Bannisters are in.

I am really pleased with the spindles.

I wanted to get something quite plain and not twiddly.

Knotting solution has gone on ready to be undercoated.

I managed to squeeze an extra bit of storage under the stairs.

I will have to access it from the next flight down but I thought great for things not used much.

I can't believe how much light is in the hallway now.

The Velux window floods it with light.

I would highly recommend the architect. I think he did a great job.

Plastering Done

Apologies for leaving a big gap from my last post.

Things are coming along apace now.

All the plastering has been done 

Radiators have been put roughly where they will be plumbed in.

I get mine from a company called Castrads.

You get the old fashioned look without the hassle. 

 And being new they don't  mess up your boiler like reconditioned ones.

I have the dilemma of deciding how to disguise the chimney breast in the room.

It services my lounge downstairs so it can't go.

My first post! I have started in the loft as at the moment we only have 2 bedrooms plus a box room which is way too small for a teenager with enough electrical equipment to fill Curry's!
The guys doing the job are racing along. They only started on the 6th January and already the stairs went in today which was very exciting. I am playing catch up as I didn't know it would take shape so quickly. So I'm putting in an order for the bathroom tomorrow. I've also been having a look round at tiles and really liking the mismatched look.
I've put a couple of pics of the loft from this week and will share tomorrow some initial ideas on the look I am after.

      The chimney breast has been removed that is not in use to make more room.

                             This is where the dormer window will be with hopefully a view of the sea!

Let's start at the beginning!

Would it be a good idea to start a blog? I've bought a house that has parts that have not been renovated for 50 years and other bits which really are not my style. Well I thought to myself get into the 21st Century Paula Church and give it a go! I'm really doing this blog for myself almost like a diary renovating my forever house and hopefully making it into a something a lot more attractive, sharing along the way how I am going to go about it will maybe interest some of you who would like to know how I have achieved it. I don't have bucket loads of money to throw at it a small budget that has got to stretch very very far! Period houses were always my thing but with a new change in circumstances I find myself with a 1960's house without character. How am I going to inject personality without making it look twee? Follow my blog and please comment it would be lovely to share your own projects too. So that's me explained I will post some pictures of the property inside and over the next six months I will update you on the progress. So here goes...

This picture above is of the lounge /dining room.

                                                 

The dining room section with a nasty conservatory tagged on the back

                              

Below the hallway looking through to the kitchen

     That pink carpet has got to go!