We are already a week into 'Stage 1' renovations. This is focused on the old part of the house (3 bedrooms, lounge and hallway) and involves fixing plaster, adding wardrobes, painting, adding new cornices and ceiling roses, carpets and then finally window furnishings and lighting. We are also adding some lino to the 80s extension at the back which houses the kitchen/dining, bathroom and toilet (currently no floor coverings). This section will most likely be demolished as part of Stage 2 a couple of years down the track. The bathroom is also changing now - the bath has been removed to make way for the laundry. We figured the loss of the bath was much more preferable to living with the outdoor laundry that is being held up by the ivy. That will soon be demolished!
So enough words and now some photos.
This is our new office - before and during... This is the only room that needs this much work as the plaster was pretty bad.
Re the fireplaces, we will add nice surrounds and inserts down the track when budget allows, so for now we are sealing up to keep things neat and draft-free. We also moved the ugly surround from the lounge to the office (see above) and that will be painted. The lounge fireplace will be sheeted over as that is easiest for now. The lounge will one day become the main bathroom. See lounge here... that is an old broken heater pulled out from the fireplace.
Not a lot to see in the other rooms yet. I will post more photos next week and also put up the outside colours. We have painted a couple of weatherboards out the front today to decide between two.
Looking forward to what this week will bring!
Jo
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