Bedroom western side
I haven't been hiding, just retired and living the boring life as ya do lol.
Got into aquarium fish keeping and had to learn all the water chemistry and stuff that goes with it.
I had also forgotten half of what I learned doing rental renos so I chose a small easier room to start off with. Did I say easy?
I had done a bit with it when we first moved in, considering it had no wall linings at all.
This house is built in 1904 and I think half the town has visited or stayed in it at some time or another. This room my neighbour had rented as an apprentice. He is about my age so it was a little while ago.
Tell me if these photos show. Its on my facebook account which has pretty stiff protection but should show here if I share.
Adding noggins, insul paper and plugging all the holes in the exterior timber.
Put up ordinary vj pine boards. Nothing fancy, just what the local hardware had at the time. Mouldings about the base and windows just plain pine stuff from the hardware. Pine quad up around the ceiling and wall corners. Its nothing special but it paints up nice. Note the ceiling. I think that might have been lead paint so I didn't sand it at all. Just washed it down, gap sealed ($2 cheap stuff) and painted.
It had no wardrobe so I cheated and got a tradie in to build me one. It did cost a fair bit but since none of the walls or floors are plumb square in this house, he did kind of earn his money fitting it in. I sheeted the inside of the wardrobe myself with an removable panel to access kitchen wiring of stove behind that wall and built a door up high in the cupboard as that was a man hole access to the ceiling.
All painted and eco blinds installed. They are pretty cheap those blinds from bunnings. They look nice and do the job.
Next post, how to restore a very old painted timber floor.
