She loves pondering who used the hidden stairs to the kitchen, how the cistern in the basement worked and if there were one or two chimneys in her and her husband Alex Ball's "fixer-upper" home.

She loves pondering who used the hidden stairs to the kitchen, how the cistern in the basement worked and if there were one or two chimneys in her and her husband Alex Ball’s “fixer-upper” home.

Our latest lookbook brings together six sun-catching examples. To make the most of the UK's sparse sunlight, many of these basement extensions and sunken houses introduce skylights and lightwells ...

The cistern has been broken but we hate to admit it. The water of spiritual power has drained away and we try to be content with the sands of futile human endeavor.

But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.