Living Room - flooring preparations

After a day spent preparing and looking more like I've spent a day down the pit. the floor is ready to go down today. Yesterday various cables had to be re-routed, skirtings removed and furniture moved.

Project Living Room

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Garden Clearing

Last weekend ze hired a shredder to clear up the mountain of branches and twigs left over from when we ripped out the hedge. The end of the garden is now more or less clear and ready for a deck to be built.

Painting

Bedroom

Bedroom

Dressing Room

We have now finished the painting in the dressing room, the fresh plaster was coated first in watered down white paint, then a layer of white, the on the top is a Wickes professional high chalk content Harvest Moon. We have the window to tidy up and the wardrobes to buy and construct and the room will be done.

We're a bit further behing in the bedroom. The bottom watered down white coat and top white coat are on. It will be finished off in Harvest Moon this week. The bedroom is then done, although some new furniture and curtains will come along soon.

Outside Tap

Yesterday we fitted an outside tap to make watering easier - no less than two hours later we had a massive thunderstorm so no need for any watering...........

Speedfit fitting are great.

The outside sink makes an excellent paint brush cleaning place.

Plastering - Days 7&8

Dining Room Chimney breast, newly skimmed

Former brick arch newly squared off, main fireplace in the background

Main Fireplace, newly skimmed.

Sunday was spent cutting skirtings ready to fit on Wednesday and Thursday, no plastering was done due to no being able to use powertools (for mixing the plaster). Then today the chinmey breasts and were done - the living room is now finished. A final couple of bits were done in the hallway as well.

Sanding - Bedroom Floor

Emma took it upon herself to hire a sander and sand the bedroom floor. A vast improvement on the old carpet! The plan is to put a clear varnish on for the time being and then a carpet later in the year.