Tired Bunnies!

We are still hard at it.... the decorating that is!

Rob has been plastering, some bits have had to have one layer and will need patching again tomorrow like the light here...

This wall has been patched, some of the patching i even did myself - woo Rob taught me to fill or is that patch?




A nicely patched and plastered plug socket (and floor... ROBERT!!)
the plug sockets stick out a little bit this is due to a not so brill electrician that did our re-wiring!! If we had more time Rob and his dad would have cut out the brickwork and made it a little more flush, but this will be behind the expedit so no one will see!!


Remember the holes above the window.....Voila!!!
This is one of the few bits that need scrubbing, but is is still a bit fragile so gentle scrubbing is in order! There is only above the door and the chimney breast left that needs stripping and scrubbing but at the mo there is a wardrobe in front of it so that needs shifting first!!

This is where the main power supply runs from the loft down through the upstairs of the house and down into the dining room (soon to be Robs Games Room!!) and into the consumer unit.
This was really hard for Rob to plaster as it is flush with the wall without and plaster so it may not be a perfect finish on there! We will know more tomorrow when it gets a second coat of plaster.
I have some metal shelves in the current craft room which will go in this little alcove so they should cover the most of it, all of my heavy accucut dies will go on the shelves as they weigh a ton and would warp wooden shelves!

This is my problem at the moment, this little plug socket here... this wall is the wall that i had planned to have a BILLY bookcase system running along, but i think with the plug socket sticking out it will not sit flush against the wall, i really have my heart set on this bookcase and so am going to ask Rob's dad tomorrow if it would be possible to move it over the the forward facing wall as there is only a little shelf unit going there that is on casters so it will not get in the way. i will let you know what Rob's dad thinks, he is pretty good with all stuff DIY!!!

I finished scrubbing these 2 walls at 11pm last night - no wonder my arms feel like i have spent the week boxing on the wii!!!!

We are keeping the artex on the ceiling for the time being, eventually rob will board it but we just don't have the time at the moment so a lick of paint is all it is going to get!!

We are off to Homebase tomorrow as i have a 15% off voucher so it is flooring and paint tomorrow!!
I have decided to go for a really pale pink and a really pale lime green, the wall above and the window wall are going to be green, these 2 walls will have white furniture against them which i think will set the green off! The other 2 walls will be a really pale pink and those will have the wooden furniture against them which i think will go quite well??? We will see!!

I am hoping for a birch effect click flooring, i like pale woods and think that will go well with the colours and furniture.
Right then, its corrie and then another scrubbing session for me i thinks!!!

L xXx

new craftroom.........

For the past week or so Rob and I have been working on a new craft room for me, at the moment i am in the smallest bedroom, Robs dad built me a custom work bench in there and i have been using it happily for about 5 years!!
As the 5 years have passed i have gathered more and more crafty bits and with the development of craftfairies website i have out grown my room.
So a decision was made to clear out the spare room and move into there as it really was a wasted room with much more space!!

So i am going to blog the progress of my room!

At the moment the current craft room is bearly accessible as boxes of stuff have been packed in there so we can move about in the spare room (craft room to be!!)

We are on a pretty tight schedule as Rob only has 2 weeks off of work, and i go back to my job in a school at the start of September and want to be moved in by then!

This is how the room looked at the start of the week, this is the only angle you can see at the moment as the room still has furniture in it!!

it looks ok, but when we had the house re-wired the electrician just ripped huge chunks of wallpaper and plaster out! Every wall in our house is a different pattern of textured wallpaper and it is a nightmare to remove, getting the paper off is not so bad but it is the scrubbing of the walls after!
There is a pink layer then a really thick yellow layer and then the plaster, as we are painting we need to get back down to the plaster, this means scrubbing the walls with scouring sponges and sugar soap! Its flipping hard work too!!!!

This was the wall after we stripped the paper, you can see the pink layer.

This is the wall after Yesterdays work.... Scrubbing!!! it is now ready to have holes and cracks filled by super Rob, plasterer extraordinaire!!!!! This is the wall that my 5x5 expedit will go along
This is another wall we stripped yesterday, it needs a bit more work than the other wall!!! this is the wall my desk will run along







TODAY'S WORK!!!!
Today Rob has filled and plastered some of what needed doing, he had to stop as some of the gaps are too deep and will need a second layer once dry!
I would just like to say, the window is in a pretty manky state, but we do not have the money to replace that and furnish the room, so look out as once i am in there will be some ebaying to be done for the window fund!

you will have to lean your head to the left for this one as i didn't have time to turn it around in photoshop - if blogger can do this please someone tell me how!!!

And this was my job today..... more scrubbing!!! it is so tiring and all my muscles in my arms and legs hurt from yesterdays session!!!
This is the wall my billy bookcase is going to go....most of my furniture is going to either come from Ikea or my existing craft room.
You can see in my in-between pic the difference between the layers, the depressing thing is i think every room in the house is going to be like this!! Oh Well only the living room, dining room, hall, landing, stairs and bedroom to go!!!

Right that is it for today!! i am shattered and Rob needs feeding!!!

See you tomorrow when i hope to have conquered another wall!!

Lx