Picking up where we left off last week, both steps in the kitchen are now complete. The pantry step has had several coats of white masonry paint, then a piece of 6mm stripwood finished in white satinwood provides a neat trim to cover the tile edges.
Likewise with the step into the dining room.
I've taken advantage of the continued good weather to do a few outdoor jobs. The back gate and fence was in need of a bit of weatherproofing so it's had another coat of Creocote. The latch needed a bit of adjustment and now catches automatically when the gate is closed.
And the paint on a section of the bathroom fascia board had started to fail already, so this was stripped back to the bare timber and treated with Ronseal wood hardener before being filled, primed, undercoated and topcoated in black gloss.
The front door paintwork is now complete so the shiny brass furniture has been re-attached.
The front gate furniture has been cleaned up using a wire brush, then treated with a couple of coats of rust converter, bringing them back to almost new condition.
The gate itself has been in the paint shop this week. Dark grey underdcoat...
...followed by a topcoat of gloss Slate Grey, as used on the front door.
With the second coat of eggshell grey paint dry, the MDF top could be fitted to the TV cupboard. Likewise the wooden door knobs. The rest of the cupboard has been finished in quick dry white satinwood.
Having obtained a couple of quotes for carpets, we've committed to having them fitted this coming Wednesday, so the pressure is now on to get the hallway and stairs completed. First, the front door frame needed a fair bit of filling and sanding to get a reasonable finish.
The telephone cable had to be removed to facilitate painting
The skirting under the radiator had to be fitted in four pieces in order to fit round the pipework.
The ends were mitred to form neat joints.
The plaster skim needed a fair bit of filling and sanding down. Then the skirtings could be primed and undercoated.
With the woodwork primed, the cutting in could begin with the mist coat of emulsion.
The woodwork then had a topcoat of satinwood.
A couple more coats of emulsion on the walls has the hallway looking a lot fresher.
Jacqui has been industrious in the soft furnishings department, cutting and sewing the bay window curtains.
It's coming together!
