Although I’ve written very little about the house since all the work we did on it between January and April 2008, things are still progressing.

From new light shades, a new TV and blue ray player to all new and very cool window blinds and a huge amount of new pots, plates, bols and kitchen machines, we’ve spent a fortune in the past year.

The latest thing though is quite spectacular. Emma thought out loud three weeks ago that we were over half way into 2009 and we’d not really done anything huge to the house. So, I asked what would be the most important change she’d like to make. Less than three weeks on, it was finished.

What did she ask for? More space. Since we looked at the house Emma had wanted to utilize the attick space and that’s exactly what we’ve done.

The attick now is accessible thanks to a pull down wooden ladder. It’s floored all the way across with extra shelvs at waste level. There’s also a window in the roof so it’s now a really clean, bright, open space.

It’s amazing how much we can fit in there! Everything from the garage that hadn’t been unpacked yet is now up there and organised so we can actually make use of it. Everything that was also hidden under the spare bed and in drawers is up there too. Even cables that were thrown into a corner of my room that I need to get at quite regularly are organised up there and are more importantly more accessible and easy to put my hands on than ever before.

I really think it’s cool. I couldn’t be happier with it. Emma’s absolutely delighted. She’s a huge amount of junk …… sorry. really productive and useful stuff in her sowing room down stairs that has now been dumped…….. sorry…… very carefully placed and organised in this new bin…… sorry……. storage space.