So, we’re now just over one week into the renovations I’m doing on my house. The house is chaos – stuff in boxes everywhere, and a lovely layer of dust in many areas from the builders carting bricks and timber and all sorts of other things through the house to the skip bins out the front and back doors. I’m trying to pretend the dust isn’t there – not much point in sweeping it up in the evening when it’ll appear again immediately once they start work the next day. I’m looking forward to doing a huge clean of the house once the removing-of-old-parts is over and there isn’t much more dust to appear!
They’ve done a lot in the past week – it’s going faster than I expected, actually! (Although since I’ve never done any renovations before, I didn’t really know what to expect other than everyone telling me it’ll take longer and cost more than I’d planned.) Here’s a brief summary of what’s been done so far, with some key photos from along the way….
They’ve taken down the chimney and covered over where it was.
Chimney - one third left
Chimney - all gone
They’ve uncovered the old brick fireplace in my bedroom, and removed it.
The walled-over fireplace in my room, before renovations
My room - fireplace revealed from behind the wall
Front bedroom walled-over fireplace revealed from behind the brick fireplace
No more fireplaces
And they’ve taken off the coverings and the sarking on the walls in my room, all ready to put in insulation.
My bedroom walls before renovations
My bedroom walls, laid bare for insulation
The builders are back on the job tomorrow, so we’re getting ready for some more destruction! Next things that are being done – taking the wet walls off from around the shower to fix the broken mixer; removing the wall between the two downstairs bedrooms in preparation for putting in the walk-in wardrobes; replacing one of the upstairs windows with a timber-framed double-glazed window (since the one in there at the moment isn’t suitable for the room and doesn’t open).
Modern Vintage Cupcakes 