This is not an unpainted pine door. This is a knotty pine door that has been painted to look like knotty pine. Tasteful. And with a handy 1 cm gap between the perpendicular wall and door frame, that widens

We've finally managed to get a step further towards finishing the spare bedroom. Hopefully it might even be finished by December 31st! I've chosen bull nose skirting board; it's 119mm high, so about 50mm

I’m at the stage with the floor in the spare bedroom where I’ve done two coats of paint, it’s fully dry, and needs its third and final coat. So I’m sanding it down. I sanded the base coat that was already

I have finally managed to get the first coat of paint on the floor. Already, the rooms is beginning to look a bit more “done”. There’s still no skirting board, but that has to wait until the floor is finished

Work continues on the prepping for painting the wooden floorboards in the spare bedroom. I thought it was just mentioning a couple of things. I’ve read a few “how to” articles about the painting process,

The spare bedroom. I might let guests stay here, maybe; if I’m feeling generous. The plan for this room is to use it as a dressing room/ office/ work room. We still have some work to do before I can do

We started talking about redecorating the hallway, stairs and landing back in January. We came up with a plan for it in February. The loft was done in March. We had a dinner party for Easter in April,

At this moment in time, my husband and I have half done our hallway stairs and landing. There’s more to be done, but some other jobs need to be finished first, and it’s much better than it was before.