The White Kitchen and The Partially Sanded Door!

Well, I have 3 coats of undercoat in the kitchen now.

Weird thing is, it looks alot smaller.

I also did all the easy bits of sanding on the bi-folding door.

Next weekend I rest as Mother is visiting!

Garden covered.

Finally the garden has been covered up to 3/4 of its length.

Now I can focus on just the kitchen.

Painting hell.

This is the first coat.

Tomorrow the kitchen will be white, it will.

New Voile

I transformed a huge voile into the perfect voile for my bedroom.

I am rather pleased.

Plastered

It did not go according to plan!

Got the main bits done though including the ceiling.

Smashing Time!!!

Finally the kitchen is free from tiles.

It was a lot easier than I thought.

Despite the state of the plaster underneath, it looks miles better!!

Now I am ready to have the room partially plastered and the artex ceiling plastered at the weekend.

This Weekend....

I mainly be removing the last of the kitchen tiles in preparation for the plastering.

If that goes well and quickly, I may go really mad and start sanding down the dorrframes and skirting.

Still living the dream people!!!!

What A Busy Weekend..

Well, after a year, I decided to hang a bedroom mirror, put up a bathroom mirror and paint a small chest of drawers just to throw some colour in the bedroom.

I also fitted a ball catch and plate so that the bi-folding door closes, and cleaned off the glass after the glossing.

Now I am having a panic as I have an electrician round Friday and the whole kitchen plastered Saturday and I have not taken all the tiles off.

Knitting Complete!

Finally I have finished my 2 winter projects.

New Doors and Windows!

On Monday and Tuesday I had a new front and back door fitted, along with a kitchen window.

I cannot tell you the difference it has made having doors that fit!!!

Here are the obligatory before and after photos!

Bathroom Painting.

Midday and I have painted the whole bathroom. It seemed silly just to cut it.

One more coat at one thirty.

Then just glossing and it will be totally finished.

Only then will I start on the kitchen.

Kitchen schedule.

31st March double plug socket fitted.

7th April having all the kitchen plastered including artex cooling.

19th May beech workshops fitted.

Then its ready for me to six or seven months of work!!!

May have to delay flooring though till next year.

Phase 1 - Test Tile Removal.

Well, this was an eye opener.

I got myself all charged up and ready, equipment at the ready, safety goggles on.

I tapped using the wall paper scraper and hammer and wiggled it.  Next thing almost half of the tiles come forward in one huge sheet.

Great, this is not only easy but also a lot quicker than I had hoped.  Then I realised that they had pulled all the plaster off the wall. 

I am glad that I know now to factor in re plastering as I want my tiles straight and to stay up.

Here are the photos of this exciting  mission.

The breakfast bar area.

The sink area