All the small jobs that needed to be done to make the place secure (you can no longer get into the house just by pushing the windows), clean and a little less smelly are done and work has started on the first room.
The Office is the first room to be tackled, I really need a desk and a chair would be nice.
This is the room day one, the carpet has been removed (which has done a lot to help with getting rid of the smell) and so has the bookshelf in the corner. It turned out that the shelves had been put in to fill up the space left by the origanal back door when the kitchen was put on.
In a desperate bid for some sunshine, the pooch is having a quick rest on a cleaning rag sitting in a pile of sawdust! I think he sees his role as foreman in this renovation.
This is the room day one, the carpet has been removed (which has done a lot to help with getting rid of the smell) and so has the bookshelf in the corner. It turned out that the shelves had been put in to fill up the space left by the origanal back door when the kitchen was put on.
In a desperate bid for some sunshine, the pooch is having a quick rest on a cleaning rag sitting in a pile of sawdust! I think he sees his role as foreman in this renovation.
The room is missing some bits of skirting boards and in a bid to embrace the reuse, recycle and repurpose philosophy I spent part of the weekend tracking down skirting boards that would match the original ones at one of the local wreckers yards. With a lot of hunting through piles of boards, running home to check if they matched and hunting again we found a perfect match (for only $10) and here they are stripped and waiting for sanding along with walls floor and skirtings that are still there.
Now the hunt begins for old masonite joining strips!
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