{"id":1114,"date":"2022-01-03T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T19:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/?page_id=1114"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T22:33:03","slug":"renovating-a-scottish-flat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/?page_id=1114","title":{"rendered":"Renovating a Scottish Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC01116-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC01116-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC01116-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC01116-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC01116-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC01116.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1047 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Our Flat In Scotland<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T08:40:15-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Turning bed-sits into a home The seed for the idea that grew into our place in Scotland was planted during a family holiday in [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1076 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Creating a kitchen<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T13:16:43-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">From Dentist surgery to kitchen It made sense to have the kitchen on the same floor as the main living room, and to have [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1119 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The Front Room<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T14:30:01-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The front room, or living room, is still a work in progress. It&#8217;s been pretty usable since after the second trip in 2004, but [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The Utility Room<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T14:46:17-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Our &#8220;bonus&#8221; room above the main hallway has been a spare bedroom on occasion, but right from the earliest days it&#8217;s housed our laundry. [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1143 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Bathroom<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T14:59:43-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The original bathroom edged out the second floor kitchen to be &#8220;worst room in the flat&#8221;. I don&#8217;t think it had been renovated since [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1159 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Hallway and Stairs<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T15:16:24-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We are fortunate that our portion of the house includes the original entrance, hallway, and stairs &#8211; they retain much original character. When we [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1177 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Back Bedroom<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T15:29:00-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Initially we had used the front bedroom, but in summer months it&#8217;s pretty noisy with the cruiser traffic on Mid St, Friday and Saturday [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1190 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-renovation tag-renovation tag-scotland\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Front Bedroom<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-03T15:55:13-06:00\">2022-01-03<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This room benefitted from two added walls, one for soundproofing on the wall shared with our neighbors, the other created a corridor like &#8220;lab&#8221;. 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