Remember the very last line of the ceiling demolition? The one where I claimed I was done eating dust? Turns out I was wrong. Oh so wrong. I forgot we still had to talk about the new electric wiring and all that accompanies that. As we have a full on brick only type of house, […]
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Greased lightning! We’re keeping in the electric theme. Pendant lights are going up, but before that, I still needed to add a finishing touch to the ceiling. Ceiling medallions Long ago we’d already decided that our ceilings needed medallions where the pendants were coming, in line with the spirit of the house. Since our crown
Okay, first the easy part… Outlets all over the world Most part of the world knows and has access to electricity (more or less). Not all electricity is equal though. Mostly due to historical reasons some parts of the world work on 110 Volt, others on 220 Volt. All electricity coming out of an outlet
Aah, the first step to a useful living room: create more dust and mayhem! Why? Because it’s fun! And because all those nifty comfortable things we’ve gotten used to so badly don’t work for themselves: they need electricity. But we don’t want that to be visible, do we?
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We’re all set. All the wiring is ready. All the plumbing is ready. We’ve got a new floor. We’ve got a new ceiling. The walls have been replastered. Everything has been painted. It is time. Time to bring in the cupboards!
Water, electricity and cupboards equals kitchen! Read More »
With the insulation out of the way (but not completely done yet, more on that later), Â we were going to tackle the walls. You know, those ugly brick walls. I’m sure you remember them from laying out the kitchen part of electric cables. If not, you’ll surely remember them after this post (as it’s all
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With the water tubing in place, I rolled out quite a lot of electrical cabling (those of you that already noticed in the photos, well done!). As with the water this required some planning beforehand, as we were trying to find out what we wanted to go where. But we managed, and how!
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“I want some, some energy, the ultimate discovery, electric blue for me, never more to be free, electricity”. Yeah, electricity, my favorite DIY subject!
Electricity, and a fan Read More »