Bedroom Makover

Work has started on the 2nd bedroom. We've decided to create more storage space above the stairs for a wardrobe.















Here we've knocked through one wall into the eve's to create a huge storage space (got to have somewhere for Densie to put all her shoes)

First Coat of Varnish

Floor Sanding

Check out the before and after pics. It was a hard slog but definitely worth it. 4 coats of varnish tomorrow and then the major work is all finished! (well for the sitting room that is...)

Ripping out the carpet

Today was spent putting on 2 coats of 'Cotton Linen' and ripping up the carpet. The floorboards are in pretty good condition. Now is the long job of filling in every gap between all the boards...

2nd Coat of Paint

The painting begins

The replastering has finished and we're starting to see light at the end of the tunnel.

This weekend was spent painting 2 coats of white emsulsion on the sitting room. The following photo's show it inbetween coats.

The walls will be painted a slightly darker colour, haven't decided on which yet.

After that, floorboard sanding, which should be fun!

Our new allotment

After being on the waiting list for 4 months (we were originally told 12 months) I had a call today to let us know that we had a quarter plot available. We had a choice of three, one of which was like day of the triffids, so decided to give that a miss. In the end we went for one next to the hedge, which means we can put storage boxes up and we have our own walkway.

The plot is only 100m from the house as you can see from the map.

It definitely needs a little tlc, but comes with a cherry tree and lots of berries.