Bathroom is finished

Phil, who has been doing our en-suite and bathroom refurbishment is juts packing up as the job is done...apart from any finishing touches we might want to add such as new bathroom cabinet or some 'bling' to finish it off.

The time has gone pretty quickly....mainly because Phil has been so easy to get along with and have in the house each day.  I now know I would never have a contractor in the house that I did not have a good rapport with as they are there every day for weeks.

Over the next few days we have a few neighbours that want to come and see the finished product.  I hope they are duly impressed!  Apart from that I intend to enjoy a few days of having the house back to myself and will do a lot of cleaning and tidying up.  Then I have some work (bah!) to do at the weekend....but hope that won't take too long as I have done as much preparation as I can.  Notice my reaction to work now that I have been semi-retired for a few months!

En-Suite is finished

Wow!  What a difference a refurbishment makes?  The room looks half as big again and we are delighted with the results.  Of course, all these things are down to personal taste, current trends etc etc but we have tried to choose styles we like and that will last a reasonable time. Three months ago I had never heard of click-clack plugs or fast flow wastes and had no idea how all this was going to be put together.  It has been fascinating seeing 'behind the scenes' to see what goes where and how it all connects together. Anyway, here is the result....

The bathroom is now well in progress and we are seeing huge changes each day.  If the results are anything like the en-suite we will be extremely happy people.  Here's the current state of play...

... and a close up of the mosaic...

Now this project is coming to an end I will need to get myself another project to do.  I suspect that will start with me repainting a room or two in the house....we'll see.

En-suite refurbishment in progress

What a busy few weeks it has been?  We took delivery of the last few items ready for the refurbishment of the en-suite and bathroom just over a week ago and then Phil turned up to start work on Monday 25 Feb as planned.  He is now on the last few days of work in the en-suite so this week will be really exciting as it all comes together.  It will be nice to be able to have a shower again!!

Here's a few photos of work-in-progress so you get a sneak preview of what the final result will look like:


Phil has been absolutely brilliant and has worked like a trojan.  His attention to detail is just the job - I almost think he is more fussy than me....and that's saying something!!

The walls have been painted with 3 coats of paint already but will need another as the ceiling was skimmed a few days ago and we have a little plaster where we don't want it!  Later this week, I hope to start work on painting the ceiling but will err on the side of caution as I have read of many people painting too soon and ruining the new plasterwork.