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I'm back onto this one. We've got someone staying for 2 months - an American student - so I had to get the space liveable. She's chuffed. I think she expected to end up in a spare bedroom in the house.

I contemplated a sheet lifter, Willair. But I still would have wanted a platform to fix, set and finish the ceiling - I'm not keen on ladders and scaffolds that high. It's been good having that platform to work on. At either end of that space there will be a fixed mezzanine. I've told my...

Finished one quarter of the ceiling!!!! Must be 15 years since I've put up a ceiling. I had forgotten how much I hated doing it. And how good I am at it. This ceiling is on an angle, as you can see. So it was a bugger. And at the apex it's 6metres+ off the ground. You can see my temporary...

Yep, putting in a false ceiling is often the way to go. It's quick and saves a heap of mess. I took mine out in that space because I want to expose the timber trusses and have a cathedral style ceiling - the head height at the apex of the roof is about 6 metres. I'm doing it myself with the...

The 'after' ones may be a while. Might have to take some more during 'ones'. There is a bit of stakeholder pressure to finish the downstairs bathroom reno in the house. My wife walked past me the other day as I was cursing something that wasn't working singing to herself, 'Torn between two...

And some 'during' pics. Took down an 80sqm ceiling that went up in the days of plaster and horsehair. Boy, there was some dust up there.

Well, I should have finished that bathroom in the house first. And the kitchen ceiling. And a few other things around the place. But I've been looking forward to getting my hands (and tools) onto this space. This is the top floor of the two storey building next to my house - the...