After building the extension, we gradually finished the bathroom, the utility, and the kitchen (images can be found back on the storyboard menu). But the first thing anyone sees when they visit is the entrance hall. Up to now it’s been a heady vista of concrete, with some insulated plasterboard on the ceiling. It was time to finish the job. We wanted to keep the ceiling height to give an impression of space, so we clad the ceiling with tongue-and-groove wood board. The rotten external back door (leaning against the wall – below) was finally consigned to the woodshed.
We replaced the temporary door frames to what was the original back door into the main room, and also those to the kitchen and bathroom, either side of this hallway, which had been cobbled together with batten. All the replacement doors comprised an ad hoc selection I picked up along the way… The door to the inside room is fully glass paneled, allowing more light into the main room.
We built removable wooden covers to box in the electric wires and water pipes. The wrought iron ceiling lamp I picked up in a charity shop
The electric cables to the light switches were chased into the walls, which were then rendered and plastered.
The floor was tiled, and eventually, when everything was dry, we painted the walls a cheerful blue. I found a secondhand dresser that was exactly the right width for the wall… and what a difference! Finally this seems like a real space in the house rather than a shed.
It only took ten years to get this far…