted a riding mower. I might just ride it up and down the road for poops and grins.

Sometimes, life just goes your way.