Craft with Emma

Floorboards are back baby, yeah!  Remember I told you they had taken all the existing floorboards to the workshop to be restored?  Well, some of them didn't survive being removed.  This floor is over 100 years old, and is tongue and groove, so when the boards were lifted, some of the tongues and/or grooves broke.  There were also some boards which had been cut over the years to allow access underneath for things like wiring or gas pipes, so it's not a huge surprise that they weren't suitable to be re-laid. The guys have done an amazing job restoring [...]

Today we turn to the window!  The window sill has been taken up and will be sanded and beautifully restored.  It looks original but a bit unloved, so our fab builder will make it lovely again.  The small wall in front of the window is on it's last legs (shoogly in the extreme!) so will come down and be rebuilt.  The wood at the top middle and sides of the windows is not original, so has been removed.  The top and sides will end up plastered, and I think the plan is to have wood down the centre. I [...]

Can you tell the difference between today's photos and the previous post? The wallpaper is now gone!  Our fabulous builder stayed until nearly 8pm to get the last bit finished, but all the old wallpaper is now off, and the walls are ready to be plastered and made beautiful again.  The old picture rail was also taken down but will get put back in the new room, don't worry!  We want to save as many of the original features as we can.

Just a quick post today!  Wiring under the floor has been laid and insulation has gone down too, so it's full speed ahead for the next stages!  Got to be careful walking in the room again, as I don't want to put my foot through those insulation panels, even if they are very well stuck down with expanding foam of some sort.