I have had a bit of a blogging break while I worked on work but things have been moving along in The Gold House. At an absolute snails pace! Luckily this is a labour of love and not something I have a deadline on.
The office is finished - nearly. The floor is sanded and stained, the walls are patched and painted, there is a new light shade and the furniture is in.
Here is the update Part 1 and quite in the order actually happened
The Floor
This is the floor as it originally was after the removal of 3 layers of carpet, lino, underlay and about 4 million carpet staples. Sanding the floor took a bone rattling 2 days to do and looked amazing.
After sanding I sealed the floor with Feast Watson Prooftint Pine Sealer, and it glowed. I really questioned my decision to stain the floor black at this point but I had ranted about how fantastic it was going to look so felt I couldn't cave in now.
Half stained, at this point it looked pretty bad but there was no going back.
Relief and validation, it worked. It looks austere and Victorian, perfect with the chalky walls.