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Aug. 25th, 2007 09:47 amI'm trying to catch up on LJ, but I'm doing a poor job of it. If there's something I need to know or you'd like to share, please don't be shy and post a message or E-mail me.
Our bedroom is more or less finished, we still need to get a bedside table for C, paint the old cupboard doors, hang up a painting and a lamp, and try to figure out some curtaining, but apart from that it is done and it looks good. I wanted to take pics this morning, but we have our first day of really grey weather and the light is not good for photography. So how could it take us two weeks to finish one room? Here's what we did:
* Stripped off old wall paper (all four layers of it) and smoothed out the wall.
* Changed electrical switch fronts, which was an absolute nightmare involving chiseling in the wall and working with fast drying cement.
* Painted ceiling.
* Washed panels, woodwork, radiator and doors with basecleaner, sanded them, washed w. basecleaner again and then with plain water.
* Painted all the above several times with basepaint and paint.
* Put up new wall paper.
* Painted new wall paper and old wall paper inside cupboard.
* Put in new door handles.
* Put in new carpet.
* Put up fake stuk ceiling panelling.
and voila, we were done. Next room project will be to freshen up what will be the beadpacking and bead storage room in the basement. Other urgent projects is bathrooms, new windows and doors and roof ventilation - this will be done by professionals, though. Hopefully they work faster than us. Today is our first day off and we're going to the medieval festival in Horsens.
Our bedroom is more or less finished, we still need to get a bedside table for C, paint the old cupboard doors, hang up a painting and a lamp, and try to figure out some curtaining, but apart from that it is done and it looks good. I wanted to take pics this morning, but we have our first day of really grey weather and the light is not good for photography. So how could it take us two weeks to finish one room? Here's what we did:
* Stripped off old wall paper (all four layers of it) and smoothed out the wall.
* Changed electrical switch fronts, which was an absolute nightmare involving chiseling in the wall and working with fast drying cement.
* Painted ceiling.
* Washed panels, woodwork, radiator and doors with basecleaner, sanded them, washed w. basecleaner again and then with plain water.
* Painted all the above several times with basepaint and paint.
* Put up new wall paper.
* Painted new wall paper and old wall paper inside cupboard.
* Put in new door handles.
* Put in new carpet.
* Put up fake stuk ceiling panelling.
and voila, we were done. Next room project will be to freshen up what will be the beadpacking and bead storage room in the basement. Other urgent projects is bathrooms, new windows and doors and roof ventilation - this will be done by professionals, though. Hopefully they work faster than us. Today is our first day off and we're going to the medieval festival in Horsens.
