29 June 2006

At long last

We're finally back on broadband! Hooray! Plus I thought my Visiting Teachers were coming this morning at around 9am so we finished cleaning and tidying away our DIY mess all over the house ... and then I realised that they're coming tomorrow so I'm sitting surfing the net because everything's done! Our adventures in decorating: Just to list everything we've done in and around the house since moving in five weeks ago (bearing in mind we were away for two weeks):

  • Worked in garden, including: removed old pond, pulled weeds, shovelled gravel to clear paving, marked out studio slab, lifted turf along edges, removed various shrubs, pruned bush, lifted paving slabs, got rid of picnic bench, removed wooden “decking”
  • Cleared junk from side of garage
  • Hung pictures
  • Hung mirror in hallway
  • Moved all furniture to where it belongs, including tying shelving units to walls
  • Fitted lock to front door
  • Created fabric screen over meter cupboard under stairs
  • Hung coat hooks
  • Nailed boards over landing railings so Noah can’t fall through
  • Hung new door, Noah’s room
  • Fitted doorbell
  • Installed new gate in driveway
  • Cleared out iron stove
  • Built shelf unit for garage
  • Installed Noah’s blackout blind
  • Started removing tiles and mirrors from the bathroom walls
  • Put together lots of flat-pack furniture
  • Painted dining room
  • Lifted slabs in the garden
  • Removed a couple of plants from the garden
  • Cut down branches overhanging from next-door's tree
  • Hung wall clock in dining room
  • Pulled up carpet in Daniel’s room, removed gripper rods
  • Removed wallpaper border in Daniel's room
  • Removed random screws from the walls of Daniel's room and Polyfilla'd the holes
  • Painted Daniel’s room
  • Laid laminate floor in Daniel’s room
  • Stained part of fence in back garden (will be behind log cabin)
  • Painted and varnished dinosaur shapes for Daniel’s drawer handles
  • Adhered corner protectors to hearth corners
  • Laid laminate floor in Noah’s room
  • Installed Daniel’s blackout blind
  • Installed new curtain rail in Daniel's room

A few pics
The hallway when we viewed the house:

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What we've done so far:

  • Hung a mirror and pictures
  • Hung wall caddies
  • Put a shelving unit in and tied it to the wall
  • Created a fabric screen for the meter cupboard
  • Hung coat hooks


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What we still plan to do:

  • Replace the banisters with a new one and spindles, painted white
  • Replace the meter cupboard with a tall white unit with shaker doors, creating much more storage
  • Take out the random window
  • Install a radiator cover
  • Remove dado rail and wallpaper and paint the walls

The bathroom as it was when we moved in:


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And what we're busy doing to it (removing tiles, mirrors, tile adhesive and plaster right down to the brick):


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We have Big Plans for this little room! And they don't include a maroon 80's suite with corner bath and mirror tiles!!

Hey, check out the cool original cast iron heating stove that was left in the dining room - can't wait to fire this baby up in winter!

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More pics to come later when I get a chance.



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