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Carpenter called away to an emergency leak elsewhere today. Trouble with having a carpenter who is also a plumber I guess. 😆

The frames for the window doors look to be mostly completed, the doors that will make the blinds are up (though probably presumably will come down again to have mirrors attached? Maybe?). Lots of holes in wood filled. Stupid natural products. MDF don't have no holes, or grain at all.

Trying to render an image big enough to fill the wall there. 2m x 1m. Keeps crashing my machine. Going to have to try and render it in bits or something.

I think today's worker is the owner of the company, he certainly is the assessor.

He worked a lot later than those without the vested interest there. 😆 I finished work at my job before he did! 🤭

All the wood was sanded down and remaining nude wood given some paint. We have a test plank in the foreground of the first picture here which is painted with a second coat of paint. Seems likely we lose all the wood grain when doing that, and so will prefer the paler look where it's obviously made of wood not paint.

Won't really know for sure till it's dry. Prefer the colour a bit darker like that but if we're hiding the wood grain we might as well have used MDF instead of pine. We're after something clearly made of wood.

Another area is test-painted with just the clearcoat top varnish as a second layer. That's likely to be right, just a bit more shiny and protected.

The carpenter proper is back from holiday and starts tomorrow. He has a lot of drawers and doors to build and edging to attach to make the door panels. Still hoping at least the carpentry will be pretty much all done by the end of the week but likely some painting and touching up still to do next week. Hopefully by the end of Tuesday because I'm not really able to be here all day each day for most of the two weeks after that.

So much painting gone on here that we're out of paint. Apparently the paint is usually watery and is eaten up by the wood like a hungry teen eats cheese.

More paint should hopefully be arriving over the weekend or on Monday.

Looking good. Would have definitely tried to pick a lighter colour for the walls if I'd known what the wood would end up like though.

More to be done on Monday before the master carpenter gets back on Tuesday.

More of the door frames ready or the window doors made, wood cut for the big mirrored blinds, some other stuff I can't really tell. Lots of clean up for a two man painting day tomorrow.

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Open registrations must mean 24 hour moderation. Can't leave 'em open and go to bed or even to lunch, gotta be on the ball immediately.

A day without work with the worker calling in sick.

Seems to be better today though.

We have shelves in the closet and another frame is in construction here. Presumably for the window doors.

Painting has begun. Colour would ideally be half a shade darker but getting varnish for pine in blue seems to be surprisingly tricky. Maybe another coat will help but don't want to lose the wood grain under it.

Might have tried to get a slightly more pale wall if I'd known. So many things you don't really know until you see 'em.

Feels like I'm being gassed, opened up all the windows and doors. This paint takes a long time to try and apparently stinks up the flat while it does so.

Short day today as the worker had to leave early for some sort of appointment.

Still, the hanging rails are up inside the wardrobe, the racks are up in the closet to support the adjustable shelves in there, the fixed shelves at the side of the cupboard are up.

I thought I smelled paint for a while before he left but turns out that was "wood filler", apparently filling the holes in the natural wood?

Not sure what this frame will be. Is it the edges for a panel door? Is it the start of the windowed doors for the top cupboards? Dunno.

Door hung on the big closet, and the small wardrobe, and cut on all the small headboard flaps though they aren't attached yet. Some more wood cuts to the right shape scattered around. Painting may begin on Monday since we're out of wood again. More ordered.

Mirrors arrived this morning. The big one is fucking huge.

Lots of doors now hung. Apparently the "panel" doors will really just be solid boards with edges glued on. He reckons they will paint before they do that bit.

And with that the carpenter is off to Egypt for a week. Back a week on Tuesday to build all the window doors for the top.

Meanwhile the other builder will be in doing the painting and other smaller stuff.

Estimate is to finish two weeks tomorrow. 🤞

They've been cutting doors into shape all day. Some have hinges on them, but none are hung onto the cupboards so no point in any photos.

None have any panels yet either.

Oh, or the holes I need for all the cables that'll have to go everywhere for speakers and lights. Will have to remember to ask about that tomorrow.

The closet looks to be complete other than the door. Almost everything looks complete other than doors and draws. And painting of course.

We're sure of the size of the doors which are to be mirror-backed now so ordered those.

Two more days before carpenter goes on holiday. Suspect there may be work for him to do when he gets back. Lots of doors to make. Draws surely each take ages and there's five of those.

Wood arrived!

Not until lunch time though.

After lunch he's built the dresser desk and the closet.

Not much more than door and drawers left.

Two workers tomorrow apparently, maybe one will start the painting.

Paint samples arrived today and it was obvious which was gonna work better so I ordered a full 2.5l can.

Only to get an email back saying they can't make that colour in that varnish. Weird. That was literally the only actually blue they said they'd do last time they said they couldn't deliver what the website let me order.

After some discussion they have referred it to the Tainting Supervisor and it's apparently going to be here Monday.

Similarly for the wood, failed to arrive again today. They reckon Monday this time really for reals. Fingers crossed coz the carpenter can't do more until the wood arrives really and he's going on holiday this time next week.

So assuming the wood comes, four days to build the doors and finish off the walls of the closet and stuff.

Hopefully it can all be done in that time. Or at least the hard bits leaving the easy stuff for the less carpentery builder.

Cleaned up more of the tools after today. Still waiting on shipment 2 of the wood planks so he's been doing fiddly bits. One week more of the master carpenter before he goes on holiday. Mostly making doors during that time I think.

Neither paint nor wood arrived today. Hopefully tomorrow I guess. He may run out of things to do if he doesn't get wood soon.

Spot the difference from yesterday? More framSpot the difference from yesterday? More framework over the top by the ceiling and around the windows ready for the mirrored door blinds.

Bought more wood struts. Had quite a comedy farce trying to get the things into the house now the build cupboards prevent them entering the room. Had to carry them around into the garden then in through the back door and up into the kitchen to get the angle to enter the bedroom.

The company sending the new paint had emailed saying that they don't do varnish in the colours they had allowed us to order, so asked for whatever blues they do have. That did not arrive today. Nor did the extra wood that was set for "early" this week.

Making all these doors is going to take ages and I suggested that seems like something that could be done working from home. He's probably got a proper workshop there even. Carpenter suggests his boss won't allow such things though. 🙄 Bosses eh? They do like their staff to be monitored even if only by the client.ework over the top by the ceiling and around the windows ready for the mirrored door blinds.

Bought more wood struts. Had quite a comedy farce trying to get the things into the house now the build cupboards prevent them entering the room. Had to carry them around into the garden then in through the back door and up into the kitchen to get the angle to enter the bedroom.

The company sending the new paint had emailed saying that they don't do varnish in the colours they had allowed us to order, so asked for whatever blues they do have. That did not arrive today. Nor did the extra wood that was set for "early" this week.

Making all these doors is going to take ages and I suggested that seems like something that could be done working from home. He's probably got a proper workshop there even. Carpenter suggests his boss won't allow such things though. 🙄 Bosses eh? They do like their staff to be monitored even if only by the client.

More framework added. Dresser shelf/draws and the closet taking some shape.

The varnish/paint arrived and a test shows it way too dark. Almost black to my eyes in that dark room. So some other sample tins ordered. Hopefully one of them will be closer.

More progress on the building of the woodwork here. Going pretty well.

But that will be it for a few days. Mostly coz I've caught a damn virus and wanna try and protect the builders from catching it but also because he's used up all the wood. More to be delivered next week.

Actual flat-panel wood attached to build the sides and tops of some of the wardrobes and storage boxes done today.

Starting to take shape.

he framework upon which the wardrobes will be built starts to take shape.

The headboard sockets are at about the right height :phew:

He was asking if the wardrobe should be backed with some kind of board or if these support struts should remain visible inside the wardrobe.

🤷

I guess it looks neater if you back it, but then there's also some lost space. It'd be painted either way of course.