Long Time Gone

It's been a while since I last posted. Mainly that's because I've been too busy! Most of last week was spent watching plaster go on, and then waiting for it to dry. Watched plaster never dries!

To recreate the experience, stare at this picture for 5 minutes, then go away for an hour, and look at it again. Repeat.



The plan was to get the utility room fully painted before monday, and as much of the kitchen/dining room as we could manage.



Then, when it finally got too dark to paint, we switched to assembling the Ikea units for the utility room. Here's a couple waiting to go in.

Smooth Operator

Stuart the plasterer, plastering!

Big Decision

I spent part of Saturday knocking tiles off the old kitchen wall. We're expecting the plasterer next week, and the sooner he gets that done the sooner we can get a kitchen again, so i thought I'd make myself useful.

Not much left of the kitchen any more!



The internal wall for the utility room is up now, so the basic shape is there.



All this means that it's time to start choosing paint. Hence the title of this post. There's is no vote - it's not a democracy. It's not even a democracy in this house ;)

Break On Through (To The Other Side)

Big day. What used to be the kitchen wall at the back of the house was knocked down. This is the first time we've really been able to see what the new kitchen will look like, and the first time the new and old bits are connected. Pretty exciting (for us anyway!)

Knocking the wall down:

White Room

Looks more and more like a real room every day :)

Lean On Me

Big bits of metal went in today. Because the existing external wall is coming down, we need to put in a steel girder to support the roof, and that means we need something that will hold up both the existing girder and the new one. At one point it sounded like we might be able to just have one long girder all the way across the back, but to meet building regulations that would have to be something fit for putting into the Forth rail bridge. So instead we have two, and a steel pillar in the middle.

Getting ready to lift:



Steve hamming it up for the camera:



The beam in place:

Silver Lining

Another couple of busy days. Flooring down now, which makes an incredible difference to how the place looks - suddenly it looks less like a building site and more like a house.



Lots and lots of insulation going into the floor and walls. Here's Gary fitting a panel.

Beginning To See The Light

Earlier this week, our Thunderbirds-style launch hatch got a lid on it:



From the outside:



It's hard to take a picture that shows the effect inside the room, but we're really glad we decided to go with it after changing our minds several times. Really brings the light into the room.

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