<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Building my Oasis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Building my Oasis]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:53:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.morrigancc.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[95/549 Sadly cleaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is a Saturday, which is usually a really productive day for me. I have a whole list of things I wanted to do today. Instead I spent pretty much the whole day clearing rubble. This is where I started today. Mounds and mounds of debris. I spent many hours shoveling. The worst job in any demolition project. And at the end of the day I wasn't even really done. The first thing I did was properly pile up all the wood into one side of the room. Getting rid of this pile is going to be the next...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/95-549-sadly-cleaning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac14f83104b5b8f71a7dbaa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_cf9ee279b9be4424bbb9b234cb1bb04c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_654,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[93/549 Switching focus]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week I decided to switch it up a little bit. I am still working towards the same weekly goals of removing render and cutting a whole in the floor, the problem is I need to clean up the concrete in order to have space to remove the next section or render or the floor. Alas that is a terrible job, and one which I could not convince myself to do. So instead I do something fast where I could see progress, I started pulling out the walls in the room which will become my upstairs bathroom....]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/93-549-switching-focus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac14b76104b5b8f71a7dabd</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_da208f40313b4dcaa35e8416e6b07f25~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_652,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[89/549 Visible progress at last]]></title><description><![CDATA[I bought a new chisel head for my demolition hammer and it may be my wisest decision so far. When I started the weekend the wall after 2 hours of pretty intense labour had gotten to this point. Which was improvement but wasn't fast. The new head increased my speed fourfold and I was able to clear this entire wall in less than two hours. Leaving me with a beautiful, mostly naked wall. There are a few bits around the bottom which I need to remove the rubble to get to, but that is a derendered...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/89-549-visible-progress-at-last</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6abbf6d11b5e824017ac6ded</guid><category><![CDATA[Building]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:50:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_2ec6112e0c1e405db7bf000655c413ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_646,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 85/549 Minute by minute]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I don't have a massive amount to update on. I alas have a full time job, so midweek renovation work is not something I have had capacity for. A fact I am going to have to learn to push through. I just do not have enough time to not capitalize on any available minutes. So today I decided to just push, I don't have to do a lot, but I do have to move forward, to maintain my own momentum. So this is where I started this evening. And after about 30 minutes of work, this is where I go to. It...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/day-85-549-minute-by-minute</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab2efb8f581590ebd8a6c16</guid><category><![CDATA[Building]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_f0ed74ff43804ec1b59241960392e4af~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_652,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 84/549 Progress by inches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last post I mentioned that I got a little freaked out by the previous owners renovation works. So I decided to move onto a slightly less daunting room. The guest room. Now this is a less terrifying prospect because I already know the major problem in this room, the floor is failing. I could see that when I stripped the ceiling of the dining room downstairs. So pulling the ceiling and render should tell me if I'm right and that is my major problem. Let's hope. In case I haven't made it...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/day-84-549-progress-by-inches</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab12eb66a23225f3f0934f8</guid><category><![CDATA[Building]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:06:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_6173fe669a974caa800bef1c536322e1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_851,h_645,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slight plan shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[So my original plan was to focus entirely on downstairs, put in heating, kitchen, etc. But as timing would have it, that isn't entirely feasible. The heating will take 12 weeks start to finish, with one of the later steps being pouring concrete for the downstairs flooring, which by current estimates will be happening in December, this is not ideal for setting concrete. Additionally I have realized that whilst my current accomodations are comfortable enough, coming into winter I would prefer...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/a-slight-plan-shift</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab12a896a23225f3f09340b</guid><category><![CDATA[Building]]></category><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:15:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_54a6145275a04942af882b6bb819667e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_661,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 9/549]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have the letter which gives me the official grant approval. Which is amazing. Among various rules and instructions it also gives me the end date, 1st January 2028. Which is insanely far in the distance. But also in building terms, not very long at all. It also feels radically more real now I have a date for the end. So anyway, I made some progress, made the most of the good weather to cut down massive amounts of tree. It still doesn't really feel like I have made a dent there, and I will...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/day-9-549</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4fa8034c80c92d52e0bf4c</guid><category><![CDATA[Building]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:15:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_578d2b6f8ada4507ba1e3ff142ab3e76~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_649,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 2 of approx 367]]></title><description><![CDATA[So today was less productive than yesterday. But it was educational. Today I was aiming to do the same treatment on the sitting room as I did on the dinning room yesterday. I got like 80% of the way there. So a recap, this is what the sitting room looks like before anything. Sitting room So the aim of today, remove the carpet, the ceiling and all the trim. I started removing the carpet, and was mildly surprised that underneath was a whole different floor. Sitting room bonus floor Honestly,...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/day-2-of-approx-367</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3eddeb66f5e6ff493b7dfb</guid><category><![CDATA[Building]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:34:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_950785c331fd4cf4b4f5da94c47f8113~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 1 of approx 367]]></title><description><![CDATA[I finally got an inspector out for grant approval. Success . The house was approved and with the letter arriving in 3-4 weeks (the letter will tell me the breakdown in how I have to use the grant amount and more importantly, when exactly I have to be finished by), but works can start now. So today I finally finally got to start. My first step is the baseline destruction, removal of flooring and ceilings. Then removing the concrete floor and all the lime render. Labour intensive but not a...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/day-1-of-approx-367</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3da1282bbc5121b029a16b</guid><category><![CDATA[Building]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:19:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_226b326c733f4a9fba7fe1664133123e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_864,h_646,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem of stairs]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I had taken a little break from posting for a couple of reasons, one work and life got in the way and two, I really really didn't like...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/the-problem-of-stairs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661596677bc516ce9c76c03b</guid><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:01:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_b28104f00cdc4a78a103192cbb6f1afd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_474,h_680,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Section 2 - The original upstairs]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I have previous said I am splitting the house into sections for ease of thought. Section 2 is the original upstairs. This is the 2 double bedrooms and the boxroom with the landing in the middle. At the moment this will turn into the master room, spare room and upstairs bathroom. The rooms themselves have relatively low ceilings that are slightly gabled at either side, because of the gabling and the low ceilings this means that the windows are at floor level. The first four pictures are the...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/section-2-the-original-upstairs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a3041e14cf9af971b4018f</guid><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:00:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_3505dffa33f84bc3ad2cbb023b7c0a07~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Section 1 - The original downstairs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The house is split into 4 sections.. Section 1 is the original downstairs. This is the living room, dinning room, front hallway and stairs. It is encased in a stone wall that is approximately a meter wide. There is a chimney at either end of this original section and then in the centre of each of the walls between the chimneys are the only two doors which go out of the original lower floor of the house, the front door and the door to the kitchen. The above pictures show the current dinning...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/section-1-the-original-downstairs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a2f4d16dbbffa3583b10c0</guid><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_7990066f7fc547e08285a9fee8b43b4c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Splitting the house down]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I have previously mentioned the original house was built with the two stories and later on the kitchen and bathroom were added with the attached stores and barn. Therefore, when considering the house it can be broken up into essentially 4 sections where the exterior walls of these 4  sections are fixed and then there is some flexibility with the interior walls within these sections. Section 1 is the original downstairs. This is the living room, dinning room, front hallway and stairs. It is...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/splitting-the-house-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a2edd419151eabbe0cd490</guid><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:00:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_779f9d3cd3444522a9dce098f723cc96~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I own a house]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't written anything in a while because of crazy work life balance, something that the house is meant to rectify. But I am officially a home owner, the week before Christmas everything came together and I picked up my keys. I own a house, how insane is that. So I had my first look around the house since I put in my offer, which was refreshing. The survey report was very doom and gloom and I had been worrying that I had bitten off way more than I could chew. However, being back in my...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/i-own-a-house</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a2d30785b2fd009e72cb91</guid><category><![CDATA[Other Life]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:00:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_2c890bf725bb41a6b8c2bacc07553ac8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Living room]]></title><description><![CDATA[Right now my living room and dinning room are split with a hall and stairway between the two. In old houses it was designed to keep the...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/the-living-room</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6557d6fbd9c9ecf7ae7a6ace</guid><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:02:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_f927f5468718487990571248c8ca2af2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_981,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Contract]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay so no plans or pictures for this week - instead exciting bureaucratic stuff. The contract for my house was sent to me in the past...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/the-contract</link><guid isPermaLink="false">654ab302d09e183749233302</guid><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 22:36:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_c8b183ec7c2049dfa9d0be3c0d16b639~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wet Room]]></title><description><![CDATA[You have seen how I picture my kitchen, however at the moment the main door enters into the kitchen. Which is fine if people are clean and dry, but I feel like it results in a lot of mess and detritus ending up in the kitchen when people come in that way. So I have a plan, or a notion of a plan, but a fairly strong notion. At the moment I have a set of store rooms which are joined to the main house but there is no access to the house from them. So I would like to turn the storage room on the...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/the-wet-room</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6536a559e8f377e146f86902</guid><category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:01:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_2be835ada1744b1ba7d4ead39997ca08~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_736,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the home]]></title><description><![CDATA[For me the kitchen is the heart of the home, my absolute favourite place to invite people. One of my greatest joys is cooking with other people, something I learnt to do with my mum and will continue to do with all the people who are important in my life. So obviously the kitchen is somewhere I have dreamed of, I have items I would love; a range cooker, exposed wood, an island. So these are the absolutely stunning kitchens that I am taking inspiration from when I come to the actual designing...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/the-heart-of-the-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65271cb691c1efbae61aaa11</guid><category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:03:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_1e7903e685f24f4182615a303019b6f1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem of too many ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[I first saw the property in August of this year, and fell in love. It hits all of my requirements; the land, the buildings, the farmhouse...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/the-problem-of-too-many-ideas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6526abc34dc23c89c3103308</guid><category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:01:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4eab73_e46915c1a43145a6be5e9ca9ecc4939f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_825,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost finished buying my home]]></title><description><![CDATA[The purpose of this blog is to record the epic project I am undertaking. I am purchasing an old Irish farmhouse, with absolutely stunning...]]></description><link>https://www.morrigancc.com/post/almost-finished-buying-my-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6525b8c7e1952d7ec71e4640</guid><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_a48c4b92dc364dbfb3ebe4496e2256a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bethan</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>