We now have 6 hung and fully working doors and doorways and an almost finished staircase.
As all the walls had been boarded the door frames were too narrow and not a single one square. We could have done this ourselves but just did not have the time. We used the joiner who fitted the kitchen as he'd done such a good job. He estimated it would take 3 days but actually took 7, luckily we had a quote for the job!
The door furniture was from screwfix and was so much cheaper and better quality then the likes of wickes & B&Q! The ones we got were half price at £11/pair.
The stripping and sanding of the stairs has taken months of really hard work but now its finished it was worth it! Here's a before and after:
The stairs are probably as old as the house (71) and had many many coats of varnish and paint suffocating them! I think you'll agree they look much better now! I have no idea how much solid wood stairs like these would cost to buy now!
We are going to stain them a little bit darker then varnish them! I hope we don't ruin them after all that hard work ha ha! Eventually we would like to glaze the holes in the bannister but this will have to wait until we have moved in and saved a few more pennies!
Next update will be of the skirting board then the carpets :-)
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