How our orangery extension is looking now

Update June 2025 - The orangery extension project is finally complete! You can watch a time lapse of the full build and garden below.

A few weeks ago I shared a photograph of the hole in the side of our house. We are currently in the process of adding an orangery extension to our house, a project which we've been planning and saving for almost since we moved in nearly 12 years ago. Work started two months ago, and now we are finally at the stage where it is really starting to take shape!

We have a roof with the two lanterns in place and all the doors and windows are fitted so the structure is sealed and already feels warm even though there is no heating. Yesterday the plastering was finished, and the inside is starting to look amazing!

Now the plaster needs to dry and the next job is to put in the flooring. Firstly a foundation floor in the extension area, then to remove the old tiles in what was the kitchen and dining room and lay matching tiles throughout.

As you can see in the pictures, the wooden partitions are still in place. They've done a brilliant job at keeping the dust out of the rest of the house, and although it has meant that the kitchen has felt a little dark and depressing it did mean that we could carry on in the rest of the house without being in the way of the workers. The boards are due to come down later this week, and I can't wait to get a proper look at what the final space will look like!