Yes, apparently ‘red room’ has stuck for now. It’s been too long!

We’ve spent months basically rebuilding this room, from repointing the stone sections and plastering the walls, to repairing the joists and opening the hearth. It seems so close to the decorating/fun bit but there’s still a bunch to do. The biggest being to get something to surround the fireplace, put windowsills in and the heating panel on the ceiling.

Here’s the room before Tim sanded the floor.

Much nicer! I’ll also take any compliments about the plastering job. Yeh it’s not perfectly smooth on close inspection but I don’t intend to closely inspect the wall ever again.

The grey chaise will be going into my room when we can remove the water heater. It will be replaced by some seating that we haven’t found yet.

The less said about the ceiling, the better. I have nothing positive to say about it other than ‘better than it was’. ? If an explanation is required: wonky everything. Just assume that any surface in the entire house is wonky enough to cause grumps. Started putting the skirting boards up and there was a gap of over an inch behind one of them! All these little things that add more and more time. That one little problem added over a week with research, buying the solution, waiting for things to dry and so on. Anyway, it’s done now and it all looks fine to me!

We have the light very low because it’s over the table. For board games and jigsaw puzzles ??

Pictures will be above this cupboard and a lamp on it that I’ve been trying to persuade Tim into buying. Tim, I’ve said it on the internet so it’s official, we have to buy it now! ?

Here’s what it used to look like.. not really red either in this light ?????