Build Update {it’s Finished!!}

Hello Dear Reader, i hope that this post finds you well.  Well as some of you may have realised my craft room has been finished for a few weeks now; as i have been working in there and it has been the work desk that i have been sharing for woyww for quite a few weeks now.
So i thought i best finish up my series of build update posts with the last photo before i show you my room tour in the next few weeks.

So really the last thing to go up was the shelves, these shelves have been in every home we have lived in since 2007 and have always stored my craft stuff, its nice to have them out in my new craft room too to continue the tradition.

So from here on its a case of filling the shelves; which i have done and moved them around a few times already and working in the space to see what needs tweaking.
Now i could have had everything finished for when i moved in but i wasn't sure what extras i would need, like for the kallax cubes a lot of people recommended the fabric box drawers but i think for me i would find the drawer inserts more useful so when i next get around to going to Ikea that's what i will get.  Plus i think it is much better when a space evolves organically so that it is your space and really fits you.

So that’s it from me for today; i will be back very soon with a room tour and the before and after photos.
Until then

Ttfn

Charlie.x

WOYWW? March 3rd 2015

HAPPY 300th!! What’s on your Workdesk Wednesday, Dear Reader!

Wow!! that is a mile stone! i love taking part in WOYWW as i am as nosy moo and this gives me a good excuse to have a snoop about.  Plus who else could understand working in an increasingly smaller space whilst performing the scoop and dump than fellow crafters. And the WOYWW’ers are a lovely bunch of people too. 

Thank you to all who left messages about my girls last week the big one was feeling much better by the afternoon and the little one was feeling very pleased with herself for going into school without big sis and i didn’t have to sit through Frozen once – bonus!

So on to my desk, well you have a two-fer this week as you have my desk now and my brand spanking new desk in my brand spanking new craft room!! eeep!!

Now this was my original photo for today taken Tuesday afternoon so that i could be ready; i knew i wasn’t going to be up to much so not much would change.  My smash books are out as i was looking through the pictures, H had made me a blu-tac man so that i wasn’t lonely while they were at school {she’s 4} he even has a belly button!  There is also a lot of new Lawn Fawn stamps and dies as i went to Stamperama on Sunday and was pleased to find these on one of the stands. 

Stamperama was a bit of a disappointment though unfortunately, it is the first time i had been in about 4 years and there was very few stands there aprox no more than 20 so not as big as it had once been which was a shame, but we got what we needed and was back in the car within the hour and on the way home.

Now back to the desk, Mr C came home and decided that he needed me to empty my shelves as he was going to move them out to the new craft room……

resulting in this big mess! Blu-tac man may have got a little squashed in the process.

But this mess did mean that i can share this photo with you as my worktop was delivered and installed yesterday and now my shelves are up so i can start moving in the non-perishables into my craft room! Yippee!!

My Hubby has re-used my shelves instead of buying new as i like that they have been in every house I’ve lived in since i left home and held my craft stuff in all of them, i suppose i could call it up-cycling as that seems to be the buzz word these days.  I don’t actually need the lamp as my daylight strip light is more than sufficient but it would feel odd now not to have the lamp on the desk.  This is how i have left it for Tuesday night and i shall keep loading up the storage as the week goes on and as soon as we have a nice dry mild day i shall have the plumbing finished as we need to drain the system {so they tell me?} and it will be warm and i can be out there permanently paper and all! :)

If you would like to see the other stages of the build you can find them under the tag build at the bottom of the post.

Until Next time

Ttfn

Mrs.C xx

Build Update {Carpets, Units and Desktop}

Good Morning Dear Reader; i do hope that you are well its lovely and bright today love all this sunshine, can’t wait for the warmer weather to come.
Lots of exciting bits happening in the craft room this last week; the floor, carpets, base units and Mr C, has just delivered the worktop :)

{the floor was boarded out with MDF and then carpeted in a navy and the skirting boards to finish}

{the base units are kallax from IKEA, to add extra plugs I've added a switched socket to the wall; i got my priorities sorted and make sure that my stereo is in its new home ;)}

Look at all that worktop space! I can not wait to get out there and get crafting the worktop is 2 and a half times the size of my current workspace.  This evening Mr C is going to secure it all and then next on the list is shelves i think i shall be in before Mr C’s original goal of the beginning of the summer holidays.

Until next time
Ttfn
Mrs C.x

Build Update {Walls and Ceiling}

Hello Dear Reader, i thought i would stop by and give you a quick update on how the craft room build is progressing.
As it stands today there are only 2 structural/main jobs to complete, the floor and the plumbing.
Mr.C finished the walls, ceiling and electrics this week.
Luckily there wasn’t too much in  the way of electrics only moving the light fixture and putting a strip light up so that i have the best light no matter what the day’s weather is like.

The walls are painted a greige colour {neither beige nor grey} the ceiling is tongue and groove which has been painted with white eggshell.  The other wood within the room is white gloss.
You would not believe the difference that painting the ceiling white made on the light in the room, it bounces so much back from the strip light so at least i will have no problems colour-matching in there :)
Next weekend will be taken up with Mr. C laying the flooring down ready for the carpet fitter {my Dad} to come and measure up the following week.
I am unsure at the moment which flooring to have i like the idea of having nice warm carpet but vinyl will be much easier to clean.  Which would you choose?
Until next time
Ttfn
Mrs. C xx 

Build Update {Radiator going on}

Hello Again Dear Reader, third post today aren't you lucky,  after this post you should be all updated on the progress of my craft room build.

My radiator was a complete bargain that i found at the local recycling centre, it was brand new and wrapped and i paid only £10 for it! Now the radiator is being plumbed in the next week or so so my hubby Mr.C has papered behind it before he plumbs it in so that it has a lovely finish once we are ready to paint with no need to take the radiator off again. We also glued a layer of foil behind the radiator in order to bounce the heat back into the room. The walls were papered with a layer of high grade lining paper then with a cross hatched anaglypta-type paper that can be painted any colour once we are ready to paint.

Well that’s it in the craft room until the radiator is plumbed in.

Until next time

Ttfn

Mrs C x

Build Update {Preparation of walls, ceiling and floor}

Hello Dear Reader, i hope this post finds you well, there is a downgraded hurricane hitting the UK today and its is very windy and rainy outside so i am sitting cosy with a cuppa.
I am back with an update of my craft room build so far, but there are so many photos to get to the point we are today so i have split it into a couple of posts.

Now my craft room is being built in an out building off our kitchen, so we have a solid start as it is brick built and has a concrete ceiling and floor.  So first job was to prepare the surfaces.

So first stop was to damp proof the ceiling with this horrible black tar type paint that smelt really unpleasantly and the smell took 2 months to go, we then painted all the walls with emulsion one because it made the room look tidy for a family party over the summer so that we could use the room for the buffet and secondly it would make it a little easier when we secured the layers of insulation.  Next step was to put a damp proof liner on the concrete floor, which we have covered with an old off cut of carpet {extra insulation} and to batten the walls out ready for the insulation and boarding.

I will be back soon with the next instalment
Until next time

Ttfn

Mrs C x