The 40 Year Old House

[Oil Trash]

Fantastic thread - loved seeing the work you have done on house and garden

[57 Chevy]

mikeiow said:

Superb!
In the theme of IT.....if only the cloud was an option, you wouldn’t have needed to do any of this on-prem
Well done, it is looking great!

Cheers, I think my head must have been in the cloud to start this whole thing!

[57 Chevy]

Oil Trash said:

Fantastic thread - loved seeing the work you have done on house and garden

Cheers, appreciated

It's coming on now been a busy weekend. The plastering is all finished, I've levelled up the floors between the old and new ready for the tiler coming. Best of all though Oli the joiner has been and finally fitted the ships doors between the kitchen and dining room. I absolutely love these they are from the RMS Windsor Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Windsor_Castle_(...

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A glimpse of how it will all open up once finished.

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Managed to set up the smart lights and a smoke machine for halloween the other day too

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Video here https://flic.kr/p/2hEKp4L

[57 Chevy]

Cladding is close to being finished now...

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I don't like extractor hoods on the wall taking up space so we are having a in line fan in the loft vented through a vent tile in the roof instead. Here is the ducting.

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[57 Chevy]

Here's the latest. Electric underfloor heating is just to take the edge off the tiles in the winter rather than heat the room.

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Screed

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And today the tiles went down..

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Picked up this awesome G Plan table that will go in the extension...

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Started decorating the dining room too

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[Greendubber]

I love those floor tiles, would you mind telling where they are from as we want to do our hallway and those look perfect!

[57 Chevy]

Greendubber said:

I love those floor tiles, would you mind telling where they are from as we want to do our hallway and those look perfect!

Here you go dude... https://www.porcelainsuperstore.co.uk/heritage-sta...

Edited by 57 Chevy on Tuesday 26th November 21:37

[Greendubber]

57 Chevy said:

Greendubber said:

I love those floor tiles, would you mind telling where they are from as we want to do our hallway and those look perfect!

Here you go dude... https://www.porcelainsuperstore.co.uk/heritage-sta...

Edited by 57 Chevy on Tuesday 26th November 21:37

Top man, thanks for that.

[miniman]

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

[57 Chevy]

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...

[Hitch]

57 Chevy said:

Was it oval shaped? Because...

I've replayed that scene in many a furniture shop!

[Mogsmex]

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

Nice style truly inspiring, your making a lovely home

[57 Chevy]

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

[57 Chevy]

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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[miniman]

Love the worktops

[57 Chevy]

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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[57 Chevy]

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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[57 Chevy]

miniman said:

Love the worktops

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

[CharlesdeGaulle]

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

[57 Chevy]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

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

Thanks