WORKS IN PROGRESS: BEDROOM ONE

The last few weekends have been busy working on my bedroom, here referred to as 'bedroom one': The built-in wardrobe is now in situ - constructed out of stud work and plasterboard, and ready for the plasterer to render the final coat and turn it from a skeletal framework into a solid wardrobe.  The tracks are in place for the mirrored sliding doors.  These types of floor to ceiling wardrobes are relatively easy to construct - although you have to sure where you position them because of their permanence (obviously), but I love the way that once they are finished, they will blend into the walls.

The sub-floor has also been laid.  All the old carpet and underlay cut up and thrown out.  I was suprised to find that beneath to floor boards is solid concrete which seems unusual for a first floor apartment but I guess that's how they built in 1936.  I had to check just to ensure that when I was screwing in the sub-floor that I wasn't going to hit any wires for downstairs' electrics.  Between the sub floor and floorboards a fibreboard underlay has been placed to act as a sound-proofing barrier as well as helping to flatten any uneveness.  The bamboo flooring won't be laid until the rooms have been plastered and painted, but already without the ugly carpets that the previous owner left behind, the place seems cleaner and fresher.