Nursery

Well, not only are we back on-line, at the perfectly fine speed of 512K, but we're wireless too! All working really well, after a bit of technical fiddling, as is always the case (though still can't get our DS to go through the firewall but never mind).

So, main point of this post - we've certainly had a few interesting moments in getting the spare room converted to being a nursery. Straight after Christmas, we thought we'd start to get the nursery started, wanting to have it all done in good time for the due date. Simple case of stripping the (nasty) wallpaper, bit of filler, slap on the paint, new carpet, job done.

Nope.

There has always been a slight 'bulge' - for want of a better description - in one corner of the ceiling, which was wallpapered. We decided to leave the wallpaper on the ceiling, as past experience told us it would be a very thankless task taking it off, and just paint over it. Tim's (heavy handed?) paint rolling caused said bulge to grow though, or rather sag just a little too much. On removing the wallpaper...

Expert advice sort - needed to remove ALL the plaster, patching just wasn't sensible, get some new plasterboard and skim of new plaster. Easy!

Well, apart from the stress at the start, it has gone very well so far. Removing all the plaster was very messy but oddly satisfying, though it caused Tim some premature ageing...

With some great and much-needed help from John & Adam (Susan's dad and brother) we got the plasterboard up in a morning and just last Saturday, a friend of the family did a brilliant job of plastering. Total cost, just over a hundred quid, which is nowhere near what we first feared.

The dust thrown up from all the plaster is pretty clear in this picture!

We've got the paint and borders, so now the fun bit of actually painting, only a month behind schedule. Then carpet, and curtains, and new light...oh yeah, baby furniture would help too!