It’s amazing how much a kitchen makes a house feel like a home. I’m glad Tim was with me today because we had to have a long hug after seeing this. Still a way to go but seeing it start to come together was quite emotional, we love it. And look how smooth that plastering is! ?
Except for that top corner ? We ran out of time. The kitchen needed plastering but we hadn’t been able to fill in the hole from the old oven extraction. You can just make out the hole with a shaped brick and expanding foam in it. Will cover the hole and plaster the rest of the wall soon.
Waiting on the electrician to complete the kitchen now and we can go ahead and put the appliances and the boiling water tap in ?
Shout out to the lovely kitchen delivery guy Alex! I was disappointed when he told me he wasn’t the fitter (he starts tomorrow), but it was exciting to see it all laid out ready. The blue cupboards look rather nice against the tiles ??
There are two of these worktops!
In other news, I managed to drill six screws today. Not feeling
This is the undercoat that I did yesterday. It was easier than I thought to put on, owing to its slight grittiness. Trowel marks weren’t much of a problem. It was annoying to work around the wires and holes though, I made much more of a mess than I would have otherwise. I didn’t bother around the windows because they’re being replaced soon.
And here’s the finish coat I did today! It doesn’t look much different, just smoother. Harder to keep smooth as every swipe over it shows marks, but as Tim reminded me several times I shouldn’t waste time on perfectionism because it’s being covered with cupboards and tiles anyway ??
Definitely a good first attempt at plastering though, as long as it doesn’t crumble off the walls ? Hopefully the amount of research I did pays off?
Bought the pieces to replace the landing banister. Wouldn’t have taken the old one down in the first place so soon but we needed it down to put up the walls on the landing.
I can’t guess how much research I’ve done on how to put up these things, especially the newel posts. I’d decided on doing it with a really long bolt thing that you secure from the side of the post but I just couldn’t find any! A guy at an actual staircase building company didn’t even know of its existence even though most YouTube videos on the subject include it. So he sold me a really thick dowel rod and instructed me to drill a hole into the post and the floor and have the dowel inside both. My only worry is drilling the holes straight otherwise we’ll have wonky newel posts 😅
Will get onto it after the kitchen is installed, I’ve been really pressed to get the walls ready for the fitting next week. They won’t be because the electrician still hasn’t put the sockets in so there are still holes in the walls. So all I can do tomorrow is plaster the lowerhalf of the kitchen so the cupboards can go in. Not ideal 😕 especially because I’ve never plastered before and will probably make a mess of it. Just hoping the amount of research I’ve done will pay off.
So I’ll be replacing the two banister sections here and fixing them to Owen’s wall. It’s certainly the most challenging DIY project I’ve done. Or maybe the plastering tomorrow 🙈😅🤞
We’re planning on finishing the flooring in the dining area but want the plinth and old stove pipes out of the wall first. So I thought I’d have a crack at removing the insulation board on the wall… Oof 😅 #slowgoing
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