Happy Easter! Hope you're having a wonderful day with your loved ones eating a tonne of chocolate and chilling out. A and I are currently having a bit of a movie marathon and on Friday we headed out to enjoy the Kent countryside (post on Tuesday!)
To celebrate my love of mini eggs I created the above illustration, it's sad to think another year of eating them is over... but I can't wait for the warmer weather.
A's Highlight of the week: Wandering around the Kent countryside in the sun on Friday.
L's Highlight of the week: Same as A!
Enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday!
L x
To celebrate my love of mini eggs I created the above illustration, it's sad to think another year of eating them is over... but I can't wait for the warmer weather.
A's Highlight of the week: Wandering around the Kent countryside in the sun on Friday.
L's Highlight of the week: Same as A!
Enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday!
L x
I'm loving my #Friyay challenge, creating a new spin on my love of the word is proving to be super fun. This week I've gone for primary style bright stripes.
Have a great Easter! L x
Happy second day of Spring! To celebrate the start of longer days than nights, warm days and balmy nights and buds that are about to burst into bloom A pulled out her watercolours to create a Cherry Blossom Illustration.
We interrupt our usual scheduling for a DIY update...
Having spent years dreaming of a Carrie Bradshaw wardrobe (sigh) the progress on our current project is super exciting. The transformation from dingy old airing cupboard to walk in closet is almost complete, so I thought I'd give you an update.
Here's the space at the start, a big cupboard with really high ceilings that contained a massive water tank, some shelves and a lot of pipe work. As we were installing a combo boiler the water tank and pipes went and were replaced by a small boiler. Once this was done I took down the shelves carefully so we could re-use the lengths of wood as shelf supports. The ceiling was plastered to get rid of the Artex and finally the entire space was painted white.
When the space was empty and we'd settled on a design (see Tuesday's post) we headed to B&Q with A's very detailed shopping list in hand. After arriving home construction began, we started by putting up the shoe shelve supports, then onto the rail followed by the full length shelves above. At this point we actually adjusted the design slightly, only doing two shelves above instead of the planned three. We also put in brackets to support the shelves as they were 150cms long and wanted to avoid them bowing.
Moving on we created the shorter base shelves, putting up the wall supports, centre Mdf piece held in place by brackets and then finally adding the shelves and banged them down.
Then we moved onto the smaller shelves on the left which are for shoes. As the space is small they ended close to the other shelves so we cut the edges and sanded them to give it a slightly rounded edge. This took no time at all but it really makes a difference not having pointy edge hit you in the arm when you're reaching for a pair of jeans!
Finally once all the shelves were up it was time to paint. We went with white paint for the walls and shelves as it makes the small dark cupboard feel bright and bigger. No pictures here unfortunately as I was so keen to get my wardrobe in I completely forgot. So here's where the wardrobe is at now, all painted and filled with clothes...
plus beauty products and shoes!
I'm so happy with the design A planned and the small alterations we made along the way. We've maximised the space but not overcrowded it. Now all that's left is to source storage for the shelves and paint the floor... I'll keep you posted.
A's highlight of the week: L's homemade bread, dog walks and starting another DIY wardrobe.
L's highlight of the week: Using my new wardrobe!
Have a great week and Happy Spring x
Having spent years dreaming of a Carrie Bradshaw wardrobe (sigh) the progress on our current project is super exciting. The transformation from dingy old airing cupboard to walk in closet is almost complete, so I thought I'd give you an update.
Here's the space at the start, a big cupboard with really high ceilings that contained a massive water tank, some shelves and a lot of pipe work. As we were installing a combo boiler the water tank and pipes went and were replaced by a small boiler. Once this was done I took down the shelves carefully so we could re-use the lengths of wood as shelf supports. The ceiling was plastered to get rid of the Artex and finally the entire space was painted white.
When the space was empty and we'd settled on a design (see Tuesday's post) we headed to B&Q with A's very detailed shopping list in hand. After arriving home construction began, we started by putting up the shoe shelve supports, then onto the rail followed by the full length shelves above. At this point we actually adjusted the design slightly, only doing two shelves above instead of the planned three. We also put in brackets to support the shelves as they were 150cms long and wanted to avoid them bowing.
Moving on we created the shorter base shelves, putting up the wall supports, centre Mdf piece held in place by brackets and then finally adding the shelves and banged them down.
Then we moved onto the smaller shelves on the left which are for shoes. As the space is small they ended close to the other shelves so we cut the edges and sanded them to give it a slightly rounded edge. This took no time at all but it really makes a difference not having pointy edge hit you in the arm when you're reaching for a pair of jeans!
Finally once all the shelves were up it was time to paint. We went with white paint for the walls and shelves as it makes the small dark cupboard feel bright and bigger. No pictures here unfortunately as I was so keen to get my wardrobe in I completely forgot. So here's where the wardrobe is at now, all painted and filled with clothes...
plus beauty products and shoes!
I'm so happy with the design A planned and the small alterations we made along the way. We've maximised the space but not overcrowded it. Now all that's left is to source storage for the shelves and paint the floor... I'll keep you posted.
A's highlight of the week: L's homemade bread, dog walks and starting another DIY wardrobe.
L's highlight of the week: Using my new wardrobe!
Have a great week and Happy Spring x
Happy Friday... or Friyay! A neon sign felt appropriate for the start of the weekend.
L x
With a lot of ideas collected it was time to get down to the nitty gritty - out with the tape measure,
paper and pen.
Once the basic concept was decided upon we drew it out and then started measuring. The final idea was for 6 shelves for shoes, three large long shelves that would go across the back wall at the top with the rail just below, then on the left hand side three shelves just over half the width and on the right hand side one shelf.
Phew! It looks a bit of a muddle but I know what I'm doing .... honestly.
Concerned about the weight that might be put on the biggest shelves, which would measure 149cms long by 53cms wide, I decided brackets would be a good idea to give extra support. L says she is going to have a minimalist wardrobe and there will be space, blah blah, but I have seen all the stuff that is going in there ... she still has to read Marie Kondo's book!
I drew up a shopping list with each of the pieces of wood required, screws, nails, brackets, paint, etc.
B&Q sell large sheets of MDF and I set about calculating how it would be best to cut the MDF in the most economical way, working out the left over parts would make two drawers for under my bed.
Top tip, write on each of the pieces as they get cut which bit they are in the construction - coming home with over 20 pieces of MDF saved a lot of time and I am so glad we did this.
Right, out with the drill...
A x
paper and pen.
Once the basic concept was decided upon we drew it out and then started measuring. The final idea was for 6 shelves for shoes, three large long shelves that would go across the back wall at the top with the rail just below, then on the left hand side three shelves just over half the width and on the right hand side one shelf.
Phew! It looks a bit of a muddle but I know what I'm doing .... honestly.
Concerned about the weight that might be put on the biggest shelves, which would measure 149cms long by 53cms wide, I decided brackets would be a good idea to give extra support. L says she is going to have a minimalist wardrobe and there will be space, blah blah, but I have seen all the stuff that is going in there ... she still has to read Marie Kondo's book!
I drew up a shopping list with each of the pieces of wood required, screws, nails, brackets, paint, etc.
B&Q sell large sheets of MDF and I set about calculating how it would be best to cut the MDF in the most economical way, working out the left over parts would make two drawers for under my bed.
Top tip, write on each of the pieces as they get cut which bit they are in the construction - coming home with over 20 pieces of MDF saved a lot of time and I am so glad we did this.
Right, out with the drill...
A x
