The Stairs - You use them to get from one floor of the house to the other.

Before

More of the delightful patterned carpet.

And nicotine-stained walls

After

Nice coat of paint , a new carpet, a bit of wallpaper, and removing all old person banisters, and we have a nice new set of stairs

Here is the most important room of the house, the place I sleep!

Before:

That woodwork used to be white, a smoker lived here for a long time

Note the delightful curtains.

What you can’t see in these pictures is all the ash in the fireplace, someone had been using it recntly, even though it had carpet going right under it!

After:

That isnt a stain on the wallpaper, it appears there was some dust on my lens (that or my house is FULL of orbs)

So, the lounge is now mostly finished, time for some before and after shots!

Before:

The carpet smelled of cat pee

Note the delightful nicotine stain on the wall where there used to be a dresser.

I’m still not sure why i bought the house looking like this!

After:

Still need to hang that mirror, get rid of those boxes, and tidy up the wires for my orbs.

TV will be wall mounted above the table, and my 360, Xbox & Wii will sit on the shelf.

Hopefully this should be done this week

Phew, back online, after the server crashed horribly last weekend!  Good job i could get enough access to log in and grab a swift backup before it stopped booting completely.

In other news, doing up a house takes AGES!  I don’t think I’ve had a weekend or an evening for a month now!

I’ll be posting a full log of the work we’ve done to it next week, and some taster shots later today, keep an eye out for them.