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redofromstart

Our bedroom is full of building materials. I am sure I am the only person who shares sleeping space with five reclaimed pine doors.

Seasidegal58

redofromstart wrote: »

Our bedroom is full of building materials. I am sure I am the only person who shares sleeping space with five reclaimed pine doors.

I do hope they don’t snore redo!:rotfl:

Well done on today though - you’ve been a whirlwind!

And I dont think you’re an evil mother at all.........:)

greenbee

The worrying thing is how you get used to it.

I also need to have a think about what more I need in my office to allow me to clear the surfaces. Apart from getting a monitor/docking station etc from work... (there's not really room for them at the moment...)

redofromstart

Seasidegal58 wrote: »

I do hope they don!!!8217;t snore redo!:rotfl:

No, they just gather dustballs and the occasional small cat on the top. The cat snores, and the dustballs make her sneeze.

greenbee wrote: »

The worrying thing is how you get used to it.

I'm not sure on the exact timescales but I'm so used to them being there that it is at least 5 years since I last stubbed my toe on one

Like everything else they were a bargain - stripped pine reclaims for c£15 each from memory. I just need to find strong hinges and handles that I like and then they will replace most of the nasty ground floor ones.

greenbee

I use this place for doorknobs... https://www.vintagedoorknobs.co.uk/

HairyHandofDartmoor

Reclaimed pine doors sound gorgeous, but maybe not as sleeping companions :rotfl:. They are so well built and solid and will last a life time. Not like the flimsy modern plywood or chipboard :mad:.

Seasidegal58

greenbee wrote: »

I use this place for doorknobs... https://www.vintagedoorknobs.co.uk/

Thank you greenbee! Will send link to DD. Just what she’s been looking for......:T

doingitanyway

I love old pine doors too

Just noticed you over on parsniphead's diary. I am fine, thanks for asking, just took a little break. Hoping it is the same with parsniphead...

redofromstart

Cheers Greenbee, really like the plain brass ones, and I ordered the ironmongery direct catalogue this morning so that he can agree on hinges.

The doors are lovely, an ebay bargain from years ago. When OH collected them he also spotted a fireplace that needed some tlc and a spot of welding for £20. I did the cleaning and he welded it, and eventually it might even go into the (rarely used) living room to replace the hideous 70s gas fire that has never been switched on., We have a wood burner in the snug which we out in the first year here so we had one nice room so tend to use that room most.

The dining room of doom could have a fireplace - the perished plaster revealed the five foot high original fireplace - bricked up obviously - and what would have been the space for the bakers ovens as this end of the house was the bakers. I think we will end up unblocking the fireplace eventually but would want to move the boiler that backs onto it first, and the dining room was always going to be the last room to be done. It is the most hideous room in the house at the moment - damp stained yellow quarry tiles, a half collapsed false ceiling (bath overflow wasn't actually plumbed in) that revealed beams and wattle/daub hidden away and a few rodent skeletons, and bright yellow paint hidden behind mouldy cat shredded anaglypta. Clearing the fireplace in the Snug was an epic job - it nearly filled a skip along the way, and if anything this one is bigger.

I love the house, but we bought at the very very top end of our budget and then ran out of the funds to do the work.

Anyway, free electricity Sunday so WM/TD/DW are all on overdrive, and the oven is on for a bero tea loaf, beef joint is in and will shortly be joined by (DS2 request) some brownies.

redofromstart

Up since 3am with insomnia, school run and food shopping makes for a very weary day. Is it bedtime yet? I am rubbish at napping. I admired the inside of my eye lids for ten minutes till one of the dogs had a good woof and then I gave up. Its too cold to stay still anyway.

If anybody else is after paint our B&M home store had various tins of dulux reduced to £9, including (sadly) an empty space for 'muddy puddle'.

No frittering but lots of F&V bought in Aldee, including a turnip. Haven't seen a real turnip for years, was disproportionately excited by this. Just need to decide what to do with it.