Electrics and water arrive in the house in this room and having knocked down a large wall last year and built the downstairs cloakroom we had a lot of fiddly jobs to do here.
The walls have been painted.
Phil has made some cupboards for storage.
I have made a feature of some exposed wall using chaux as some of you will remember we did in our bedroom.
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| Beginning of window seat on right |
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| Wall, beams and floorboards |
The floor was a disaster, having been dug up for soil pipes (I'm sure you remember this well Kim) and the timbers were in poor condition. I have painted the beams and Phil has laid floorboards and these have been stained and given 3 coats of varnish. The stairs have also been stained and varnished and it is really starting to look good. We have a sideboard that has been treated against worm and cleaned and polished that has a lamp on it to make the entrance hall look cosy and welcoming. I will also have a vase of flowers here.
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| Looking through to our living area from entrance door |
Phil has built a window seat where the sink used to be. Another place for storage for us.
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| Floorboards before staining |
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| And after staining |
All the cupboards and skirting need a final coat of satin but I will come back and do that in one fell swoop later.
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| Hallway from front door |
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| Hall from our living area |
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| Window seat |
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| Hall |
Time to move on to Bedroom 3 - the downstairs letting bedroom.
Hoorah - at last it feels we may get it together enough to open in April.
Only 42 days to go......
