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Garage Conversion Part 9 – Skirting, Lights and more Painting

Sunday 10th July

My wife has been busy painting the walls in the Cinema room this week, although I did not take any pictures of the progress, the results can still be seen in the following photos.

The ceiling has now had the original coat of 50/50 wash and two coats of white paint.

The walls have also received two coats of ‘Summer Pudding’ over the 50/50 wash coat.

The edges still need to be done at this point – this will be a job for me as I have a steadier hand for cutting in the lines.

I spent most of today cutting and fitting the skirting boards as well as the architrave around the doors.

Here you can see the end wall with the radiator brackets re-installed and the new screed pretty much dry.

View from the utility room door

View from the window.

Next I started locating and pulling down the cables for the down lighters.

I also spent an hour or two painting all of the knots in the wood with a sealant and filling any gaps between the wood an the walls.

Saturday 16th July

Here are some of the lights finally installed.

First coat of primer applied to the skirting.

First coat of paint cut in on the top edges and around the window frame.

Sunday 17th July

Long slow day of careful painting.

Two coats of primer on the skirting boards and two coats of paint cut in on the bottom edges.

View of the window end

View of the utility room end

The door frames still need a second coat of primer and then all of the wood needs two coats of gloss.

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