Lottie Nevin – The Red House Diaries

Tales from the forest

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  • Make Do And Mend

    Make Do And Mend

    It would be all too easy to gloss over the hard, shitty parts and just write about what’s good, but life’s not like that, is it? And if I am to write an honest account about our life here and our projects, I need to address not just the positives, of which there are, i […]

    Lottie Nevin

    June 5, 2019
    Galicia, Spain, Uncategorised
    Alternative lifestyles, Atelier88Galicia, Galicia, Loiba, Lottie Nevin, Make do and mend, North Galicia, Pete Nevin, renovating houses in spain, Renovating on a budget, The Red House
  • The Hippy, Hippy Shake

    The Hippy, Hippy Shake

    God, cow shit smells awful. It’s evening and I’m sat by the stove in the kitchen. Supper has been and gone, candles are lit and cast their glow on the windowsill. I have a mug of Earl Grey tea and Irishman has his PG Tips and after some bickering, the three dogs have finally sorted […]

    Lottie Nevin

    May 1, 2019
    Family Life, Spain, Spain, Uncategorised
    Cow shit, Dodgy builders, Earl Grey Tea, Esse Ironheart, Galicia, Galicianorte, House renovation in Spain, Lottie Nevin, Pedro Nevin, PG Tips, The Red House
  • Newsflash

    Newsflash

    Hello, this is a public service announcement … Dear friends, last year Irishman and I were invited to appear on a British TV show called ‘A New Life In The Sun’. After it aired, several of my blogging friends in the US asked how they might be able to see it ( VPN is generally […]

    Lottie Nevin

    December 19, 2018
    Uncategorised
    A New Life In The Sun, Channel 4, Lottie and Pedro Nevin, Lottie Nevin, Netflix USA, The Great Escapers, THe Great Escapers Netflix
  • Twenty Paws

    Twenty Paws

    Well folks, those rose tinted spectacles of mine took a spectacular tumble the minute we opened the front door. My fantasy of The Red House stopped right there on the doorstep.  All my dreams for a perfect first evening smashed in to a thousand tiny pink pieces. If the weather on this summer solstice night […]

    Lottie Nevin

    December 17, 2018
    Spain
  • Out Of The Blue

    Out Of The Blue

    It was early March and The Red House had been my obsession for four months. It was the last thing I thought about as I went to sleep, the first thing that I thought of each morning and in between I’d dream of it. My days were punctuated with visualisation, plans, scheming and dreaming. Everything […]

    Lottie Nevin

    December 13, 2018
    Spain
  • Mistress Of Visualisation

    Mistress Of Visualisation

    Just like Colette, my very own Mr Willy, the Irishman, has banished me to the attic to get on with writing this post. He’s been badgering me to get on with my blog for the past two weeks but due to all manner of boring and annoying things, there’s not been time nor headspace to […]

    Lottie Nevin

    November 11, 2018
    Family Life, Galicia, Spain
    asking the universe for help, atelier88 galicia, cold attics, colette and mr willy, gratitude, manifesting, the power of visualistion, The Red House, the universe, visualisation
  • One For Sorrow, Two For Joy

    One For Sorrow, Two For Joy

    We loved the Chinese Laundry hostel so much that we ended up staying an extra night.  The piles of laundry and towels had begun to feel like home. We also went to see the other houses that I’d arranged for us to view. After The Red House, each viewing felt like we were having to […]

    Lottie Nevin

    October 26, 2018
    Family Life, Galicia, Spain, Uncategorized
    Asturias, Galicia, Galicianorte, househunting, Lottie and Pedro Nevin, Luaca, Married life, month of sundays, Praia das Catedrais, properties northern spain, The Red House, Valdoviño
  • Two Roads Diverged …

    Two Roads Diverged …

    My response to Irishman’s ‘I could live here’ was played very carefully. Inside I was bursting with excitement. What had it taken to change his mind so quickly? He’s not one to bow to pressure so easily. I was expecting it to take at least a month to wear him down, to get him to […]

    Lottie Nevin

    October 25, 2018
    Family Life, Galicia, Spain, Uncategorized
    Costa Verde Properties, Galicia Norte, Galician forestry, Immobiliaria Nexonorte, Lottie and Pedro Nevin, Mañón, Old properties in Galicia, Ortegal, Robert Frost The Road Not Taken, Spanish houses
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