After:
It still needs another coat or two of shiny white paint... but it's looking much better. I used Dulux Aquanamel High Gloss in Vivid White in case anyone out there is wondering.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
White is the new purple...
Before:
After:
It still needs another coat or two of shiny white paint... but it's looking much better. I used Dulux Aquanamel High Gloss in Vivid White in case anyone out there is wondering.
After:
It still needs another coat or two of shiny white paint... but it's looking much better. I used Dulux Aquanamel High Gloss in Vivid White in case anyone out there is wondering.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Look, no floors!
So I have decided to replace all of the old floorboards.
Hallway:
Main bedroom:
Spare room:
As with all major renovations, an unforeseen expense was the need to replace all of the joists in the second bedroom/spare room as the originals were an inferior timber and had old termite damage. This fact reassures me that I made the right decision.
I can't even begin to tell you about how dusty it got!
Hallway:
Main bedroom:
Spare room:
As with all major renovations, an unforeseen expense was the need to replace all of the joists in the second bedroom/spare room as the originals were an inferior timber and had old termite damage. This fact reassures me that I made the right decision.I can't even begin to tell you about how dusty it got!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
My new friends... Selleys Spakfilla Rapid and Dulux 1 Step Prepcoat.
My first two purchases at Bunnings (not counting the numerous steel spatulas, paint brushes and rollers) were Selleys Spakfilla Rapid and Dulux 1 Step Prepcoat.
The spakfilla filled the gazillion nail holes in walls - the previous owner had hung pictures and paintings RANDOMLY EVERYWHERE! I also had to fill a number of cracks. Lucky for me, the crack pictured below is the worst there is - not bad for a house over 100 years old.
The crack:
No more crack:
A few of the gazillion nail holes - these are above THE STOVE of all places:
Painting my house would not be possible without Dulux 1 Step Prepcoat. No more dark purple feature wall:
And this is the second bedroom - primed and ready to be painted:
Priming my gorgeous burgundy wall in the hallway:
Although the painting was hard work, it very rewarding, and doing it myself (with the help of my wonderful boyfriend) saved me a lot of money...
The spakfilla filled the gazillion nail holes in walls - the previous owner had hung pictures and paintings RANDOMLY EVERYWHERE! I also had to fill a number of cracks. Lucky for me, the crack pictured below is the worst there is - not bad for a house over 100 years old.
The crack:
No more crack:
A few of the gazillion nail holes - these are above THE STOVE of all places:
Painting my house would not be possible without Dulux 1 Step Prepcoat. No more dark purple feature wall:
And this is the second bedroom - primed and ready to be painted:
Priming my gorgeous burgundy wall in the hallway:
Although the painting was hard work, it very rewarding, and doing it myself (with the help of my wonderful boyfriend) saved me a lot of money...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
What lies beneath... my crusty old carpet.
I knew that there were floorboards underneath the carpets when I bought my house and a building inspection confirmed that the floor was stable etc. Unfortunately a visual inspection to assess the boards' condition was not possible due to the installed carpets.
The day after settlement, I went to my new house armed with a crowbar - not only to find out what lies beneath, but also to completely remove the crusty old (dog smelling) carpets from the entire house.
My dreams of beautiful old Jarrah floorboards were shattered upon discovering damaged and stained, half unattached planks ( :'( )
The day after settlement, I went to my new house armed with a crowbar - not only to find out what lies beneath, but also to completely remove the crusty old (dog smelling) carpets from the entire house.
My dreams of beautiful old Jarrah floorboards were shattered upon discovering damaged and stained, half unattached planks ( :'( )
My carpenter said that they *might* come out "alright" after a sand and polish, but the problem was that almost half of the boards in the spare room, a good portion of the boards in the main bedroom and almost all of the boards in the hallway needed to be replaced due to warping and water (read: dog pee) damage.
What to do?
My options were to:
- install a floating floor system over the exisiting boards; or
- replace the boards that needed to be replaced and then paint all the boards white; or
- replace all the boards and then sand and polish.
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