The stormy weather continues, Jasper’s ear is demonstrating just how windy it is. One minute it is sunny, the next it is hailing. It was hailing as I took this photo. I have no idea what is going on here. I helped Cat wrap up all the beams in the attic, ready for painting and… Continue reading Windy weekend
Category: Stairs & Landing
Skirting & rads
The next deadline is to get the skirting boards caulked and painted before Tuesday when Andrew arrives to fit the radiators. Cat has caulked them and is now painting a line of the wall colour along the caulk, where it joins the wall. Normally you would paint the wall with skirting already on, so you… Continue reading Skirting & rads
Super Saturday
Today the skirting boards are being fitted on the first floor by Glynn so the plumber can fit the radiators next week. We haven’t seen Glynn since just before Christmas so it’s great to have him back to help us out. He spent his lunch break yesterday (after having rushed to the dentist to have… Continue reading Super Saturday
A very sweary day…
Friday and Cat is off for 4 days, so we have quite a list of things we want to achieve this weekend. I pick up where I left off in the study, scrubbing the plaster and orange dust from the stone wall. The old fireplace looks fabulous now it has been cleaned (again). The stone… Continue reading A very sweary day…
Cleaning the house with a toothbrush
My task this week is to clean the plaster and orange dust from the timbers and stone in the study, ready for Cat and Colin to paint this room at the weekend. These are the tools for removing the plaster from the timbers, a chisel and a small wire brush the same size as a… Continue reading Cleaning the house with a toothbrush
More colour choices…
Another delivery from Fenwick & Tilbrook, this time Major Tom in Pure Matt emulsion as we ran out of this in claypaint for the modern wall on the landing and it needs at least one more coat. As it is modern plaster we are going to paint over it in the emulsion as it will… Continue reading More colour choices…
Actual, visible progress
Decorating is all about the preparation. It generally takes longer to prepare surfaces for painting than the actual painting itself (unless you are using bloody lime wash of course) and our house needs more preparations than most with the lime plaster and all the timber details, but finally we are making progress with all the… Continue reading Actual, visible progress
Posh copper pipes
Our plumber, Andrew, has returned for a couple of days to work on the new copper pipes to join the new plumbing up to the boiler and water tank. Copper piping and brass fixings. It is a shame this will all be covered up! He has worked out which pipe is which (the old plumber… Continue reading Posh copper pipes
In your face, lime wash!
A frosty, early morning walk for Jasper. It was another cold weekend but a very busy one with both of us up before 6am on Saturday. Cat left for a work reccie and I had to deliver a new bed to the house in London that I manage. I was too busy to take any… Continue reading In your face, lime wash!
All hands on deck
Colin is up the ladders again for the weekend, back to help Cat paint the ceilings in the stairwell and landing. There is a lot of cutting in to do in the stairwell as there are so many beams and edges and there are two mist coats to do before two top coats! We have… Continue reading All hands on deck