Karen was away last week on a course and as a surprise I decided to not only finish (at long last) the wardrobe that she has been waiting for but also re-decorate our bedroom including the building of an alcove cupboard to put our books in that matches the ginormous wardrobe. I managed to rope in a couple of people to help too but my VERY long week looked like this...
Sunday - finished building the wardrobe fascia, prepped and painted a first coat onto the walls.
Monday - full day at work then painting the final coat onto the walls up to about 11pm
Tuesday - I had a full day at work so left my mum and stepdad behind to spend a few hours wallpapering a 'feature' wall. Got in late then started sanding and painting the wardrobe with a special primer to help deal with (and hide) knots and stuff then stuck on a first colour coat of paint too. Finished at 4am wednesday morning.
Wednesday - after about three hours sleep I took one look at the wardrobe and realised that the subtle cream colour (Dulux Vanilla Mist 4) we had expected actually looked brilliant white and therefore had been a waste of energy. I then started building the alcove cupboard to match the wardrobe. Finally I dashed of to Dunelm Mill to pick up some bed linen and curtain stuff.
Thursday - builders merchants at 7am to buy a better wardrobe paint (after staring at the ridiculously large list of even more ridiculously named paint shades I actually found one just called 'cream') then met up with my dad who helped me re-paint the wardrobe and alcove cupboard plus put up a new curtain pole (with two additional door curtain poles for downstairs that I'd also bought.)
After jump starting dads van (he always leaves his lights on) I cracked on with making and painting a door for the alcove cupboard before a friend turned up late on for moral support, she then helped me put the doors onto the wardrobe, hang the curtains and start tidying up.
Friday - Full day at work, Karen got home before me and didn't notice the bedroom for the first hour.
....still got some things to do but we are very much geting towards having a beautifully decorated bedroom (for the first time ever) and a place to hang our clothes (first time in two years.)
Still to build...
- Kingsize Bed
- Blanket Chest
- Make-up Table and Stool
- Dressing Gown hooks
- Anything else that my lovely wife decides she desires....
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