A diary of everything involved along the way!
Posts tagged diy
Always strange what you find..
Nov 1st
Definitely the EEN…
Lounge stripped
Nov 1st
Just a quick update:
Lounge has now been completely wallpaper stripped & prepared for replastering.
All looking a touch bare at the moment but that should hopefully start to change rapidly now.
Next stop is to tidy up what appears to be a patched-over serving hatch (!)
and to remove a window seat/ cupboard currently adorning the bay window…
While that’s going on we’ve started prepping & painting one of the bedrooms & need to sand back / scrape off some of the lovely artex that’s going to be plastered over!
Onwards!
Battle won & 2nd challenge of the day!
Oct 24th
It was long & drawn out… but the built in wardrobes are no more. 
(Start to finish in about 4 hours !)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an over-engineered construction in a bedroom! Today’s flat-pack offerings are positively fragile in comparison, but on the plus side if you decide you’ve had enough of them they can be removed with little more than a strong push.
These by comparison required removal by force with the use of jigsaws, hammers, pry bar, drills & power screwdrivers. Every piece seemed to be either nailed or screwed to anything it touched – along with plenty of bolts anchoring it all to the surrounding walls. I’m sure our neighbours probably thought I was demolishing half the house, but no… just a wardrobe!
Wardrobes out of the way, attention turned to the second challenge of the day – removal of the multiple layers of wallpaper, top one of which was carrying a couple of coats of paint for good measure.
Looks nice from a distance… 
However, its amazing what paint-on-wallpaper can conceal…
So far so good – white base coat = nice and handy to paint over… 
Move onto the next wall and… PURPLE walls!? 
Looks like more white, but with a lilac “feature” ? 
Tomorrow’s plan is to get the remaining wallpaper off and clean up / inspect the walls to find out whether we’re going to be able to “make good” ourselves or if we need the services of a tame plasterer!
And so it begins…
Oct 24th
First “real” task on the agenda (after yesterday’s clean etc) is to strip out a er, lovely built in wardrobe.
Looks like it was knocked up by an over zealous chippy when the house was built – complete with a fine example of 1970’s wallpaper for good measure.
Definitely has to go…. Only question is who’s going to give up first? Me or the wardrobe??
The builder definitely didn’t want these to come down without a fight!