My Barn Conversion … musings in small-house, off-grid, architecture, design with smatterings of art, history and literature

Oak staircase, white clay painted walls, oak beam and ‘bag rub pointed’ masonry wall… From Barn Conversion 2012 It’s these places in the barn where differing materials and finishes meet and harmonise that work really well. @Cornish_Lime a recent acquaintance via Twitter have a article on their website about the bag rub finish worth a…

The Daily Mail reports on a new fast-track route through planning controls for the conversion of barns…

“A bit like a private sector, modernising, repurposing St Fagan’s…”

Earlier in the year, with much help from a neighbour I cut-down a partly fallen bough from the large Scots pine tree that stands at the top of the yard.

This quotation, with its innocence and clarity really appeals to me…

I’ll let the picture do the talking… From Barn Conversion 2012 At the barn in June (when the rain stopped).

Update on building progress during May 2012… Thin pickings at the barn.

I’ve previously mentioned the design ethos of Dieter Rams…

I’ve just posted this new ‘during’ photograph onto the about page.

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Time to get my finger out and get an Energy Performance Certificate for the barn sorted out.

I only stumbled across the concept of cradle to cradle design recently and was surprised that I’d not come across it sooner.