Almost finished with the decorating.

Although there are still a few small odds and ends to finish up we are basically finished with our painting and decorating.  When we told a friend that we were finished, she said she thought that you never finish painting, just get tired of it and quit. Well we can certainly say we were tired of it, it was hard work trying to get it all done, but we stuck at it to get it finished, because we knew that if we didn't, it might be a long time before we would have another chance to do it.

 The girl's bedroom.  This is what their room looks like after we finished.  Sorry no before or actually painting photos. 

This is the new door we fitted to the storage cupboard beside the kitchen.  Like many other thing in the apartment we had fitted a temporary door on it eight years ago with the intention that one day we would fit something more permanent. 

Painting the Livingroom.

This week we all got stuck in again and painted the livingroom.  Once that was gone we moved all the stuff back in and once every thing wss rearranged a bit we are able to enjoy a brighter livingroom. We also added a trim to the archway into the room, this still has to be painted.

Painting.

In 2005 just before we moved into our apartment it had all been painted with just one coat of white paint. The idea was that over time we would paint the different rooms with the colours we wanted. Well it never happened, there just never seemed to be enough time or the right time, with the exception of two bedroom which we were force to paint due to some water damage from upstairs everything stayed the same with the coat of white paint.  This year our summer looked a little quieter that other years so we decided that we would take July as semi-vacation and do the decorating necessary.  So this week we got started with the hallway/corridor and kitchen.  So with many helpers, in two days we were able to get all the ceilings and walls finished.  It was such a big effort to get it all done in such a short time and by the end of the two days we were all very tired and sore, so we are taking a few days break before starting on the next project, the living/sitting room.  Check in again next week to see how we get on with the living room.