Victorian Tiles recovered and new craft project!

We had a review with the building team this morning to discuss a few options/decisions.

• The steel beam across the back of the house will be 2.5m instead of 2.1m above the ground. More light more height!
• The steel arrives today [I hope!] Got our 7th skip so far too so much rubbish! And we are in filling the back with rubble too can you believe and we still have spare!
• This week the side wall where the fireplace was [old back lounge] will be coming down.
• The fireplace marble surround will be moved to the front lounge.
• The doorway for the bi-fold doors will possibly be wall at he side will
• Old kitchen floor - new Utility room will be dug up.
• Old kitchen door [now utility room will be blocked up with a recess for shelves on the study side.

Well got home yesterday and my key wouldn't work! But that will be sorted today hopefully the builders are not locking us out of our home!

Here is the progress apologies in advance I was lazy and took these with my iphone!!!;

This is the utility room floor, there is damp so it is being dug out deeper to damp coarse.

Original Victorian quarry tiles were found and I have saved 4 from the skip for some abstract art in the new interiors. The back of the tiles have lovely design which I will display but I need to buy some cleaning solution to take off the cement/concrete and get them looking lovely.

The floor had been covered over with screed and cement and our old Amtico floor tiles. Had no idea this was still here! As the floor is in a Victorian terrace the Victorian quarry tiles have been laid on a lime substrate without any damp proofing.

So I need to get my mitts on Nanotech and get going, we have plenty of time for crafty projects. I may just mount inside deep Ikea frames or on the wall directly if BH wants to help even better!










The fireplace marble surround has been removed! This wall will be coming down this week.

More updates later!

Walls are down!

OK As I type this I am in a state of hysterical excitement. I don't want to go to my meetings or talk about content anymore I want to see the results!

This morning I was told the wall between the front room and old dining room won't come down until Tuesday :-(

Alas it's down and there is light and space, a new chimney opening and loads of ruble. Excitement for my feelings right now is an understatement.

BH is still banging on about another L sofa which I think is too cluttered and modern. I know the sofa I want just need to work my magic or have a hiss strop fit.

The Amtico floor is going to be ripped up and the original timber from the back lounge will be relocated to the old dining area...

The Beginning

Let me introduce you, we [BH-better half and I] live in southeast london in a typical large linked terrace.

We moved here 1st June 2006. Went to Bermuda for Christamas 2008 and had a lightbulb moment over a few bottles of Pouilly Fume. We were chilling on our huge balcony of Newstead Belmont Hills yakking away and the conversation turned to the house.

So far we had;
Ripped up carpets
Sanded floors
Painted entire house from top to bottom.
Installed new kitchen Amtico floor -vinyl was vile!
Ordered all the furniture
Managed to get rid of goth Purple walls & turquoise woodwork bathroom now a lovely cream with roll top bath.

So pretty inebriatted I drew up plans on hotel stationary of what I will now fondly call "a backside return extension". BH was suitably impressed especially as it meant he will now have his own study away from nagging ninny -me.