One of the key jobs last summer was to make sure that the entire front was pointed.
What had started as this:-

 



In this one you can see that were we had faced the concrete block wall with stone it looked all new and different and although the photo doesn't show it on the old stone side the pointing had all but washed out.




So Mrs B got her pointing trowel and gloves out and then armed with an I pod full of her favourite sounds drifted into "THE ZONE"  which is where you go when you have a lot of pointing to do.

Even though MrsB is a good pointer and tidy's up as she goes the stones always end up looking a bit stained but 
we were told by Chris (our building guru) that after a winter or two the staining and odd bits of pointing would be weathered off and if we did the whole face in the same year after about a winter or two it would be well weathered in. Well after just one winter here is the result 




In this one you can see clearly where there was a different door going into the kitchen. (The pipe sticking out the wall will be for the cooker hood extractor)





Once we have the doors and  windows in and one more cleansing of the action of frost and moisture it will really bring it up a treat and give it a more uniform appearance. As it is we are happy.