The 40 Year Old House

[57 Chevy]

Brother D said:

Great thread and made the papers! I wish I had the tiniest bit of creativity you have the house is amazing!

Thanks very much

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Comacchio said:

Bloody hell. Some thread. You have incredible willpower.... Good job!

Cheers, appreciate it

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mercedeslimos said:

Great work. Really don't think they've shown it off at its best! My girlfriend loves your place and would like something similar some time.

Any updates?!

Thanks. I have bit a bit rubbish about updating here haven't I I update a lot on instagram with project videos and things @midcenturyscotland

But here's a few things from the last half of 2020

I finished the shed, including making a mid century style door for it...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Reorganised the garage and made a workbench from some second hand drawers and some scaffold...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Sorted out the space behind the garage to fit my van in...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

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Refinished the cladding outside as it was done in the winter of 2019/20 and wasn't looking that sharp...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Redecorated the boy's room...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Made some coat hooks...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Got a new light for my office...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Edited by 57 Chevy on Wednesday 13th January 11:23

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Then I got my Chevy back from a load of welding so have been removing the rest of the paint. It's staying bare metal so I've been coating it in Owatrol Oil and Oxid Vernis.

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Then I stopped on the Chevy to make my favorite project of the year, this sign inspired by the Civic Pharmacy Sign in Ottawa https://ottawarewind.com/2019/11/30/saving-civic-g...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

It cheered up the neighbourhood. I then updated it for the New Year....

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

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Last little project I've done is my wife bought me this neon cactus for Christmas...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Which I've turned into this...

House Updates by Nick Grant, on Flickr

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mercedeslimos said:

Have to say I particularly like the shed. Top work!

Thanks, it closes in the deck area nicely having things on three sides

[57 Chevy]

CO2000 said:

Fantastic & the updates too

Cheers 😎👍

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miniman said:

This is the answer to a problem I have been looking for a solution to - 5 plates ordered, watch this space!

Cool, would love to see when you’ve made it 😎👍

[57 Chevy]

Love it! My Plymouth Van is the windowed version of Lunch Box

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Here's my latest project in between working on the car....

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miniman said:

Fantastic

I saw it lurking in the shed on Instagram and wondered where you got it. Should have guessed it was handmade!

Thanks dude

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ChrisDT said:

Absolutely love all that! The sign looked amazing! Also, you must have an endless supply of licence plates...

Thank you, yes a bought a massive job lot of licence plates ages ago, when the £ was good against the $

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ElectricSoup said:

Hey OP, loving your work. What kind of paint did you use on the uPVC window frame in your shed please? Looks great.

thanks, I used rustolium, and then aged it. Went on well with a couple of coats.

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sutoka said:

Love the 1960's iMac

Joking aside some of that stuff is just timeless, it's not stuck the 1960's it just never dated.

Indeed, I think everyone in that article says they prefer life today just like to aesthetic of old. We have loads of tech in the house, it's certainly not a museum.

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theaxe said:

The sign is really impressive, where are you going to put it?

Thanks very much. It's up in my shed...

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Excited to announce that the house is going to be on TV soon as we are a contestant in Scotland's Home of the Year on BBC Scotland. Series starts 7th April, we're on 5th May

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GIYess said:

Great!. Love the Tunnocks cushions.

Thanks, they are from Nikki McWilliams

beambeam1 said:

Fantastic! We really enjoy that show in our household.

Thanks. Us too, we're really chuffed to be on it

mercedeslimos said:

Please remind us that week, our dodgy Freesat box only allows a reminder 7 days in advance!

Can't wait!

Thanks, I will bump nearer the time

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It's tonight at 8pm on BBC Scotland!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vx91

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Thanks very much everyone, we didn't expect to get on the show let alone to the final.

It's all a bit surreal seeing other people in your house when you aren't there!