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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
DIY heaven
It's been a while since I've told you about the progress of our house renovation. That's because it's been quite a while since there's been any progress. But now it's all starting to happen!
The utilty roof has been redone, and we're just waiting to get the walls patched up before we paint. The end gable wall has been pebble-dashed (in keeping with the rest of the house). We've painted one side of the house white and just need a few days of good weather (and the energy - it's bloody hard work) to do the other three sides.
Our lovely pine kitchen units are in place, our groovy range cooker is now connected up (it's duel fuel so it needed to have LPG fitted and its own electricity circuit installed, which were both a major hassle), we've even been cooking on it - no more microwave meals for us! The oak worktops are being oiled in preparation for the joiner to come and fit them and once that's done, we just need to get the fireplace built, decorate and buy furniture and the ktichen will be done.
We've chopped off plaster in the lounge and hallway so our builder can damp-proof and replaster, the electrician's been in and sorted out all the sockets, we've stripped all the wallpaper from the spare room, landing and staircase and our builder's busy plastering at the moment. When the spare room is finished we'll move our stuff out of our bedroom and strip that so it can be replastered. Once he's done all that, and done the damp-proofing downstairs, Mr Builder just needs to build the fireplace in the lounge and then we'll tile, decorate and buy furniture, and the house will be done.
Mmm, there's still quite a lot to do isn't there.
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