The Beginning

We decided to start with the living room as, in our DIY ignorance, we thought it would be be the quickest room to re-decorate. However, after 4 weekends and many long hours spent stripping, sanding, re-plastering and painting we still aren’t quite finished!

We started with the removal of a dodgey built-in cupboard beside the fireplace, followed by the removal of some floral wallpaper and red carpet that was found underneath. This revealed, as expected, a cracked plaster wall in poor condition. Luckily Mikey, a Jamaican plasterer recommended to us by a friend, came by to sort it all out for ‘Mr. Flo and his missus’. One beautifully smooth plastered wall later, and we found ourselves frantically stripping yet more lining paper on the adjacent walls in preparation for a second visit from Mikey so they too could be as silky smooth.