DIY extravaganza

[azekeil]

Finally, the almost-complete fruits of our (ev1ldonut, kissycat1000, meltie and myself) labour:

Before, the walls were flesh-coloured, there was a really grotty cream carpet, the ceiling was covered in polystyrene tiles and there was a cupboard built in to the space above the stairs, which meant that with just one single bed there was next to no floorspace.

Now, it looks like this:


The top bunk


The bottom bunk

The cupboard has been ripped out and a stud wall put up in its place and floorboards put over the stairwell covering. The ceiling has been stripped and replastered. The bare area around the cupboard has been filled with woodchip wallpaper and the whole thing has been painted with four coats of magnolia. Underlay and a red carpet have been fitted. A custom-built built-in bunk bed has been constructed from scratch, to fit around the radiator and the window/curtains. Two ethernet ports have been fitted underneath the bed, which is enclosed as a lockable storage space for toys and what have you.

There is now the space of a kingsize bed for floorspace in that room and we can get on with putting in a chest of drawers, a TV bracket, two computers, etc.

The whole thing has taken many weekends of work over the course of several months; many thanks to all the people who have helped with this. Now it just needs a few finishing touches, protecting the wood with either stain or varnish, the door putting back on and some curtains :)

If the rest of my house comes out this well I will be dead chuffed :)

Comments

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

Yep! Still to do:

Add headboard/storage boxes to the right ends of both bunks.
Complete guardrail on top bunk (will be part of storage box).
Sand and paint underbed door, add second handle.
Re-touch walls where construction damaged the paint.
Add another coat of white to radiator and bedroom door.
Re-fit door.
Clear-varnish bunks, add matresses and kids.

But the main part is done, which is fantastic. :)

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

Oops, and also fit the underbed cupboard lock and secure the ladder.

Yes, the problem is always lack of time. Whatever time we have is either booked up with other things, or unusable due to illness. :(

It's heartening to get to the point where it's so obviously almost done, and the end results can be clearly seen with hardly any imagination. :)

[meltie.livejournal.com]

If you need help polishing it off, or attacking the loft i'd love to lend another hand :)

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

We were going to do some more today but we all woke up feeling the worse for wear. But yes, another weekend, and we'll let you know in advance - same plan as before? :)

[meltie.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to work with the reward of being around mates tbh, but yes :)

[anti-girl.livejournal.com]

wow! thats looking ace! GO TEAM!!

MissAnthropy xxx

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

You'll have to come round when it's finished and the house in general is more habitable, and marvel at their DIY skills! ;)

[anti-girl.livejournal.com]

sounds like a plan batman. If I wasn't so ill I'd offer to come help. If I recover and have a day off it would be nice to come and hit wood and paint things with you if you still need help?

MissAnthropy xxx

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, we're all feeling like crap today anyway. Hopefully we'll get it actually finished next weekend, and in the meantime there are things I can do during the week (like painting type stuff) which will mean it's usuable by the end of next wekend. :)

[nina321.livejournal.com]

Is that the front room?
*tried to remember your house*

Looks good!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

It's the smallest bedroom. It's at the front of the house next to the 'goth room' that I currently sleep in, and it goes over the stairs (there is a cutout you can see in the photos - hence all the kerfuffle with building a bed in there...)

[blaadyblah.livejournal.com]

Yay, well done all - it looks really good. :)