RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I'm not sure what you mean?
Show us yer house and house-related meddlings
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quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Trying to paint all the different bits different colours and getting a good finish. As a bodger it definitely wouldn't go well for me. Also I don't think I've ever seen an estate agent photo where it looks good. Obviously that's personal taste to some degree.
If you just painted some of the panels different colour or used a selection of wallpapers to fill in that would break it up.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
You could even get rid of the handles and get those catches that you push the door a bit to open.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
I think the ideal is to keep the gap. It’s pure Victorian brick work if you insulate it allows the potential damp in bricks to track to the plaster board
Ultimately I just need it to last a year and needed it fixed quick. Sure there are other things I should be doing with the whole place but I’ve got a wallet full of moths and dust at present
clicker
nanook rubs it....
If its going to be an office/sewing room, you could remove every other long door and have open shelving.It's another "what should I do with these cupboards" post.
What should I do with these cupboards? This room is destined to be a combined office and sewing room when I've finished clearing it, but was originally a bedroom so has a lot of built in cupboards. I was tempted to take them out as they rather dominate the room but actually they will be useful in a sewing room.
I thought of painting them, with some kind of decoration in the currently hessian covered centre panelsThe hessian definitely has to go.
Also, talk to me about floorboard sanding...
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I'd probably paint the rest all one colour.
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
So it does,,I have vacuumed walls before now
Looby
Well-Known Member
I really like open shelving but it gets so dusty.
I guess you could have some nice baskets etc
We’ve got an open pax unit in our bedroom because we can’t fit a door and it’s well organised but I really really want a door on it.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Moths.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Not everyone agrees whether the gap is needed or not. But you could just put insulated plasterboard onto the battens. The type with 25mm insulation on the back often isn't much thicker than the thickness of lath&plaster taken off, so might still match up with window surrounds etc.
Whether or not the back of the insulation touches the brickwork, damp is not going to track through the insulation layer - it forms a vapour barrier in itself.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
My interior design required some work, unless the brief was
“Corridor in a psychiatric hospital”
I need some colour perspective advice
www.archdaily.com
It fits a double bed in the middle on the let wall. I just need to make the place less “long”
It’s a big wide room just looks fucked
“Corridor in a psychiatric hospital”
I need some colour perspective advice
How Colors Change the Perception of Interior Spaces
Some possibilities to change environments with colors or contrasts, confusing proportions.
www.archdaily.com
It fits a double bed in the middle on the let wall. I just need to make the place less “long”
It’s a big wide room just looks fucked
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
dp
WouldBe
Dislicksick
My interior design required some work, unless the brief was
“Corridor in a psychiatric hospital”
I need some colour perspective advice
How Colors Change the Perception of Interior Spaces
Some possibilities to change environments with colors or contrasts, confusing proportions.
It fits a double bed in the middle on the let wall. I just need to make the place less “long”
It’s a big wide room just looks fucked
Darker colour on the end walls will draw them in.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Yep agree with this, darker colour on the 2 narrow walls, light colour on the 2 wide walls, stay white/off white on the ceiling but don't do anything to draw attention to the ceiling height as it's just going to accentuate the corridor feel in that shape room.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
I have no more decorating or fluffing up in me 
I’ll level up the net curtains in May
I’ll level up the net curtains in May
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
After weeks of putting it off, we’ve put together a cabinet and a bookcase this morning. If that wasn’t enough, I replaced our toilet seat yesterday. It was a complete bugger to first have to saw through one of the old screws to get it out. Then it was half an hour of unnatural arm contortions to secure the new one. Mrs SFM was the first to review it and the report was favourable. Having reviewed myself this morning, I’d give it 9/10 for installation (wee bit of play in it) but 10/10 for comfort - forgot how much a wooden seat warms your beam end. 
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I have no more decorating or fluffing up in me
I’ll level up the net curtains in May
Putting the bed in sideways like that has made the room look less long, but the biggest obstacle is the picture rail, because that performs the visual trick of elongating the room, as does having walls painted green either side with white at the end.
Maybe full-length curtains in a dark colour might have a similar effect to painting the far wall in a dark shade?
Yeh, there needs to be more balance there, something a bit bolder on the windows, pick a colour out of your bedding or an eiderdown or throw, not too matchy matchy, but it would give the room more cohesion.
You're doing a great job though bellaozzydog
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Progress report on the spare room clearance and conversion to office/sewing room. I've amazingly/eventually got all the crap sorted, packed, charity shopped, awaiting final rubbish collection on Friday. Gave a ton of stuff away on Olio and sold a few items.
Also taken up the carpet. The boards are not in very good condition so I'm going to have to think if I want to try and restore them or ignore and recarpet or whatever. One is broken, some are quite gappy, there's quite a lot of paint, and a piece of concrete in front of where the fire originally was, also cracked.
There are also some cracks in the walls round the bay window which I'm pretty sure were there before... Probably... Half decided I should get someone to look at them in case there are structural issues
Regardless I think I need to get a plasterer in.
Sigh. I can't just bask in the warm glow of achievement and start picking paint colours.
Also taken up the carpet. The boards are not in very good condition so I'm going to have to think if I want to try and restore them or ignore and recarpet or whatever. One is broken, some are quite gappy, there's quite a lot of paint, and a piece of concrete in front of where the fire originally was, also cracked.
There are also some cracks in the walls round the bay window which I'm pretty sure were there before... Probably... Half decided I should get someone to look at them in case there are structural issues
Regardless I think I need to get a plasterer in.Sigh. I can't just bask in the warm glow of achievement and start picking paint colours.
danski
"vibey"
Not yet, maybe but….
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Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Ooh well done! I tried to get rid of stuff before I moved, but most of my sewing/craft stuff came with me and is sitting in boxes taking up space.Progress report on the spare room clearance and conversion to office/sewing room. I've amazingly/eventually got all the crap sorted, packed, charity shopped, awaiting final rubbish collection on Friday. Gave a ton of stuff away on Olio and sold a few items.
Also taken up the carpet. The boards are not in very good condition so I'm going to have to think if I want to try and restore them or ignore and recarpet or whatever. One is broken, some are quite gappy, there's quite a lot of paint, and a piece of concrete in front of where the fire originally was, also cracked.
There are also some cracks in the walls round the bay window which I'm pretty sure were there before... Probably... Half decided I should get someone to look at them in case there are structural issues
Sigh. I can't just bask in the warm glow of achievement and start picking paint colours.
Have a look at posh lino (I believe the technical term is LVT), it's warm underfoot and doesn't need the beading that ruins the look of laminate flooring.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
Ooh yes posh Lino is a good shout. I used Amtico in my old house. There is also Karndean -both are expensive but might give ideas then seek out alternatives.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I just dislike the idea of plastic. But then I also dislike the idea of trying to choose a plastic carpet. Carpet would probably be more sensible to keep the noise down.
I'm going to have a think about it and look into restoring it as it's now spring and I need to crack on with the garden anyway so there's no rush.
I'm not quite sure what order to do things in with painting walls, ceiling, woodwork, cupboards and doing whatever to the floor.
If I could polish the floors throughout the whole upstairs it would completely transform the place.
I'm going to have a think about it and look into restoring it as it's now spring and I need to crack on with the garden anyway so there's no rush.
I'm not quite sure what order to do things in with painting walls, ceiling, woodwork, cupboards and doing whatever to the floor.
If I could polish the floors throughout the whole upstairs it would completely transform the place.
I believe the new lino flooring is really great.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
This, proper linoleum (made from pressed linseed, which is where the name originates) is lovely, natural, warm too.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
My friend put down some lovely bamboo flooring.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Is it a surveyor or a structural engineer I'd need to speak to about the cracks round the bay window?
