Emma has
wanted to re-do her bedroom for a few years now but wasn’t sure how she wanted
it until this year. I admit, I have tried to dissuade her from removing the
fitted wardrobes as I was using the spare one to store my seasonal clothes and
the dresses I wore for formal Masonic occasions. However, she decided that they
were taking up too much room and she wanted them out. That was the easy part
and the part we could do. I had to drag the suitcases from the loft and store my
clothes in them, which Craig will hate as it means that he will have to go into
the loft more often.
There was
aertex on the ceiling and that needed to be smoothed out. When the plasterer
came round he asked when it had been done. It was before we moved in so over 20
years ago. Then he surprised us by saying that there might be asbestos
contained in the aertex and if we wanted him to sand it down then we would have
to get it tested. Now, how many people know that aertex may potentially contain
asbestos, I certainly didn’t and the other plasterer who did some work for us
never mentioned it either. The alternative was just to board over it so it
wouldn’t be disturbed and was a lot cheaper than getting the testing done. I
have since found out that although aertex may contain asbestos the risk to
health is minimal. By then we had already agreed to having it boarded and
skimmed which was the quicker and cheaper option.
Once the
plaster was dry then it was hanging wallpaper and painting. Emma wanted a
feature wall with white brick effect wallpaper and then lilac painted on the
rest of the walls. That took a weekend and several coats of paint to complete.
The new
carpet was fitted on the day she had arranged to pick up her new wardrobe from
Ikea, or should I say I had to pick it up as the boxes would not fit in her
car. She had not realised initially that the wardrobe was not available from
the two that were closest to where we lived and I ended up driving to Leeds to
collect it. It wasn’t too long a drive there and I have to admit I did enjoy
just driving and listening to my audio book. It has been a year since I last
drove any distance and I surprisingly missed it.
Emma wanted
to get back into her room as soon as possible and the wardrobe was built by
bedtime. The next day she then spent sorting out her things that had been
stored in my craft room and putting them where she now wanted them to go.
She is very
pleased with how it has turned out and it looks bigger without the wardrobes.
And I am pleased that I have my craft room back.
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