{"id":98,"date":"2011-06-09T19:21:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=98"},"modified":"2011-06-09T19:21:04","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T19:21:04","slug":"more-housewarming-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"More Housewarming Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cherry laurel had to go. Luckily, Dan was willing to work on it all day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99\" title=\"cherry_laurel\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cherry_laurel.jpg\" alt=\"Getting rid of the cherry laurel\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cherry_laurel.jpg 350w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cherry_laurel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cherry_laurel-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having a bit of lunch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-100\" title=\"eating\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/eating.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday Lunch\" width=\"400\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/eating.jpg 400w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/eating-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grace and Simon having a laugh.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101\" title=\"grace_and_simon\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/grace_and_simon.jpg\" alt=\"Grace and Simon\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/grace_and_simon.jpg 400w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/grace_and_simon-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grace wielding power tools. That toilet won&#8217;t build itself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102\" title=\"grace_with_tools\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/grace_with_tools.jpg\" alt=\"Grace with Tools\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/grace_with_tools.jpg 400w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/grace_with_tools-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our new home (a touring caravan I bought on ebay.) Very good views.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103\" title=\"home\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/home.jpg\" alt=\"Our new home\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/home.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/home-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the weather was so good, we did all the cooking and tea-making outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104\" title=\"kitchen\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"Working kitchen\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kitchen.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kitchen-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Liz&#8217;s steps before all that work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105\" title=\"liz_steps_1\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/liz_steps_1.jpg\" alt=\"Liz's steps before\" width=\"300\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/liz_steps_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/liz_steps_1-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Liz&#8217;s steps after all that work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106\" title=\"liz_steps_2\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/liz_steps_2.jpg\" alt=\"Liz's steps after\" width=\"300\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/liz_steps_2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/liz_steps_2-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rudimentary loo. It does the job (so to speak.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107\" title=\"loo\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/loo.jpg\" alt=\"The Rudimentary Loo\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/loo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/loo-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The marquee (or great hall) and the caravan (or domestic quarters.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108\" title=\"marquee_and_caravan\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/marquee_and_caravan.jpg\" alt=\"the Marquee and the Caravan\" width=\"600\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/marquee_and_caravan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/marquee_and_caravan-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a stone at the bottom of one of the walls that was threatening to fall off down the hill. It would have been a ridiculous pain to get it back again, so Elmo sensibly led a campaign to replace it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109\" title=\"moving_stone\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/moving_stone.jpg\" alt=\"Moving a very large stone\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/moving_stone.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/moving_stone-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The beautiful mullioned windows in one of the outbuildings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110\" title=\"mullioned_window\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mullioned_window.jpg\" alt=\"the Mullioned Window\" width=\"250\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mullioned_window.jpg 250w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mullioned_window-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found this very useful crosscut saw in the shed. Several uses were made of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111\" title=\"sal_and_catie\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sal_and_catie.jpg\" alt=\"Sal, Catie and the stump\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sal_and_catie.jpg 400w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sal_and_catie-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view from inside one of the sheds, now lovely and clean (well, relatively) and ready to hold our stuff with some level of security.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112\" title=\"shed\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/shed.jpg\" alt=\"The view from the shed\" width=\"300\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/shed.jpg 300w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/shed-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sheds from the outside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113\" title=\"sheds\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sheds.jpg\" alt=\"the sheds\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sheds.jpg 400w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sheds-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The table, set for dinner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114\" title=\"table_set\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/table_set.jpg\" alt=\"The table set for dinner\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/table_set.jpg 400w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/table_set-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A wide view of the site.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115\" title=\"wide_shot\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wide_shot.jpg\" alt=\"Wide shot of the site\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wide_shot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wide_shot-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sarah-May and Lea raking up the grass after strimming.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116\" title=\"working\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/working.jpg\" alt=\"working\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/working.jpg 600w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/working-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cherry laurel had to go. Luckily, Dan was willing to work on it all day. Having a bit of lunch. Grace and Simon having a laugh. Grace wielding power tools. That toilet won&#8217;t build itself. Our new home (a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=98\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}