WOYWW #174

Back again at last! Been months since I joined in, but knew I wasn't going to get time to visit, so didn't feel it was fair to post. But I have been posting some stuff this last weekend, and eventually I will put up some pictures of our bedroom when its all finally done, but here are a few of the early stages below. So its not exactly Whats On Your Workdesk from me, more OMG! its a building site,lol.   Its been a bit difficult to get finished, as we work a late shift, and my youngest son works nights, so anything that makes a noise is out during the week. However, he moved out a couple of weeks ago to live with his girlfriend- I feel I've not so much lost a son as gained a bedroom, along with half a bathroom and kitchen,lol. The ultimate plan, when our room is finished, is to decorate out what was his room, I will move my craft stuff in there, then we can decorate what was my craft room, and Beloved Husband will have somewhere to do all his computer builds/repairs, etc. Save our living room looking like the warehouse at PCWorld.
  This is the Dormer window that was in our bedroom- you can see how low the ceiling of it was.
     This is the dormer after it had been raised  and widened, complete with plasterboard and lights.It was only widened by 1 foot each side, and about an extra foot of headroom, but its made the room seem enormous.


All plastered, including the cupboard Beloved Husband built to hide the combi boiler. Somewhere I have photos of this room when we first moved in- long before digital cameras! I will find some and scan them in- there were lots of shelves & cupboards that have gone now.
Just have to keep repeating the DIYers Mantra- It will look lovely when its finished…It will look lovely when its finished…
Seriously though, all the skirting, door & doorframe has been replaced( I think the old stuff was probably as old as the house, 100 years+), all varnished now, should be wallpapering this weekend. Lots of Ikea wardrobes & drawer units already in, new bed to be ordered for after the papering is finished, oh and next week is our 3rd Wedding Anniversary, so we are going to Paris for 3 nights!!! Going to visit the Louvre ( always wanted to go there), go up the Eifel Tower, probably take a boat trip up the Seine, then fit in as much else as we can. So I will be missing again next week, but back with some fantastic pics ( I hope) the week after. Have a great Wednesday, and I will catch up with all of you when I get back from work (or tomorrow, more likely).