Lining the lounge

We spent most evenings last week after work and the whole weekend lining the roof and the walls of the lounge in preparation of painting the room. We actually got around to putting a white top coat on the roof, coving and above the picture rail.

It looks so vastly different now its hard to believe its the same room. Paul and Maz helped over the weekend too and Maz did some gardening, which is exploding with the sporadic showers were having.

Front door bay trees

We bought and potted some bay trees for either side of the front door. Adds a little something extra to the entrance of the house.

Garden

Thought I'd post a picture of how the garden has blossomed since the air has turned to Spring. Loads of colour coming out now with plants and flowers I have no idea what they are. Need to get in there and do some weeding at some point too.

Front house windows

So we finally got our planning permission approved to have the windows at the front of the house installed, only took 2 months!

One of our neighbours told us when we'd already ordered them - the back windows are already installed - that we needed planning permission because our road had recently been turned into a conservation area.

So we pre-empted the approval and booked the installation 2 days after the agreed approval date and they're in!

Toilet installed

The toilet was finally fully installed this week. Take any timing a tradesman gives you and double it! Anyway, it's in and working so we now have an en suite loo in the room.

I have just finished putting grout cleaner and protector on the tiles. The plumber put his grubby paws all over the paintwork so the walls will need another coat (will have to cover everything in paper/plastic) of paint. Black pipe will also need painting to white.

Toilet update

So the sink is in, and the tiles have been laid, though the grouting still needs to be done.

The toilet is in as of today but here's a picture from yesterday on how it was looking.

Upstairs toilet and sink

It's day 2 on the install of the en suite toilet and sink in the "cupboard" space upstairs. Not much to see yet but the bedroom is a state as you can see, tools everywhere, and the floor is a real mess!

Sounds like it's now going to take longer than expected :( but should be good when finished :)