My Houzz: A Cottage 18th century on a tiny island in the Cotswolds - "Everything was Upcycled, recycled, reclaimed or hand in this house," said the owner of the Martin mouse. "I do not find all this, all this got me! A celebration of what you can discover in the restoration course (and sometimes slept in the bushes!) The house mouse is packed with character. Everything old front doors for French grain sacks have given a new lease of life here as elegant rooms and practices. It is a pleasure to use old materials, said the mouse. "I'd never done anything like this before. Half the world is full of plastic now, but there's no plastic here!
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Houzz at a glance
who lives here Mouse Martin, a ceramist who heads Made by Hands studio and his dogs, Sid and Maisi
Location South Cerney near Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Size 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, in a space of about 32ft x 10ft
'The house is called Draycott, said Mouse. 'Dray meant horse and cart cott meant, so originally it was a cart shed next to the mill. The mill no longer exists, but since the cart shed was built in the 1750s, he s been an apple store and garage until, in the mid-1970s, it was converted to a house. Mouse bought in early June 2014. "I had always coveted this small island, she said. "As soon as I found out the house was for sale, I put in an offer. Two hours later, it was mine. "
An old bridge spans the river at Island Filly. "It is so peaceful here, said the mouse. "Ducks waddle up on the grass and there are two otters in the river - Squeak and Whistle!
who lives here Mouse Martin, a ceramist who heads Made by Hands studio and his dogs, Sid and Maisi
Location South Cerney near Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Size 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, in a space of about 32ft x 10ft
'The house is called Draycott, said Mouse. 'Dray meant horse and cart cott meant, so originally it was a cart shed next to the mill. The mill no longer exists, but since the cart shed was built in the 1750s, he s been an apple store and garage until, in the mid-1970s, it was converted to a house. Mouse bought in early June 2014. "I had always coveted this small island, she said. "As soon as I found out the house was for sale, I put in an offer. Two hours later, it was mine. "
An old bridge spans the river at Island Filly. "It is so peaceful here, said the mouse. "Ducks waddle up on the grass and there are two otters in the river - Squeak and Whistle!
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When the mouse took home last summer, he was tired and cluttered, with a configuration that has made improper use of the tighter space. "I knew I had to just pull everything and start over, she said. "I found myself with four walls and a roof!
Part of the original stone wall is visible, beautifully exposed up into the apex. "The house had ceilings that we have taken on, said the mouse. "We did not know what we were getting on top, but in fact there are lots of beams and all without woodworm!
The chest below the TV is an old cheese safely with a mesh door, found at a car-boot sale.
Part of the original stone wall is visible, beautifully exposed up into the apex. "The house had ceilings that we have taken on, said the mouse. "We did not know what we were getting on top, but in fact there are lots of beams and all without woodworm!
The chest below the TV is an old cheese safely with a mesh door, found at a car-boot sale.
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"I spend a lot of time in Australia, 'said Mouse', and most homes are insulated with corrugated steel. I love it and saw working there, so I thought, why not! "This wall is actually a fire wall that had the mouse to install for security, and it also hides a useful insulation. "The corrugated steel backsplash is a fabulous, too, she said.
Mouse manufacturer Weeks worked with Colin and his team of Devon. "They were great," said the mouse. "They raised eyebrows a bit to some of my ideas, but we were all happy with the results.
Mouse manufacturer Weeks worked with Colin and his team of Devon. "They were great," said the mouse. "They raised eyebrows a bit to some of my ideas, but we were all happy with the results.
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The floor was posed with basic pine boards that have been painted white. They help bounce light around and maximize the feeling of space.
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Souris discovered sofa at the tip and had re-covered. The light was made by the carpenter and electrician, with a mounting blister and scrap wood from the porch. There are similar lights in the room, too.
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a mouse neighbors belong to an old barn that she emptied. "His father was a hoarder and had absolutely everything from here to Timbuktu in it, she said. That really started the ball rolling on this house. Until then, I had not had a vision of how it could look beyond hitting everything. "
All the doors on the kitchen cabinets came from the barn and were in the greatest original interior doors. "We shot them to fit the closet doors and I sanded to a point where I could not be bothered to more sand!" She said. "That's what they look like when you reach this point!
The work plan kitchen is made from scaffold boards, sanded smooth and sealed.
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All the doors on the kitchen cabinets came from the barn and were in the greatest original interior doors. "We shot them to fit the closet doors and I sanded to a point where I could not be bothered to more sand!" She said. "That's what they look like when you reach this point!
The work plan kitchen is made from scaffold boards, sanded smooth and sealed.
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This partition is a fire wall, so it is quite thick. To create a door through it to the room, equipped mouse door and part of an old wooden cupboard. "It worked with the wall a little deeper, she said. "It's a little The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when you walk through it."
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This chair was the chair of a mouse Victorian child was also found in a landfill and had re-covered. She did the dog bowls, and the bedside table is actually an old milking stool.
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The Table kitchen is made from an old mangle, also found in the barn next to the mouse. "Coffee chairs have cushions made from French grain sacks," she adds.
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the river flows right to property and the mill race runs to his left. Mouse worked with local architect Matthew Edwards Cotswold Architects to create a new porch. Although plans for this were approved, and permission to install windows in the wooden hand to replace UPVC was awarded a mouse used walling specialist dry stone James Harris Contractor, to build the land alongside the rivers to protect against flooding.
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There space for a car at one end of the house, and the mouse has moved the front door. "It was configured very differently when I bought, she said. "There was a door where you park your car and now you immediately walked into the bathroom! A corridor then leads into the kitchen. "I took the corridor outside the room to double the size," said the mouse.
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Nothing to do with plumbing, heating and electricity in the house was purchased new, for security reasons, and sourced mouse small task lights to illuminate the worktop.
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"Once I 'd found the doors of the barn that became my kitchen, all seemed to find me, "said the mouse. "I walked into a store and see just what I needed." The fire buckets were stacked inside a second-hand shop mouse visited. "I thought, wow, they could do great grades, she said. "Everyone said do not be silly, but now they are in place, people love them and they have become a major feature of the property.
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Wall storage in the kitchen is made from old boxes of German wine. "The shelves inside are made from recovered a little oak beam of the roof," said the mouse.
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mouse picked up the chunky iron handles on the kitchen cabinets from a local blacksmith.
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A case of apple makes it useful storage above the kitchen table.
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cups, teapots and jugs are some mice ceramics made for her by the studio's hand. She also designed a selection of ceramic bearing its distinctive name in animal form!
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mouse collected these pieces of Tala Ware over the years. "The tin cake at three levels was my mother, she said. "The rest, I find here and there."
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this door in the bathroom leads to what the mouse called the engine room, which contains the boiler. "It is an old door Tudor, she said. "Thinking someone there all these years has hit the same handle!
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Mice had a sliding door fitted between the bedroom and bathroom. 'I found an old door with a mailbox on it and thought it would be the perfect way to go between the two chambers. A loft above the bathroom is used for storage.
The bedspread was made from an old teaches WWII Union Jack. Light from the ceiling by Australian artist Harriet Goodall. "She learned to weave indigenous tribespeople of," said the mouse. "He throws the most beautiful models from across the room.
The bedspread was made from an old teaches WWII Union Jack. Light from the ceiling by Australian artist Harriet Goodall. "She learned to weave indigenous tribespeople of," said the mouse. "He throws the most beautiful models from across the room.
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'the bath was the first thing to do when we were working on the house, said the mouse. "Once we saw how long it was, we could build the rest around it."
She is bathing in a bush in a salvage yard. "He was covered with brambles and the owner of the yard just wanted £ 100 for it, she said. Once the mice had got home, she discovered she had beautiful brass faucets. "I re-glazed and painted red below.
The walls here are covered with pine boards painted white base. Mouse found the branch hooks in Australia - they are made from wood wattle
She is bathing in a bush in a salvage yard. "He was covered with brambles and the owner of the yard just wanted £ 100 for it, she said. Once the mice had got home, she discovered she had beautiful brass faucets. "I re-glazed and painted red below.
The walls here are covered with pine boards painted white base. Mouse found the branch hooks in Australia - they are made from wood wattle
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the front door used to be in the wall, but now a simple window lets in light, rather than the visitors in the bathroom.
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The basin came from a salvage yard and mouse carpenter created a stand for it.
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old bottles milk hold essential bathroom. Mouse made ceramic stars dangling from their necks to identify content :. Shampoo, bubble bath and conditioner
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The bed is from Ikea and useful storage below. "There are no closets as such in the house, so I just had to be smart, adding many hooks here and there, so it's wardrobe, said the mouse. The cushion cover is made of a Hungarian grain bag.
The wheel in the dates of the industrial revolution window, there are approximately 150 years, "it is very modern compared to the age of the house," says mouse. "All these old pieces dangled before me seemed like carrots when I was working on the house, everything is going to pick me, pick me!
The wheel in the dates of the industrial revolution window, there are approximately 150 years, "it is very modern compared to the age of the house," says mouse. "All these old pieces dangled before me seemed like carrots when I was working on the house, everything is going to pick me, pick me!
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Mouse planning permission to build a porch at the rear, which now makes it a wonderful place to rest and enjoy the view with dogs, Sid (on the chair) and But I. The cushions on the chairs were made from old sacks of coffee beans.
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when the mouse moves abroad, she rents the house on the island of Filly for holidays. For more information, visit uniquehomestays.co.uk.
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