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savingholmes

It looks stunning. Hope your husband's work picks up. 

woodfired

savingholmes said:

It looks stunning. Hope your husband's work picks up. 

Aww thanks SH.  We hope so too, it is a bit of a worry but we are thankful to have options.  We have quite a bit in savings that will see us through if need be and the bounceback loan means we have no finance repayments for 12 months, then much lower payments thereafter which has to help.

So glad we save when we can and that our MSE lifestyle means we haven't noticed him taking a 60% paycut, which is amazing really.  He has had the time to complete all of our renovations on three rooms for less than £3000 including the new woodburner and carpet, which were all budgeted for anyway.

Now we tighten our belts, keep saving what we can and try to get the business up and running again.  Onwards and hopefully upwards! xx

themadvix

The snug looks fantastic - what a transformation! I’m not surprised you’re pleased with it, and all on a budget too.

 Hope things improve for your husband - I think people are beginning to think more normally again, so there’s hope that this will lead to work for him. Completely different field, but my work has picked up in the last couple of weeks as people emerge from ‘hibernation’. A wise move to give yourself the breathing space of the bounce back loan though.

Moneyfordreams

The room looks lovely, and your garden I hope things pick up for your husband soon  

Fortune_Smiles

Wow!  The snug looks fabulous Woodfired.

Really hope business picks up for you.

Fortune x

woodfired

Ahh thanks everyone for your kind words and encouragement.  A little bit of more positive news today, a small order placed by one of our customers and hopefully more in the pipeline, fingers crossed.  Thanks again all of you lovely folks.

savingholmes

May the trickle of new work become a flood. I think the commentators are prophesying doom because it helps sell news stories but there are other encouraging signs in the economy. Things could bounce back more quickly than the pessimists predict. 

Hazelnutty

Hey woodfired - that looks amazing! One of my plans for the new house refurb is to expose the old fireplace, repair the brickwork and put in a stove. What kind did you go for? There seems to be such a lot of choice!

greent

SNug looks absolutely fabulous - and your husband has done a cracking job on it Fingers crossed more orders come in and all is well again x

woodfired

savingholmes said:

May the trickle of new work become a flood. I think the commentators are prophesying doom because it helps sell news stories but there are other encouraging signs in the economy. Things could bounce back more quickly than the pessimists predict. 

Fingers crossed for that SH, thank you.x
Hazelnutty said:

Hey woodfired - that looks amazing! One of my plans for the new house refurb is to expose the old fireplace, repair the brickwork and put in a stove. What kind did you go for? There seems to be such a lot of choice!

Hey Nutty, good to 'see' you!  Hope you are well.  The stove is a Jydepejsen, they are Danish and are very efficient which is what we were looking for.  More expensive but extracts every bit of energy from the wood so are very hot and have long burning times so less re-filling!  Ours was actually an Eb@y bargain, around £2k new, bought for £870. 
greent said:

SNug looks absolutely fabulous - and your husband has done a cracking job on it Fingers crossed more orders come in and all is well again x

Hi Greent!  Hope you are well.  Thanks very much, it's a much nicer space to be in now and we love it. x