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At long last I have started to put down the grey vinyl flooring in my loft/studio! It’s been a while coming but I have bitten the bullet, it was a bit scary making that first cut but thankfully most of the edges will be covered by skirting boards which I will fit afterwards. With 26 square metres to cover there is still a way to go but it’s a start.

I have also been doing an Ikea hack with the Aspvik unit I bought a while ago. I liked it but it was a bit boring and I wanted a more mid-centuryish look to it so I drilled the hole/handle in each door and then sprayed them. I’m rather pleased with it….


…The spiral stairs are coming along nicely. I’ve sanded them and filled the holes with a metal putty which absolutely stinks but it dries solid and is ready to sand in an hour. There are five holes in each of the thirteen steps so it certainly is turning into a labour of love. I’m painting them with a white primer and the final coats will also be white. The walls are currently being covered with dry walling plasterboard to cover up the open joists at the top, it’s looking so much better already. More pics soon…

…I may have gone a shade mad but I have now taken off all of the wooden steps on the spiral staircase! It’s beginning to resemble the magnificent staircase I blogged about a few weeks ago and I’m loving it…even David likes it and didn’t pull a face when he saw it earlier,he also said why hadn’t I thought of doing before now!?! He had told me to absolutely not even attempt it but since when do I do as I’m told where DIY or decorating is concerned?

The pic below is looking up into the loft which was plastered a while ago to get rid of the vile swirley artex. No more vile metalwork in the way to ruin the view…


…I’ve been busy with my angle grinder and I’ve attacked the spiral staircase to the loft!

I’ve been waiting for a local metal company to give me a quote for the last six weeks for a new spiral staircase and still nothing. What’s wrong with these companies, I would have thought they would be falling over themselves for new business in the current financial climate!? I think what I wanted was far too minimal for him and he was most disappointed when he suggested having hearts cut into the metalwork and I said no thanks! So I have unscrewed and cut away the vile uprights and handrail which has made a huge improvement. The before pic below on the left was taken nine years ago when we moved in…


I did start painting the wooden steps a while ago but I’m not sure what to do with them at the moment? I had thought of stripping them back and re-varnishing but as you can see each step has a hole in them where the metalwork was attached…


I may fill the holes in the wood and carry on painting them or remove them altogether and get metal ones made and attach them. Now do I paint it the same grey or black or white or…