Renovating Our Cotton Mill

As we say goodbye to our first home and my first studio, I'm reflecting on what a lot of work was put into restoring this old building over the past 10 years. When we bought the building it looked like this (we bought the half with the fire escape)

The original stairs (where my studio is now):

Taking the floor back to bare earth. We found hundreds of clay pipes.

My studio door, before and after:

It took 5 years to renovate. My studio was basically a mud floor with no windows.

Before and after:

Hall before and after:

My studio downstairs (and bedroom above) before and after:

Me on the roof:

The very top floor (living space) before and after:

My studio:

Bathroom and bedroom before and after:

Kid's bedroom before and after:

Upstairs on the top floor before and after:

Was for sale at The Modern House

When we finished it was photographed by Shaw & Shaw for The Guardian