Re: Painting and decorating

by Fangirl Three Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:31 am

I can't believe it's a year since the great repainting saga.

Now the paint, wall and house are but a distant memory. And everything I have is contained in my little car and this hotel room in Glasgow ~~and my four storage units~~.

by Zarniwoop Wed Dec 01, 2021 4:45 pm

I painted all the exterior woodwork on my house a couple of weeks ago, I am not going to put any pictures up untill I have done the walls because they look really shabby now.
I will do them in the spring.
Not sure what year though.

by cosmictanya Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:26 pm

Huge thanks once again. NJ was right. It looks totally different during daylight. The emulsion provided more than sufficient coverage. My living room no longer looks like a shrine to Barbara Cartland. It's a light, clean, white space for life.

I can see why that roller has a royal warrant, I feel guilty for my premature judgement of its capabilities. It doesn't require any chemicals to clean either - and it spins really fast under the bath tap (the recommended method), which is quite fun.

by Nightjar Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:38 am

by Skywave Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:41 am

Got the horrible tiles removed from the upstairs toilet. Replastered the walls and painted them a lovely sky blue. It is now a very tranquil and calming place to do a poo.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:48 am

by cosmictanya Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:49 pm

I would like to donate an excess mirror to my mother. For the staircase in her flat. It's a very heavy mirror, gilt framed, about six feet long. Heavy enough to struggle with.

I keep it in my hallway, but I'm changing the look. I really want reassurance that it would be safe. As in not liable to fall off and result in a fatal accident. It's very heavy.

Her hallway stairs are kind of this idea...

Painting and decorating - Page 5 Basement-board-and-batten-stairway-wall-treatment-3014

Painting and decorating - Page 5 Basement-board-and-batten-stairway-wall-treatment-3014

That's not it exactly - that's the best I could find on google images. You see, the wall section above, so you have to pass underneath it to get down. That's where it would go. Hers is quite a bit taller than that example, but that idea. Is that a safe place for a very heavy item containing something as potentially dangerous as a broken mirror, or would nobody do anything so stupid?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:54 pm

I wouldn't risk it. I've got a similar section above my stairs and it's, basically, just hardboard.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:58 pm

But CT's flat is made out of a single block of solid carved diamond...

...don't forget.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:59 pm

Basically, you can't get the scr*ws.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:59 pm

Let alone the rawlplugs.

by cosmictanya Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:04 pm

Nightjar wrote:But CT's flat is made out of a single block of solid carved diamond...

...don't forget.

It's my mothers flat. As far as we can make out, the heating system was installed in 1967 - and it's not happy, as it often tells everyone including the neighbours. It's just like anyone else's mothers flat.

by cosmictanya Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:06 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I wouldn't risk it. I've got a similar section above my stairs and it's, basically, just hardboard.

Yes, that's the trouble I'm troubled with. I have visions of the wall giving way and it all crashing down on her as she passes under it.

I took the bannister rail off one side (it didn't match the one on the other side) and that seemed not too sturdy - I could feel the wall give a little as I wrenched the last screw out in a temper.

by cosmictanya Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:10 pm

Nightjar wrote:But CT's flat is made out of a single block of solid carved diamond...

...don't forget.

Anyway, I object to that snark. We live a humble lifestyle here. We don't spend endless thousands on tech and upgrades and all the rest. I merely choose to spend my money differently, and accept gifts of other types of things to what might be the norm.

by Nightjar Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:21 pm

Living an humble existence doesn't change the fact that your homes are all carved from titanically huge solid precious gemstones.

They were carved by aliens a billion years ago.

These are the facts.

SoZ

by Nightjar Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:22 pm

Now post something in my brand new and superb "Slapheads of Distinction" thread.

by cosmictanya Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:34 pm

Yes, well, geologically speaking that may be accurate. But it still leaves me with a mirror I'd prematurely set aside as a centre piece of my mother's hallway redec.

by Fangirl Three Tue Apr 19, 2022 7:41 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I wouldn't risk it. I've got a similar section above my stairs and it's, basically, just hardboard.

I agree. Additionally, a mirror should never be placed at the bottom of stairs, and this situation would be dangerously similar I think.

by cosmictanya Fri Apr 22, 2022 6:51 pm

Why should a mirror never be placed at the bottom of the stairs? Is it unlucky or something?

by Fangirl Three Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:40 am

In case someone tumbles down the stairs and smacks their head into it. Horrific!

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