Paint doors

Wondering how many times I would have chances to paint doors. The same as the skirting board, first coat is white water based paint. 
Then, wood filler, sanding, base coat, and at last, egg shell. 

Just completed the first coat. Still long way to complete!

Kitchen 4 - Worktop

We chose granite worktop(tornado grey). Installation did not go well unfortunately... After the fitter correct all mistakes (cabinet opening was opposite, cabinet was broken, the dish washer was not connected etc), finally we could proceed to install worktop. 

On the sink side, it fit smoothly. However, the hob and oven side, the stone cracked when installation. The wall seemed to be too tight. The worktop guys brought back the stone and they said they would come back in one week. Due to the hole in the middle for hob, the thin part are very fragile. 

Second time... the stone cracked again :( They tried to repair but we could see some cracks. They suggested to cut the stone to 4 pieces (thin part) then install next time. We wanted one piece smooth worktop but agreed it.
They said the stone will be ready by next Friday... we called them the day before (Thursday) they forgot to book the delivery (unbelievable!) So we needed to wait another week.

Then finally, at the third installation, the worktop was installed successfully.
The following week, gas hob was installed. Looks great.

I have never had granite worktop, I am looking forward to cooking here :)

Garden

After removing the tree in the garden, we are trying to make the ground flat to seed the grass. It is hard work! The weather is getting better, the soil gets dry which helped us to make it flat :) 

The shed is old and rotten, we will need to replace it sometime..

On the side of the garden, Bluebells are blooming. Lovely :)

Staircase

Sanded and painted the staircase in white. It used to be wooden colour. White staircase looks beautiful. Yes, I did it :) It took longer than the painters but I am quite happy about my first coat.

We will need to choose colour for living room. Got sample and try them but not sure... we may need to get another samples!

Floor sanding

After the building work, floor is full of dust!! mainly plaster and paint.
I really liked the original floor board. Old and dark colour... but we decided to sand the floor and fill the gap to increase efficiency.

There is no picture showing only floor before sanding but this picture show how much dust on the floor! (The builder should have covered the floor before the building work!)

This is the picture after sanding. Colour is lighter and wood looks beautiful.

Spot lights

My partner accepted my request to have spot lights in the dining room...
We have spot lights in the dining room, bathroom and laundry area.

This one is in the dining room dimmable :) Nice and bright!

I have sanded and painted the staircase. I only did the first coat. Wall need another coat too. 

The builders/electricians' progress is quite slow... sometimes we got frustrated. 

We stayed in the shared house (temporary accommodation) for about 2 weeks but decided to move in to the house. (finally!!) It's dusty and still unfinished but I feel happy to live here :) Hope to complete everything soon.

Architrave and skirting board

Before the renovation, I did not know the words about the parts in the room... such as architrave, skirting board, coving etc ... There are so many things to choose! We chose reversible one for skirting board, used Lambs tongue side. Ogee style for architrave. (We asked the builder to get from Selco).

I have painted white today. It looks a bit better? There are many nods and holes, as this is the cheap one. Hope the paint will cover them. I'm sure it will be okay :)

Need more coats. Just finished one coat.