I know this is a knitting blog, but here’s the deal.
I’ll tell you about my exciting new knitting project in my next post if you humour me and listen to me brag about the DIY we’ve been up to…
This was our Utility room, just after we moved in…
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| From DIY 2010 |
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| From DIY 2010 |
There was 20 years of dirt on the walls, which never seem to have been wiped, chocolate brown gloss paintwork, knackered old cupboards and a bile green carpet that had been used as a cat toilet. We even found cans of beer in those old wardrobes that were 12 years out of date! 12 years!!
It made my flesh creep to put anything of ours out there, let alone let any laundry touch the floor. Even worse – what if Thug and Mewsley got the idea they could use it as a cat toilet too? This room quickly became out top priority to get sorted.
First we ripped up the disgusting bile green carpet and lino and found the original beige lino underneath – a thorough scrub and bleach and we could live with it for a couple of months.
The window was replaced (we had the whole house done – what a change!)
and we scrubbed and painted the walls, gloss and ceiling. The Utility room is quite a big room – 6.5m x 2.5m so this was quite a big job. This was when Ben christened it the DIY Dungeon! For weeks we seemed to spend every spare minute out there rubbing down, filing and painting.
Time for a breather while we planned phase 2!
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| From DIY 2010 |
The next big job was the floor – We wanted tiles but the cost of getting a professional to lay them was prohibitive. More DIY!!
It was a hard, back breaking, knee bruising, painstaking job but I think we did rather well! 😀
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| From DIY 2010 |
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| From DIY 2010 |
We also needed new kitchen units to house the sink, washer and dryer… The old ones had to go…
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| From DIY 2010 |
To be replaced by these!
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| From DIY 2010 |
So much cleaner and brighter 🙂
And that brings be up to this Easter weekend…
The finishing touch – tiling around the sink unit..
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| From DIY 2010 |
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| From DIY 2010 |
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| From DIY 2010 |
I’m so pleased with what we’ve achieved out here I keep going to take another look to make sure I’m not dreaming – daft aren’t I?
Wow that is so gorgeous. I really like the tiles. When we one day get round to doing our Kitchen, those are the sort of thing we want on the floor. The units are lovely and bright and clean too. It is such a transformation. Well done at sticking through the tough times. It is horrendous when you are having/doing work around the house. But when you get the finished product that looks like that, it makes it all worth while.
Amazing job! Well done and now you can appreciate a job well done and a lovely room.
It looks great!
It is wondair, well done! We moved into our house last July and had to gut it basically; but we are getting there… Alas I fear we will Never have a proper floor in the front room; we knocked it through and it’s 30 ft long ha ha and too dear because I want Wood! But never mind, every dog (and cat) has his day. So now have we earnt the next knitting blog???!!
It looks great! Well done for all your hard work.
Brilliant transformation – well done on all that hard work – absolutely worth doing – I’d keep looking at it too!
The room looks great! Good on you for getting it all done! Hope you get a bit of knitting time soon!