The 40 Year Old House

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miniman said:

Awesome, although the dining table was not round like that, I grew up with those G-Plan chairs.

Was it oval shaped? Because...

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Mogsmex said:

just read the whole thread you have a a real eye for these things

Nice style truly inspiring, your making a lovely home

Thanks very much, appreciate it

We did actually have a fully functioning kitchen to host Christmas so met our goal. We're missing plinths and wall tiles though so I'll wait until they are on for pics

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I never finished this thread off here are some more updates. Kitchen going in;

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This is how many instructions it took to build the kitchen!

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Worktops are old school desks complete with graffiti

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Then last week we had the finishing touch, my friend a local sign writer came to hand paint the cupboards in the extension, the final part of blurring the outside and inside.

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Here's the final result...

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We also painted the dining room too, the ships doors and the painted cupboards are my favorite bits.

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This is the ship the doors came from the RMS Windsor Castle - 1959.

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miniman said:

Love the worktops

Thanks. I had to remove a swastika and two cocks discretely lol

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CharlesdeGaulle said:

Nice work all round, but the painted cabinets are epic.

Thanks

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Thanks guys. Here's a reminder of where it started....

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And now...

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It's taken me nearly two years of working on it evenings and weekends! Way longer than I thought but so pleased with the end result.

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Jakg said:

As above - they look fantastic.

If you described what you've done (i.e. the whole house decor) in words, i'd think it'd be headed for the "horrors" thread but it works really, really well.

Thanks. We don’t plan on moving for a very long time so thought we would just do what we want

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Milkbuttons said:

Looks great, some really nice ideas.

Thanks

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RC1807 said:

I looked at the painted cabinets as they were being done and thought, "Hmmm....", BUT, the view from outside in really shows they work. Top marks!

As for the "control freak" and worktops with school graffiti
Nice one!

shalmaneser said:

Whole house looks awesome!

Thanks guys much appreciated

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campionissimo said:

Wow. What a result. You know what? This has really inspired me, we have a house of a similar vintage, and have been thinking of extending.


This thread has made me realise that a) we need to go for it, b) i can build it myself and c) we need to be more bold with colour choices!!!

Currently drawing up the existing plans on CAD and a wad of paper sketches and mood board ideas to put into the proposed drawings!

Glad to be of service good luck with your project

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Thanks for the nice comments, sorry I've neglected this thread a bit!

CO2000 said:

Any lockdown updates for your mad but lovely house!?

Thanks for asking. The plan was to do nothing this year after all the extension work but lockdown changed that game!

First thing was to get my son exercising so he wanted an assault course...

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Next mini project was building something to go on the gable end wall of the kitchen, saw a photo of a 50s motel I liked so got to work on that.


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Then it was my son's Birthday at the end of April. He wanted a new den so I decided to give him my old shed and build a platform up in the woods at the back of the garden.

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Inside there is hidden storage for his armory...

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We had a sleepout in there it was very comfy in the warm weather..

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Next I needed to replace my shed, I'm still doing this project now.

Removed the knackered green house...

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Gave it new life along the fence..

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This is the plan for the new shed...

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Clad with scaffold boards and the window came out of the house when we made it into a door.

Going up

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This is where I'm up to now...

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Painted the plastic window to look like rusty metal..

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Still working full time so fit this in where I can

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miniman said:

Awesome.

Cheers

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CO2000 said:

Haha I knew there would be some great updates, very inspirational

Thanks so much

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Barchettaman said:

Fantastic work. I’ve really enjoyed following this thread.

Thanks very much, here's the update on the shed.

Roof going on...

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Then I felted it and thought I would make a feature of the batton that hold the edge of the felt. I also oiled the outside and mounted some lights, not wired up yet.

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One of my friends was getting rid of his old shed so I went and collected it and have cut it up to line the walls of my shed, looks great with some oiling.

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Use the shed window as a picture frame

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The seats are out of my van, which is full of wood

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CharlesdeGaulle said:

I really like what you've done with the shed, it looks great.

Being wood on a wooden base, have you taken any specific steps to preserve or weather-proof the bottom of it?

Thanks Yes the outside walls don't touch the decking they are raised up. The frame does but that won't get really get wet and is pressure treated. The roof overhang actually keeps the outside walls dry anyway unless there are high winds. The whole lot is covered in anchor wax as I had that in already.

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I'm in the Guardian today with the house....

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/...