Thursday, April 23, 2020

Working in the conservatory

Remember that Kassandra's new place has a conservatory?  We have been working on it for some days, and today we almost finished, except for a couple of details.

Remember that the conservatory already had a floor?  Well, Kassandra was not entirely sure of it, and so we stripped it off again.  And we started the work.

First off, we proceed to paint a beam of the ceiling in white, as well as the post that holds the door shut - Kassandra said of course a conservatory had to be designed in white:


After several coats of paint, we proceed to wallpaper the end wall.  Kassandra wanted to try out the chosen wallpaper to see if she liked it:


Once again, this is the design of Jessica Cloe.  Kassandra says she is a very talented designer. Then we took care of the ceiling, which we just decorate it in white:

Once decided that the chosen wallpaper would be used, we proceeded to work on the front wall - it has a door and a window, so the first step was to make a pattern to accomodate the wallpaper:


It took a lot of measuring, but we ensured that the fit would be perfect.  So we cut the wallpaper and applied it to the wall:


See the windowsill and borders, and the door frame?  We had the same problem as in the library, so we decided to cover them as well, so the wood color would not be visible:



Then, we put back the magnet so the door would stay closed:


And off we went to the inside again.  We did another two patterns for the remaining windows:



Then we attached them to each other, and tried them out on the wall:


There were a couple of coreections needed, but nothing too dificult.  So, we proceed very carefully and very slowly to cut up the wallpaper:

Having the Sun behind helps!
And upon a careful dry fit, we finally glued it to the wall, and then started covering again the windowsills and sides:


Looks phenomenal!
Then, the floor again.  Kassandra saw somewhere a conservatory with a pattern of black and white tiles with a decorative border, and she wanted something similar. So we purchased a beautiful floor from Pixel Market.  It was a joy installing the definitive floor on the conservatory:

Kassandra loves the black and white style!
 And lo and behold, the conservatory is finished!



We are only lacking a glass insert for the door and a knob for the inside.  But that, hopefully, will be installed tomorrow!

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