The 40 Year Old House

[rickygolf83]

Amazing build!

Shows what can be done with a lot of skill and a hell of a lot of wood!

[Laurel Green]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

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

[57 Chevy]

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.

[Jakg]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

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

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.

[57 Chevy]

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

[Milkbuttons]

Looks great, some really nice ideas.

[57 Chevy]

Milkbuttons said:

Looks great, some really nice ideas.

Thanks

[shalmaneser]

57 Chevy said:

miniman said:

Love the worktops

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

Whole house looks awesome!

[RC1807]

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!

[57 Chevy]

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

[campionissimo]

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!

[57 Chevy]

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

[anonymous-user]

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!

I have the same tiles in my hall way great looking for halls too,people think they are original.

[Du1point8]

Did you use any planning programs to assist you in measurements, etc?

what are the devices in the control freak board?

[mercedeslimos]

Du1point8 said:

Did you use any planning programs to assist you in measurements, etc?

what are the devices in the control freak board?

Remotes for lighting.

Was looking at something similar in IKEA the other day, but spent it on other random crap instead!

[Greendubber]

Alan535 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!

I have the same tiles in my hall way great looking for halls too,people think they are original.

I really wanted them but the Mrs put her size 5s down and we now have Karndean..... trade off for turning a spare room into a man cave

[arfursleep]

Excellent, from inside to out.

The kitchen worktops and the (squints) paving slab (/squints) splashbacks are

[CO2000]

Any lockdown updates for your mad but lovely house!?

[57 Chevy]

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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[57 Chevy]

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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