The scaffolding has come down!
With the roof being finished and all the extra snags fixed the
scaffolding comes down. What a difference it makes. The inside of our
house is suddenly brighter.
Here
is our before picture when we first bought the house. The windows have
all been restored to the original design, the white has been repainted,
and the terracotta tiles replaced where needed and repainted. The only
things left to restore is the door with
stain glass and a different colour and the white painting on the ground level.
The last day of the scaffolding I am up putting the finishing touches on the paint work.
Little things about to drop off...
...we fix with long screws, scrape, fill and repaint.
I try to reach the awkward bits that are a bit lower than the scaffolding.
This is my last view of the street from this vantage point.
The property line goes right through the centre and if you look closely
you can see we paint only up to the halfway mark with the white.
This
is the back before our renovations started. It was the worst view of
the house and our neighbours joked it was the worst back to any house
on the block.
And now the exterior back is DONE!
Here is a clear picture of the difference in the two styles of loft: mansard (on the left) and dormer (on the right).
With the roof being finished and all the extra snags fixed the
scaffolding comes down. What a difference it makes. The inside of our
house is suddenly brighter.
Here
is our before picture when we first bought the house. The windows have
all been restored to the original design, the white has been repainted,
and the terracotta tiles replaced where needed and repainted. The only
things left to restore is the door with stain glass and a different colour and the white painting on the ground level.
The last day of the scaffolding I am up putting the finishing touches on the paint work.
Little things about to drop off...
...we fix with long screws, scrape, fill and repaint.
I try to reach the awkward bits that are a bit lower than the scaffolding.
This is my last view of the street from this vantage point.
The property line goes right through the centre and if you look closely
you can see we paint only up to the halfway mark with the white.
This
is the back before our renovations started. It was the worst view of
the house and our neighbours joked it was the worst back to any house
on the block.
And now the exterior back is DONE!
Here is a clear picture of the difference in the two styles of loft: mansard (on the left) and dormer (on the right).
What a transformation on the back (and the front) but the back was truly hideous and now it is lovely. Not to mention the space inside!
ReplyDeleteWooo hooo!! It looks amazing! Does this mean you're done?? (Apart from the door)
ReplyDeleteOh my, NO. We are over the two biggest hurdles though. Yay! The loft still needs the bathroom and all the plumbing, radiators and electrics to go in. Then we paint.
ReplyDeleteNext we tackle the middle level. The bathroom needs gutting, the rooms need wallpaper stripping and skimming (a thin layer of new plaster), and the fireplaces put back in.
Then the living room needs stripping and skimming. We want to put cabinets in the alcoves for a bit more storage. Then we tackle the hall and the stairs.
The garden and outside is last.
Oh, yes! it feels like we are getting there!