A visual feast

Ok, here goes.

Kitchen snug before & levitating kettle!

...currently being plastered.

Snug & entryway before.

Spot the difference?!

Oven area in kitchen before.

As it stands + 2 handsome chaps!

2 handsome chaps in utility room.

Looking towards kitchen - before.

...and now + clerk of works!

Landing upstairs looking at main bathroom.

One newly plastered wall minus 1 door!

Looking into en-suite - before.

...and now.

Looking through to master bedroom (before plastering).

Far wall in bedroom, minus wardrobes.

Looking through to master bedroom now - nice new plaster!

So, there are the latest pictures of the house to help give you an idea of how it's all coming along. It's amazing how the colours in the rooms change each time I visit the house and with each layer that is stripped back. Thanks Sheila & Gordon for the wallpaper steamer - much appreciated!!! However....

wallpaper steamer + mum = removed wallpaper (with 2 inches of wall attached!) 

Sorry Coupers!!

You must be thinking....hmm..it's been weeks and nothing's happened in this bloomin' house! I can assure you lots has gone on....it's just we've been having trouble co-ordinating the pictures mum and I have taken and by the time I've got some off mums camera, I've taken more at a later stage of the works. I promise you lots of pics tomorrow to keep you up to speed, but in the meantime, I'll leave you with the choice of Quartz worktop for the kitchen. I'll leave it entirely to your imagination for now...you'll need it!! xxx

Image: Zodiaq

Super exciting pictures of plasterboard!

Nanna - clerk of works #2 

You know those days when you get out of bed and things seem to go wrong, one after the other?...Saturday morning was one of those days! 

It began in an antiques shop where mum had spotted a lovely 50's style glass shade the weekend before. She was having one of those moments where you can't decide whether you really need something or not even though you do really like it! Well, mum decided yes she did need this lampshade and handed over the money to the man behind the counter. 

We were just having a mooch around for any other bits and bobs we may have missed and suddenly, we heard the sound of breaking glass.....not just any old glass I must add....but the glass of a poor little 50's shade which at that point, became the most needed object in the world for the new house! Yes, it lay in pieces on the floor! 

Nanna just laughed (!!)....I just stood and looked at mum.....mum had her mouth hanging open and the poor man behind the counter had his head in his hands. '' It obviously wasn't meant to be '' (that's what I thought would be the best thing to say at this point) but that obviously made mum want the little glass shade even more (and me for that matter)! These things happen!

Money back in mum's pocket, we headed next door to pick up the fabric (yes, the bargain Mulberry fabric), we strolled over to where the roll was and no Mulberry fabric was to be seen...anywhere! We hunted high and low for about fifteen minutes along with the ladies in the shop, by which point mum had had a mild panic and I'd stated that I would cry if it wasn't there (yes, so mature, I know!)

This was a happy ever after though! They found the roll through the back and after deciding that it hadn't been put there for another person (another panic), we managed to come away with what mum needed to set to on the curtains. Phew!

They better look bloomin' good I hear you say!!! x

The skip has arrived!

Things are coming on nicely and I think the name on the skip say's it all at the moment. I know mum's pretty excited now things are starting to take shape and dad's loving spending time at the house and is learning new things all the time!

This is the kitchen in it's present state...all dad's handywork...and so far, we've established he's very good at demolishing things! The kitchen 'snug' as we're calling it will be in the area under the far window.

The kitchen island will be in the area under the semi-demolished cupboard below. Just waiting for the plumber to cap off some pipes before dad can remove it completely. 

 

The wall between the toilet and the bathroom has now been knocked down, the original door to the bathroom has been removed and blocked up (below) and Larry has thankfully approved the works!

The new partition in the study.

This is the opening from the main bedroom through to the en-suite, which is one half of what was once the old study on the left-hand side of the house. We've used the other half to create the new study shown in the extremely interesting photo above!!! 

Looking through to the bedroom from the en-suite.