DIY vs DYE
Not everything here at bed is glamorous 😉 Doing everything ourselves means doing the dirty jobs too. Like fixing washing machines. #DIY #missionaccomplished #local #bedding #thethingsivelearnedinbed
Not everything here at bed is glamorous 😉 Doing everything ourselves means doing the dirty jobs too. Like fixing washing machines. #DIY #missionaccomplished #local #bedding #thethingsivelearnedinbed
Our very first weekend in bed. December 1999. We barely had enough stock to fill the shelves. If you look at the hangbar, we had to hang sheets like towels to cover up the bare, empty bar! Still, we opened our door and people came and shopped (thank goodnesss!) Soon enough we would catch up and start
Our very first weekend in bed. Read More »
A brand new, high-efficiency, on-demand gas water heater. No more keeping tanks of water hot 24/7 for work that happens only a few days a week. It was an expensive little bugger but will save so much energy and money over its lifetime. So things are starting to look a bit more like we could
This will be where all our washers are installed. Pipe testing And along the back wall it will be new, high-efficiency gas dryers. This will be a huge improvement and energy-savings compared to our old, electric dryers.
Things move quickly once you have water. Read More »
Thankfully not literally. We managed to find the incoming water pipe, right about where we figured it would be, except for one major difference. It was a mere few centimetres below the concrete instead of being under about 45cm of sand. We were happily jack-hammering and shovelling right beside a pressurized, plastic pipe that would
We need to join the two old offices into one room for sewing. That means a door and window must die. A little bit of smashing and bashing is in order and we have just the tool to do it. What an awesome name! Our trusty sidekicks have found a spot to watch from a
Our chance to take out some frustrations on a wall. Read More »
Let’s start whipping this place into shape. First item on the agenda… Where oh where is the incoming water pipe? Sadly, the original building plans are gone so all we can do is guess (and dig a few holes). We’ll post an update when we find it!
And now the work begins… Read More »