Showing posts with label home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Bathroom Blitz 2

... On Thursday the tiles all got grouted, plumbing and electrics finished and shower fitted.


And Friday - DONE! Lovely, simple white suite fitted. Toilet upstairs - woo hoo! We just need to paint the walls once the plaster has dried completely.


The guys were great and worked late most nights to get it all finished for us by the end of the week. It's a bit of a pain having a couple of rooms messy for a while but it was well worth it.


Ta dah! And this is the finished bathroom. We love it! Do you? It looks much better in real life (I had a lovely long bath last night and it felt like a nice hotel bathroom!)


The colours haven't come out very well - basically: white walls, suite and blind, black slate floor tiles, white and grey 'marbled' wall tiles, chrome taps and fittings, silvery mosaic mirror, white and lime green towels, candles and plant pot.


The bath is where the old bedroom wall was. So, obviously, the bedroom is a bit smaller (by the size of a bath) but it's still a decent size for a 2nd bedroom.


And there's the oh-so-important toilet upstairs now (what every viewer seemed to want!)

So we've got the estate agents coming back tomorrow to take new photos of the bedroom and the fab bathroom - and hopefully we'll have some new viewers soon too. Finger's crossed we get a sale very soon.


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Thursday, 17 February 2011

Bathroom Blitz

As regular blog readers will know, we've had a tonne of people coming to view our house, but no buyers as yet. Lots of people have loved the house but the stumbling block for many seems to be the lack of toilet upstairs.


So, in a bid to get that elusive buyer, we've decided to spend some pretty pennies on a bit of a bathroom blitz.


This is our small, but perfectly formed (apart from a loo) bathroom on Sunday.


And this is what it looked like when I got home from work on Monday!


Quite a transformation: the wall to the left has been knocked down and rebuilt, taking a couple of feet from the bedroom next door; bath and sink ripped out and a lot of the tiles removed.


On Tuesday we have beautifully plastered walls (and in the bedroom next door too), new electrics, and the additional plumbing started.


Wednesday sees the gorgeous new tiles going down, continued plumbing work - and the new bath is fitted!


This is the addition to the bathroom: a lovely bath alcove. It's a shame to make the bedroom next door smaller, but people didn't seem to love the house enough to want to walk downstairs to the loo.

It's a scary thing to be doing this - putting our faith in a spanking new bathroom - but we hope that forking out this money will get us a buyer for the house. We've already got some interested people lined up for when all the work is done so finger's crossed.

More to follow...

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Saturday, 25 December 2010

We Wish You a Merry Christmas...

Well the time has finally come.


The 'handmade' tree is decorated.


The fireplace is clothed in festive greenery.


The wreath is hanging on the front door.


The skinny tree is bright and sparkly.


The veg is ready for roasting.


The stuffing balls and pigs-in-blankets are ready for the oven.


The table is set.


The stockings are hung.


There's presents under the tree.


So that just leaves me with one thing left to do...

To wish you all a Very Merry Christmas
- hope you day is filled with love and happiness!

Sharon x

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