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Decorating :-(
nick205 - 24/8/10 at 11:56 AM

Hate it, absolutely hate it

Spent all day Sunday and yesterday redecorating the kids bedrooms - Blue for the boys and Pink for the girl. Ceilings, walls, woodwork everything. New shelves, beds, lamps the bloody lot

Now skint as Homebase, Wickes, Ikea etc. have robbed me sensless

Looks on their faces when they got home from grandparents - worth every second and penny

big_wasa - 24/8/10 at 12:01 PM

My whole house needs doing having spent the last six years of my spare time on the 7.

ReMan - 24/8/10 at 12:07 PM

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Originally posted by big_wasa
My whole house needs doing having spent the last six years of my spare time on the 7.


Hmmmm
Same here, we're going into catch up mode on the house.

A1 - 24/8/10 at 12:26 PM

i love decorating...like gutting a place and starting over. great fun!

mcerd1 - 24/8/10 at 12:34 PM

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Originally posted by A1
i love decorating...like gutting a place and starting over. great fun!


you can do mine if you like

nick205 - 24/8/10 at 12:47 PM

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Originally posted by A1
i love decorating...like gutting a place and starting over. great fun!



Gutting a place is fine as is plumbing, wiring, building, woodwork, tiling, flooring - quite happy doing any of that, it's the final decorating and finishing that I detest.

Humbug - 24/8/10 at 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by ReMan
quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
My whole house needs doing having spent the last six years of my spare time on the 7.


Hmmmm
Same here, we're going into catch up mode on the house.


And same here! 2nd child is about to go off to uni, so we will be looking at decorating or paying someone else to do it - don;t know which is worse!

hobzy - 24/8/10 at 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by nick205
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Originally posted by A1
i love decorating...like gutting a place and starting over. great fun!



Gutting a place is fine as is plumbing, wiring, building, woodwork, tiling, flooring - quite happy doing any of that, it's the final decorating and finishing that I detest.


Agreed. Oh and don't ever tell your kid that you can make them a castle cabin bed for much cheaper than you can buy one. Took me bloody ages... (looks cool though )

nick205 - 24/8/10 at 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by hobzy
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
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Originally posted by A1
i love decorating...like gutting a place and starting over. great fun!



Gutting a place is fine as is plumbing, wiring, building, woodwork, tiling, flooring - quite happy doing any of that, it's the final decorating and finishing that I detest.


Agreed. Oh and don't ever tell your kid that you can make them a castle cabin bed for much cheaper than you can buy one. Took me bloody ages... (looks cool though )



Ha Ha - been there too, decided I'd knock up a junior size table and 2 benches rather than buy from Ikea. It probably cost more in the end and took me far too long, but it's quite satisfying seeing them use it

Did you get that diff fitted yet?

x_flow57 - 24/8/10 at 01:50 PM

I've just finished doing mine and now it has to go.

My gaff.

Typical lived here for 7 years with disgusting colours, awful carpets and falling apart units now it’s done I have to sell so someone else gets all the benefit of my hard labour.
Still it is a bit big now I'm on my own.
Nick

hobzy - 24/8/10 at 01:53 PM

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Did you get that diff fitted yet?


Er no not yet - had a wee acccident so plenty of time to get it fitted now

nick205 - 24/8/10 at 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by hobzy
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Did you get that diff fitted yet?


Er no not yet - had a wee acccident so plenty of time to get it fitted now





How wee is wee...?

Driveable?

RichardK - 24/8/10 at 06:23 PM

Linky

hobzy - 24/8/10 at 07:12 PM

ta