Took advantage of the beautiful sunny weekend here on the mainland to woodstain the staircase treads. They now match the rest of the wood in the cottage and I’ll be taking them up to Tiree on Wednesday. Spent a few hours outside painting several coats and i think i even got a tan! (or maybe […]

Thought i’d give you a little insight into the amount of time the cottage has taken to renovate. (remember we stripped everything out and started from scratch in 2007, with new plumbing, new wiring, new roof and floor etc!). As of this month, we’ve spent 1,578 manhours renovating the cottage! Incredibly 665 of these hours […]

Do we really want to show you the kitchen sink? Yes..well of course we do!  The picture attached to this post lets you see the white ceramic traditional style sink, set into the wooden kitchen units. The worktops now have a small wooden upstand at the back of them, and as you can see, the […]

I didnt manage to get round to installing broadband last weekend, so rescheduled it for next week, when i’m giving up my last remaining holidays from work this year to go back to Tiree to continue the work. The Engineer has confirmed installation of wifi when im there next weekend. However, some good news! The […]

My brother, his fiance and my wife and I are just about to leave this evening to go to Tiree. Coming back on Wednesday next week, the next few days will give us some time to paint and decorate and attend to all the little fiddley time consuming finishing tasks. The double glazing is all […]

We’ve now scheduled an appointment to get WIFI installed in the cottage. All visitors to Struthan Cottage will have FREE Internet Connection supplied! If you have your own wifi enabled laptop, you can enjoy a fast broadband connection enabling you to surf or email from your own computer! Installation is next week and the equipment […]