I have just torn out the carpet in my living roon and bedroom. Very satisfying it was too. HOWEVER. It means the work has got to begin. Now. And continue until it's finished. If it were just the floors that need relaying, that'd be one thing. But as I surveyed my denuded floors I realised that before the new floor goes down, the skirting boards really should be painted. That would be the sensible order to do things. And if you paint skirting boards, architraves necessarily follow. Which, it turns out, is a hell of a job because the last coat of gloss was painted directly over the original gloss without any prep whatsoEVER. And so it's peeling off in sheets. Which will be totally obvious if we don't strip all the paint properly. And well, the walls need redoing too and it would be sensible to do that before the glossing. See how this is getting out of control? There are some repairs needed to the plaster before painting the walls and then once the floors, walls etc are done the 20 year old ceiling paint will look awful. So add that to the list!

 

My molehill floor has just turned into a mountainous reno. Never mind! It had to be done, but it all seems a little overwhelming right now:)