Glyn Thomas
I'm the author of the blog and the book "Telling Tales". I spent a happy decade in Ukraine working and living and am now settled in the UK with my Ukrainian wife and our three children. The book is based loosely on tales from Anya's past most notably the period of the Holodomor.
Telling Tales
This is the working cover and title of my new project
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Spiral staircase arrives
They don’t really do Spiral staircases in Ukraine.. by that I mean, there is no real consumer demand – why bother when you can have a straight staircase made from timber. We have worked with Roma – “an artist in … Continue reading
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Underfloor heating
.. has begun to the lower floor. We have large windows so we will have floor rads as well. Top floor will have traditional radiators.
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The Walls Begin!
The slab has been cast and work now begins on the “structura vertikalna”… its all very exciting and I like the way the spaces are changing… as a slab the house looked too big and now it is starting to … Continue reading