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Furnished Dining Room

Tom — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:00:55 +0000

We got some furniture for our Dining room. We now have a drinks cabinet (and a table, sideboard and book shelves):

Before:
After:

Although, it’s more of an office than a dining room now.

Finished Hallway

Tom — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:00:15 +0000

We finished the hallway (i.e. finally got round to doing the skirting board).

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After:

Finished the Dining room floor

Tom — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:00:11 +0000

In my last week before starting my new job we laid our dining room wood floor:

Before:	Our horrid original carpet
After:	Our new oak floor (+ French Door and painted walls)

It took 6 days, £600 and a lot of hammering and sawing. It’s a bit creaky and the room now has a echo but I like it much better than before. I just hope it doesn’t buckle when it comes to summer because there’s a few places where we don’t have a 1.6mm expansion gap.

Animal Ass Coat Hooks

Tom — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:44:26 +0000

	Did I chop Cypher in half and mount her better end on the wall while Kix was out?
No, I put up some unusual coat hooks:

Upstairs is finished (Aug/08)

Tom — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:24:40 +0000

At last the upstairs is finished, two bedrooms, a bathroom and now, the stairs.

Before:
After:

Now, all that’s left is the dining room.

Finished the Bathroom (Aug/08)

Tom — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:00:56 +0000

The bathroom turned out to be quite difficult to get right because of drainage issues and in the end we had to raise the floor up to hide pipes and to get a better slope for waste water.

It’ll be nice having a on-suite bathroom, no more going downstairs to clean our teeth.

Before:
After:

Best light ever had to go

Tom — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:36:51 +0000

I loved this light but it was a disaster. It tripped our consumer unit half the time it was turned on, when it was on it was as bright as the sun and completely blinded anyone in the room and bulbs seemed to only last a few days before needing to be replace. It was nearly worth it because it made me feel like I lived in supermans cave but we decided we need something more eco-friendly. John Lewis were kind enough to give us a refund.

Living Room (02/Jun/08)

Tom — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:00:50 +0000

We’ve finally finished the living room:

Before:
After:

It is much more laptop and console friendly. It used to have 1 socket, now it’s got 10. It used to have 1 storage heater, now it’s got 2 central heating radiators. It used to have nicotine coloured wall-paper, now it’s got new plaster and fresh paint. Other work includes a soft carpet, dimmable lights, DVD storage space, gas & electric meter relocation, TV socket, Telephone socket – It’s much more comfortable now.

I had to replace a rotten floor joist:

Downstairs Plastering (19/Mar/08)

Tom — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:46:12 +0000

We are having the dining room and sitting room re-wired and re-plastered:

Before Plastering:
During Plastering:
After Plastering:
After Painting:

It’ll be nice to not have to look at the bare brickwork any more. Plus having more than one socket in the room will be a real luxury.

French Door (07/Mar/08)

Tom — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:00:09 +0000

Since we are having our dining room re-plastered and have stripped the wallpaper, it is the right time to have our window replaced with French doors. We have planned to do it ever since we were looking round the house when it was still on the market:

Before:
After:

It has made the room much brighter. A big improvement which I guess won’t be fully realised till the rest of the room is done.