Bedroom almost ready, Bathroom painted

Its been just over 3 months since we moved in, and the bedroom is nearly ready. Carpet and furniture is needed, but it's already looking a million times better than the floral decoration when we moved in.

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Before any decoration began

We quickly started on the built in wardrobes

With all the wardrobes, wallpaper and carpet removed

After painting the walls grey and purple

After putting up the curtains and 

From another angle

The bedroom is already starting to look warmer and feels much bigger than before.

The bathroom has also changed quite a lot

No decoration yet 

From above the bath

Painted white and a new shower head and pole fitted

Looking better

  

 We have a new shower curtain and pole and a white toilet seat arriving soon.

Painting the New Bedroom 2012

So, after a month of being moved into our new house, we've got some stuff done.

We've concentrated on the bedroom so far. We've removed the built in wardrobes, stripped all the wallpaper off the walls, removed the carpet and generally cleared everything out. The crack in the wall was filled in by Becky's dad and now we're ready to get decorating!

I started some painting on Tuesday and we both finished the 3 grey walls today. I recorded a short time lapse video on my old Canon IXUS 80 but it's not ideal. I would love the fisheye field of view from a GoPro, but never mind.

The undecorating begins!

Yesterday was the first full day for me in the house. It's only taken almost 4 months since putting an offer on it to finally getting in and seeing it during daylight!

Becky spent most of the week cleaning and tidying as much as she could, and during the evenings I helped out. I will post more photos and details soon, but for now here are 2 quick photos of the master bedroom that is Job Number 1.

We dislike the floral decoration, so aim to gut the room and start from scratch. During the evenings this week we removed most of the built in wardrobes. As you can see, it already makes a difference!
All of yesterday was spent removing the last bits of wardrobe and stripping wallpaper. We also got some paint and tools from B&Q so we can start painting today! Last night we were both absolutely exhausted, but pleased with the progress so far.

We aim to get as much bedroom decoration done over the next few days, as well as move small items over to the house. Virgin media is installed tomorrow (Monday). Fridge/freezer and washing machine arrive on Tuesday. Moving larger furniture Wednesday onwards.

Lots still needs doing, but this will have to wait for a bit:

• Electrics need rewiring and a new distribution box fitted
• Gas boiler, whilst almost new and working fine, was fitted badly and needs re fitting correctly
• upgrade 3 radiators, replace 1 in the bathroom with a towel rail, and add a new one on the upstairs landing
• some cracks need filling correctly and sealing up
• lots more decorating!

A new kitchen and bathroom would be lovely, but are much further down the line.

At least we get an extra hour in bed, thanks to the end of British Summer Time! Autumn is here and winter is on its way, and we now have plenty to keep us busy over the next few years!

Before

After