Monday, April 22, 2013

Crash...


Well, as I've said, I have a tendency to have Ideas. Not the theory of gravity or the cure for cancer, alas, but ideas which tend to involve poor old Mr Life in a bit of work. This time all he had to do was strip a wall and lift a carpet (yes, quite tiring, I know) and then Steve and George took over. Above is how our hallway looked yesterday...

 
... and this is how it looked this afternoon. I'd been thinking for a while how much better it would be... or at least, I thought it would be... if we made that silly little archway much bigger.


It is just a touch stressful to have people knocking a bit of your house down. I was sitting in the study - which is the door just to the left of the left-hand chap - and could hear their conversations. Things like "Ach, it's no as bad as what it looks." Hmm.

At one point, Steve the boss popped out and I heard George give several deep sighs. Oh dear, I thought, something terrible has happened to our house. I'm ashamed to say that I was relieved to find that he'd gashed himself with his chisel. I did then rush to get him a plaster. I'm not totally heartless.


Anyway, I'm assured that the upstairs won't collapse as long as those props remain in place. So that's all right. It can only get better. I hope. Just now we have a bit of a dust situation.

The cats Did Not Approve.

 
"If I ignore it," said Sirius, "then it's possible that it's not happening. I'll try that."

14 comments:

  1. My deepest sympathies. I have developed a close and not-particularly-loving relationship with props and plaster dust over the last few months. It's a relationship I am ready to terminate!

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  2. Eleven years ago we underwent a remodeling that required the removal of the roof of our home. I was inside the house as they took the roof off. When I heard the first saw cut into the wood, my panicked thought was "What have we done?" Four months later we had a brand new upstairs to enjoy. It was worth every dust-filled, noisy moment.

    Every single time we have work done on our house, we get comments from the workers: "This is weird. We've never seen anything like this." I apparently live in a very strangely built house.

    Good luck with your remodel!

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  3. I think it will be lovely when it's finished. It will open it up and look more spacious.
    I trust you are not having grand son in to help?

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  4. How brave you both are. Embrace the temporary devastation! Paracetamol and Bon Courage in as big a glass as you can dust!

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  5. When I saw your title, my first (egotistical) thought was that you had written a post about me....And then I thought it must surely be about grandson. I had forgotten that you had mentioned something about knocking a wall or two down. Dust and chisels and strange men mucking about---you must have been desperate for excitement! I'm sure it will all be worth it, after the dust settles!

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  6. I like how Sirius is dealing with it...that is the way forward.

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  7. Just don't expect that you'll be done with the dust in a week or so - it hangs about for ages! It will be worth it, though. I'm all for letting light go through a house, especially after such a gloomy winter.

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  8. Ahhh, as I wondered which wall might be coming down, this was my first suspect. It all looks so very exciting. Has Grandson seen it yet? Did he notice LOL?

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  9. Very exciting! Although it does give me a caution... our front house, which we rent out, has a lovely arch-shaped front door. Our cottage does not. I've always lusted after having an arch-shaped front door on our cottage. But if getting an interior doorway changed causes this much stramash, just imagine what changing a door to the outside might be like! Maybe the square door is okay after all... 8-)

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  10. Still renovating our French house, but I am so glad that all our work is building things up, not pulling them down. Looking at your reconstruction photos reminds me that sometimes it seems to be neverending, but everything comes to an end, sooner or later.

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  11. I'm with the cats ...

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  12. How very brave you are! Looks as though it will be worth it, though. The veg artist is right about the dust - it is exceedingly difficult to be rid of it.

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  13. I love arched doorways, but yes, yours is - was - a little on the narrow side. Make sure Sirius stays put and sleeps through as much of it as possible in a visible spot. We don't want any hidden cats inside newly plastered walls.

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  14. It's going to be lovely, I'm sure! can't wait to see continued progress. Love kitty's response! :) Enjoy hearing (reading) how you are, as always!

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