Things are moving rapidly now that the heavy woodwork is finished. Today saw the walls primed with acrylic primer and the ceiling finished with 2 coats of matt white. Due to the water evaporating off the wet surfaces, the humidity went off the scale, I had to have the door … Continue reading…
Got the first coat of emulsion on the walls today, I’m using Crown paints “Crushed Chocolate” & “Dash of Nutmeg”, it looks a bit blotchy in the photos as it’s still drying. Two coats will do it, once thats dry I can fix the dado rail and door architrave mouldings, … Continue reading…
I second-coated the walls today, looks much more ‘solid’ now. Once that was dry I could get on and fit the architrave moulding around the doors, a fiddly job but makes so much difference. Next up was the dado rail, a nice easy job to fit as all the walls … Continue reading…
Short day today, other tasks to do – managed to get a coat of matt black on the roof trusses – a minor part but makes so much difference, hard to tell in a picture though. Also added an old iPad mini mk2 with a wall-mount as the media player, … Continue reading…
Short update today, got the skirting boards fitted – that tidies up the bottom of the walls a lot. The rest of the day was spent putting the first topcoat on the architrave, dado rails and doors.
Almost finished ! Got all the painting done apart from the little area around the windows which are due to be pulled out this week. Carpet tiles are stacked to allow them to normalise for a couple of days, floor is vacuumed clean and marked out for laying them. Also … Continue reading…