The life and times of a DIY'er

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The life and times of a DIY'er; Posted: Apr 20 2007, 08:59 PM
Topic Started: Aug 19 2007, 06:57 PM (49 Views)
Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 06:57 PM Post #1
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	Now for those of you who know us, you will be aware we've spent the best part of 2 years renovating our house. You know the sort of thing - you get the estate agent with their usual sales chatter - along the lines of: "And here we have the kitchen" and as you walk in, you at least expect something like a sink...... Not just a rising water main at floor level with a stop cock on...... and four bare walls! Nothing else! Even the old boiler had vanished........ Well, except for an old pump for it. So the reason we've been off the boards a lot lately is our attempts to try and get the bathroom and kitchen close to finished (among other things). Now, this is slow progress. I suffer with arthritis, NB has health problems, so it takes us four times longer to do a job. But we simply can't afford to pay someone else to do it - and we do actually enjoy DIY! So for all of us who might dabble, I thought why not start this thread. To begin with: This was our bathroom that we had when we first moved in. Small (it had a cupboard behind the door which we demolished), it couldn't even contain a full sized bath! And.... décor that was...... dark. Plus tiles which were in a pretty poor state. Posted Image As of a couple of weeks ago we have it now looking something like this: Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 06:58 PM Post #2
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	And then of course, you have the kitchen which is what we've been working on the most in last couple of weeks. This is one wall by where our cooker is situated. In need of slight repair before we can put a stud wall up over the pipework/cables. Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 06:58 PM Post #3
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	This was as the stud wall went up. Posted Image More to follow (it is now plastered with undercoat of paint on it).



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 06:58 PM Post #4
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	Cyril: :brill well done you 2 :hugs :hugs thanks for sharing



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 06:59 PM Post #5
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	Lady D: Great work you two :clap2 I love doing DIY of all sorts. I am a very handy femme. Love working with tools,and I do know what they are :rofl Have been told on more than one occasion that I wasn't a true femme, because true femmes don't know about these sorts of things. To them I say BAHHHHHHHHHHHHH BS. This femme does :Femme glare



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 06:59 PM Post #6
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	The kitchen has now developed to this stage: Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 06:59 PM Post #7
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:00 PM Post #8
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	And it had a lovely 1980's lampshade! Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:00 PM Post #9
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	And it now has a slightly more modern one! Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:01 PM Post #10
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	And of course, we needed to do something about the boiler pipework. Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:01 PM Post #11
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	So we did! Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:01 PM Post #12
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	And of course, we needed a new light in our bathroom. Did this earlier today. Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:02 PM Post #13
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	And so, the gate in March 2005: Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:02 PM Post #14
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	Repainted in April 2007: Posted Image



Born to Rune	Aug 19 2007, 07:02 PM Post #15
I love Bread - we knead the dough...... Posts: 1,948 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2007	And the front door - again March 2005. Posted Image



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