Bathroom Window

When the workmen pulled back the inside wall and removed a few bricks they found a hole already there, just the right size, as though there'd already been a window there at some point in the past! Quite bizarre!

Bathroom renovation

Wall tiles


Floor tiles

The next renovation project is soon underway - Bathroom. Cheap and cheerful, nothing fancy. Perfick!

Conservatory: Finished!

Finally! Apart from some shelves and small bits and pieces the conservatory is now finished! It took us longer than I thought it would but actually cost MUCH less than we'd budgeted for so we're quite chuffed to say the least. ;-)

And this is how it looked to begin with.......!

Wallpapering

Now the big wall is done! :-D

CHOCOLATE! Mmmmm! *blush*

Finally on with the flooring!

And it feels great!

Neat, huh?! ;-)

Conservatory- Shaping up!

Cracking on with the wallpaper and paint. The steps are now painted and the renovation wallpaper is up and can now be painted too.

And now the paint has been slapped on and the steps have gotten their final coat. Great stuff!

Conservatory: Still at it!

Levelling the floor as best as I can to take out the worst dips and irregularities. And yes, I do have a huge hole in my jeans but I am wearing underwear!!! ;-))
Meanwhile, Christel has been painting and has done a fantastic job! ;-D

Plasterboards and insulation

Finally things are starting to take shape (meaning the wall, not me unfortunately!)

Et voilà!! How's that for precision! I'll do the plastering this evening.

Not forgetting the outside panelling though, which is now painted. MUCH better than the plastic crap that was there before! :-D Don't forget, we take cash and cheques and give free estimates...hehehe! ;-)))

Fixing the conservatory

We spent all of yesterday in soaring heat pulling down the old plastic covering that was supposed to be a wall and are now constructing a proper wood panel wall with a proper concrete base, which has now set nicely! ;-)))
By the way, mixing concrete by hand is not recommended....!!

Fixing the patio

Christel has been busy fixing the patio today as we wanted to get rid of the borders around the patio.





Shaping up!



Done!!

Fixing the garden furniture

Time to give the table and chairs a makeover in time for summer.

Kitchen

Now we've added the final touches :-D All we need now are new cupboard doors.

Finished! Part 2!

And on the other side behind the cooker! ;-D

WELL chuffed!

Finished!

We like! :-D

Kitchen tiling

Yes we're at it again. Just when we thought we were finished with DIY we decided to have a bash at the kitchen tiling

Stairway to heaven ;-)

We thought we'd bling up the staircase a little, and it's turned out really well, although this photo doesn't do it justice.

We have heating!

A German plumber came to install the system today while the energy company came to lay the pipes. Check out the guy in the shorts! It was only 12 deg C, brrr!

Fjärrvärme installation Day 2

Digging completed on Day 2. Tomorrow they're going to lay the pipes.

Fjärrvärme installation

My first attempt at a video blog now that the Blogger functionality is working in the K850i.

Fjärrvärme

We're getting fjärrvärme installed this week. For those who don't know what "fjärrvärme" is, it's central heating pumped in directly from the powerstation. The hot water left over from the cooling towers when generating electricity is pumped through the town, providing hot water and central heating for those who want it. Our old oil-powered heating system leaves us with a huge carbon footprint and so we wanted a more "greener" home.
The installation will take all week.