We had bright sunshine and heavy showers today. I love the colour contrast in these pictures which I took on my way into town this morning. Having finished off the ceiling with the stain stop paint before breakfast I made a list of all the materials I needed to complete the study. I spent ages in B&Q searching the shelves for the different things I wanted before giving up and searched for an assistant instead. The reason I didn't find the stain stop was that they had sold out but I got the tile adhesive, white paint and wall filler I needed. I'll give the ceiling a coat of normal white paint tomorrow, after I put up 2 strips of lining paper on the wall, and see how it looks. At the moment I can't see the stains when the light is on but I can just make out some yellowing in natural light.
Today I soaked off the last bits of wallpaper that were in the corner and filled all the holes in the wall. I plan to use 3 tiles instead of 2 for the splashback so that the biggest hole will be covered by a tile. There was also a long crack in the ceiling artex which I covered over with decorator's caulk. At least the textured ceiling made it easy for me to blend in the caulk creating the random swirls with my fingers.
Finally I made a 3 sided box to put under the sink to hide all the pipework. I took the measurements to B&Q to see if they had some boards/panels that would make the job easier but in the end I used a pine plank and a solid pine shelf that I had at home. When I had finished I worried that the plank might have woodworm as I could see a few round marks. To be on the safe side I wiped it all down with woodworm killer.
2 comments:
Lovely photos, Ruta. Like you, I have spent a great deal of time looking, then looking for an assistant only to learn what I was looking for was gone, no longer available or-worse yet-simply packaged differently, this always makes me feel stupid.
And I found an enormous tub of tile adhesive in the cupboard so the small tube I bought yesterday will be going back for a refund.
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