House restoration - The Yank's House, Co Longford, Ireland

@ArchieluvsAnnie tweets -I bet xmas at #yankshouse is lovely! :o) Thanks for the fleeting image this tweet has inspired but I can only d...

Back in my posting on 3 rd August ‘ Is it time for a doer-upper" , I promised you a follow-up when I would feature some of m...

This summer I took delivery of a beautiful quilt for the Yank’s House - commissioned from and made by a friend. The hous...

If recycling is taking our rubbish and smashing it up to make something new from it  then upcycling is taking our rubbish and updating ...

Has there ever been a better time to take on a doer-upper I ask? I think not. You have all been following our story now – some of you f...

Where to from here? The current property market in Ireland would suggest we are throwing good money after bad spending it on the Yank’s...

Bending to pick up a stone and dropping it in the wheelbarrow brings back a flood of childhood memories. Growing up on a sm...