pass the Spakfila

The builders have gone. At long last I have my house to myself again. And (as a real bonus) I can get into the study once more.

The work went well and looks great (r as great as it can look until the paintwork is done and the carpets down). The fact that it is absolutely bucketing down outside may delay the painting process for a while. The new rending and plaster needs a few nice dry days to cure. Once that is done I shall get my painting clothes on and tackle the walls and ceiling. (Is it just me or is the whole sugar soaping and spaking the worst part of painting?).

I am well pleased with how the room turned out. I was a little worried that joining the two original rooms would make for an awkward long thin shape. The measurements looked OK on paper but, until you see it IRL, you never know. I was also not sure about truncating the passage to turn the door to the second room into a BIR but it has worked out just fine. The tiling blends it right in.

Here are a few before, during and after pics.

A holey ceiling.

Jack with Spak

Broken wallsA new end to the passageSkank investigates the new BIRPaint needed!

And now I am going to do that scary thing that happens when computer access has been denied for a while. I am going to log into Google Reader. There will be a billion brazillion update from my buddies!

The 88 emails were bad enough!