Sunday, November 26, 2006

Entrance Hall & Living / Dining room

Modifications made : removed the door and closed the entry from the main hall to the living room; removed the door to the dining room to create a wider entry into the room; sand the floors, fill gaps, dark stain, and seal (plastify) the floors; re-paint the walls a soft egg shell (SW7000) white.

The repaired front door outside (left) and inside (right)

Entrance hall looking at entry to dining room (left); corridor to kitchen (middle); and bedroom 2 (right).

New wood in the entrance hall (before dark staining)

Dining room after sanding : before (left) and after (right) dark staining the floors

the living room (left) and Alberto demonstrating the width of the new entrance to the dining room (right)

looking through bedroom 2 to the entrance hall (left) and the new dining room entrance (right)

after removing the door & frame to the dining room, the entrance is re-squared & repaired

having removed the door & frame to the living room the hole is bricked up

the living room entrance before closing the hole (left) and from the living to the dining before works (right)

The entrance hall carrara marble floors before removal and replacement with wood floors

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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Bedroom 1



floors done

repainting almost complete

the bedroom floors after sanding

the water damage from the broken pipe upstairs (left) and preparing the windows for painting

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Main bathroom


before and after re-enamel coating the original bath tub

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Passageway


floors done

repainted

new wood flooring in the passageway to the kitchen which replaced the marble tiles

from the passage outside bedroom 2 looking to the entrance hall and the now closed up entrance to the living room (left) and down the passageway after repainting (right).

preparing the wood doors and frames for painting (left) the inside of the front door now painted (right)

Before, showing the carrara marble tiles that were later replaced with wood

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Ensuite bathroom

Converting the small laundry located off the kitchen to make way for an en-suite bathroom for the main bedroom.

Tiles laid, before grout applied

Tile choices for the wall (20×20 white) and floor (faux travertino)

The new wall goes up, with relocated laundry door in place

Inside the vestidor that leads to new ensuite bathroom

Inside the kitchen, where once was a door to the laundry

Door removed and hole filled

the original laundry off the kitchen

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Bedroom 2


looking through to the entrance hall (left) and to main bathroom (right)

the floors after sanding (left) and looking from bedroom 2 through to dining room to the left and main bathroom to the right

having removed the shelves and built-in furniture

the before works photos of bedroom 2

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