white heather barn
  • About
  • Location Kitchen and dining Cosy lounge with log burner En-suite bedrooms Hot tub and garden Doggy friends
  • Derbyshire blog
  • Barn Conversion
white heather barn
  • About/
  • Holiday Cottage/
    • Location
    • Kitchen and dining
    • Cosy lounge with log burner
    • En-suite bedrooms
    • Hot tub and garden
    • Doggy friends
  • Derbyshire blog/
  • Barn Conversion/
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white heather barn

A luxury dog and child friendly barn conversion holiday cottage in Derbyshire with private hot tub

white heather barn

The story of our project to convert derelict Victorian barns in Derbyshire into a home and holiday cottage

white heather barn
  • About/
  • Holiday Cottage/
    • Location
    • Kitchen and dining
    • Cosy lounge with log burner
    • En-suite bedrooms
    • Hot tub and garden
    • Doggy friends
  • Derbyshire blog/
  • Barn Conversion/
April 29, 2018

Bob the Builder on Site!

April 29, 2018/ Heather

With all the recent delays we decided to get a second opinion from an expert.

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Bob the Builder 

Checking the plans

Inspecting the new brickwork

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He loves the windows

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Checking the equipment

 

And finally, a little bit of brick cleaning to end the day.

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April 29, 2018/ Heather/ Comment

Heather

  • Electricity update
  • Again, still no electricity
  • About/
  • Holiday Cottage/
    • Location
    • Kitchen and dining
    • Cosy lounge with log burner
    • En-suite bedrooms
    • Hot tub and garden
    • Doggy friends
  • Derbyshire blog/
  • Barn Conversion/

white heather barn

A blog diary of my creative life in Derbyshire with crochet, quilting, knitting, embroidery, textile art and baking......and barn conversions

Events and News

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At last we have a chandelier! Or would you call it a dangly pendant🤔 It’s taken nearly 2 years to get this up so you can certainly say that we are the tortoises (not hares) of the barn converting world 😂. Also it means that the horrible hard
Should I be worried by all the crows gathering in the field? It is called a murder of crows after all 😱 #murderofcrows #derbyshire #whiteheatherbarn
I’m looking out at a damp and dismal day so thought I would share a super moon photo from a couple of nights ago. As you do, I went out in my pj’s and slippers and tried a few different settings on my phone and got this. It’s a pity
I was enjoying a quiet afternoon sewing when I noticed the rainbow. I’m sure there must be a pot of gold in the field 😂 #quilting #sewing #Derbyshire #barnconversion
Wow what treat - Northern lights from our front garden! Alerted by daughter who jumped in her car to come over, I jumped out of bed at 21:35 (what can I say, it’s been a busy week), pulled on some jeans, coat, wellies and hat and went out to wa
So, what did you do on your holidays……….🪚🪵 Another sawing and chopping session and the log store is full. Hoorah! There is still more wood ready to chop so will do that as and when we need it. #logstore #choppingwood #derbysh
This week it is Wirksworth Festival in Derbyshire and we went to visit the Art Trail on Sunday. It’s a wonderful walk around the town to see the many and varied artists displaying and selling their work in gardens and houses throughout the town
We have had a few sessions with wood chopping this week. First of all we chopped and sawed a load of seasoned wood ready for the winter. This all went into the new log store Richard built last week, although we have quite a bit more to do yet so it s
I don’t know about anyone else but a good nights sleep is a priority for me. That is why we invested in deluxe hotel quality mattresses for White Heather Barn holiday cottage. We make sure that the mattresses are turned regularly and the matt

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