Sarah_Diamond Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Absolutely loving that light, where did you get it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 The floor lamp? B&Q - half price in their sale with an extra 10% off as I got my Dad to get it for me on a Wednesday (10% off on a Wednesday for people over 60 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Grouted & polished - new sockets to go on this weekend. Floor tiles now cleaned, sealed, grouted, cleaned & sealed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossjohnc Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Please can you come and do my kitchen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Hehe! With pleasure John - you'll need me, my Dad, B&Q, Topps Tiles, my Dads electrical trade discount, my tiler and a bucket of cash. To quote a famous meerkat, "Simples". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Looking good there hun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Minor update for you:New sockets on (with under cupboard lighting):... and I *think* I've chosen the paint for the walls & woodwork - darker colour for the woodwork and the lighter one for the walls: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted September 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Been a while since I posted an update - not much more progress really, although the kitchen is finished and we've started work on the spare room now...Here's Dad doing a little bit of plumbing work in the kitchen, fitting the new towel radiator:Apparently, the best way to test a smoke detector is to set fire to something... although preferably not the wallpaper... (note the lazy decorating in the 2nd photo!)Kitchen is now finished - here's the fridge finally in place:Oh & here's the colour I went for in the end:Bought some garden furniture with my birthday money, just a shame I've only had a couple of opportunities to use it so far:Started work on the spare bedroom a couple of weekends ago - started by taking out the fitted wardrobes:There was some damage in the corner of the room, so we started cleaning it up to make good... no idea what they were thinking, but apparently the logical way to fill a crater in a wall is to use expanding foam... Then went round with the polyfilla. While we were doing that, we noticed some paint flaking off...Ever started something & wished you hadn't?!?Took the radiator off and discovered some more really lazy decorating by the previous owners:(That bowl of murky water is the contents of the radiator - well, about 75% of it, the other 25% ended up over me - Thanks Dad!)Next was paint stripping time... Leaning in Nitromors by accident is pretty painful! Still, 3 tins of paint stripper later & it's done!Uncovered a pretty interesting colour scheme while stripping paint... apparently at some point the skirting was Kermit-the-Frog green and the architrave was Miss Piggy pink... Oh & it would appear that the coving must've been turquoise. Based on the number of layers of paint we stripped back, it must've been at the same time. Previous owners really were lazy with their DIY - they decided the best way to make a fitted wardrobe fit would be to cut a hole in the cove and build the cupboard into it:Still, its a good thing my Dad is good at repairing these things:Oh & I've started work on removing / covering up the Mondrian too: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunalupi Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Looking good Nicki!Aren't Dad's great though - mine is always round my house doing some DIY job or other for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted September 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 They're the best Nic! Mine is happy providing I keep him topped up with tea & biscuits! (Although he wasn't my favourite person when he sprayed me with the contents of the radiator or when he set fire to the wallpaper in the hall doing the plumbing for the towel radiator! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_82 Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 DIY and dads just go together in most cases so well.They are doing you huge favours whilst most probably enjoying themselves doing man stuff :shades: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted September 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Don't worry though, I've paid him back with plenty of hours helping him on the Corvette over recent weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesU Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Very snazzy chick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4T VW Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 He looks way too clean to be doing DIY. Not a mark on that shirt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted September 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 That is one of his better DIY shirts. Think that particular shirt is about as old as I am... (He's also still got his wedding shirt, which is 35 years old now - it's been relegated to the DIY pile and is covered in paint / shoe dye / varnish now though!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Realised it's been quite a while since I posted an update. Progress on the spare room has been pretty slow due to various reasons and is only just getting to a finished stage. Just some boxes left to unpack and curtains to buy now!Cupboard rebuilding continues - replaced the hanging rails with shelves as it's going to be much more useful that way. We've been quite clever though, we've put holes in the back corner of every shelf and a whole in the side to pass cables through so I've put my printer and various other computer bits in the cupboard out of the way. Can't remember if I mentioned it before, but when my office was refurbished they replaced the kitchen and had half a length of worktop left over which I asked if I could have as it was just going to be thrown away. We've turned it into a desk in the spare room:Remember the Mondrian? This is what it looks like now:There's a bit of a gap in the photos at this point, which is what happens when you've still got everything in boxes - including the charger for your camera battery! So, DFS sale - does anyone ever pay full price for a DFS sofa? - Sofabed "web exclusive" and a bargain at that, especially interest free over 4 years! Delivered last week - only 3 weeks after I ordered it:The cupboard now has doors back on it, hiding the shelves - cupboard doors that are now hung straight!Dragged Dad to Ikea a few weeks ago - his first ever trip. I think he coped admirably! We both had holiday to use up so we took a day off rather than risking a trip to Ikea at the weekend! Spent the morning buying flat pack and the afternoon arguing over how to build it... Once it was up, I was finally able to start emptying some of the boxes that I've been living around for the last 18 months:This is all that remains of boxes waiting to be unpacked - getting there! (Although I realised that there's actually quite a lot of stuff still at my Mum & Dad's house which I'll need to pick up at some point...)To finish... this is what happens when you spend 18 months putting bills & statements in boxes once they're paid. You end up with one almighty paperwork pile to sift through. This is the start of the organisation of it all - Step 1: Put it in piles by type (Work/bank/house/car etc) Next job - back garden. Have spent 2 days clearing it so far. Will get some photos this weekend. It's another big job as I don't do things by half! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karting Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 looks good, me and my gf are currently looking at house's.I dont have a clue where you live, but if local to North London im a Fencer by trade and i also do ground works. Could help out for drinks and food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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