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Lofty Visions
I thought, maybe I could have a lovely light and airy loft one day, with painted white floorboards and lots of old furniture - it could be my art studio / office.
Garden - before and after!
The BEFORE pic, but believe me it was worse than it looks because all this overgrowth hides the fact that there was 2 skiploads of junk just strewn around the garden. The back wall had fallen down - probably Mr Skipyard man, whose skipyard is behind the wall, leaning his really heavy equipment on my wall for 30 years.
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Basically, everything had to be gutted.
AFTER:
Visit the other posts for more garden pics
Bathroom - before and after
I borrowed a small 4th bedroom to make the bathroom into big luxurious one. Black and white and a bit of blue from the victorian tiles my mother collected, which I've put above the basin. And some green from the old Victorian poison / medicine bottles.
NEEDS MORE PHOTOS ON A SUNNY DAY!
BEFORE:
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My kitchen - before and after
The third kitchen I've done. Nightmare with nasty builders. A slightly dark north facing room. Put in double doors onto garden but had to retain other door as well for light. Meant that I couldn't have eating area at back near double doors unfortunately.The painting of the units was such a huge task that I left the kitchen unfinished for 2 years unable to make up my mind what I wanted. But however nice the wood looks, I'm afraid I've decided to paint it... sorry.
BEFORE:
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AFTER:
TO BE REPLACED WITH MORE TIDY ONE?
Room size: 5 metres by 3 metres
Floor : solid distressed limed French oak
Kitchen units: unfinished Broadoak sanded (ready for painting)
Table and chairs: old family passed down probably from junk shop?
Fridge: an 80cm wide Fischer and Paykel fridge freezer - more eco-friendly than american side-by-side fridge freezer.
Finally finishing my kitchen
After 2 years of dilemma-ing
I wish there was a course I could go on to learn about how to acheive different finishes on wood because it might be very satisfying to restore my old bits of furniture...
On wood types and how to finish them:
http://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/blog/
http://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/project-guides.htm





