Tag Archives: Plaster

Accidental colour matching

Posted on August 12, 2012 by frenchfry36

I was chatting to someone the other day about the difficulties in choosing paint colours, and remembered our own accidental colour matching episode in France… I had decided to make a start on the main hallway on the guest floor and stripped … Continue reading →

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Stripping and getting plastered

Posted on April 14, 2012 by frenchfry36

I’ve finished stripping and getting plastered for the moment… renovating the small bed room downstairs that is! (Now what did you think I meant??) I couldn’t wait to get started – that wallpaper was dreadful… – so it was with pleasure that … Continue reading →

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Time for a break

Posted on May 23, 2011 by frenchfry36

With the bedroom downstairs now stripped, washed down and plastered, it’s time for a break… and a week away in the south of France! The plaster will have time to harden up while we are away and then we will … Continue reading →

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Sprayer vs Roller

Posted on April 25, 2011 by frenchfry36

After I had filled all the cracks in the lounge room walls and ceiling (using “enduit de rebouchage”) and major imperfections (with the smoother “enduit de lissage”) , Tony finished off with the electric sander. A vast improvement. A couple of touch ups … Continue reading →

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Walls washed, floors varnished

Posted on April 14, 2011 by frenchfry36

It took longer than I expected (but isn’t that what we have already learnt about renovating: that everything costs twice as much and takes three times as long as expected?) but I am happy to say that I finished washing down the … Continue reading →

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