Drawing room floor completed....

Finally managed to get the Drawing room floor looking the way I want. After trying out about six stains I am now happy with the colour and the finish. Don't think I'll be able to duplicate it though for the other rooms as it has so many colours on it and I decided to wax it with oak furniture wax and it came up brilliant. Really pleased .

Now on to the Dining room ....got it started today so should be done by next week

I had a dummy fix of the chandelier just to see how far down it hangs looks amazing.

Next week I will be building the basement, I need to see the whole house together before I go forward with the lighting of the rooms. That's a big job and really expensive too so won't happen for a few weeks yet but I can go ahead with the build anyway.

The basement will be changed from the original design as it is meant for a town house and doesn't suit a country house, a few changes to the front to make a garden instead of a pavement but that's further down the line. So many ideas running through my brain. I'll update again when I have the basement built and the dining room floor completed.

The crystal chandelier and more entrance hall work

I was determined to have a feature chandelier in the house but when I saw how expensive they are I decided to buy a plain 6 arm one and add the crystals myself using my jewellery stash. I recon I saved myself around £90 pounds, .......yes I'm not joking ........the cost of a miniature one is as expensive as a full size one. Here is how I made it below

the plain 6 arm brass candle chandelier 

I hung the light on a jewellery stand while I was adding the crystals. I used fine gauge jewellery wire and gold coloured jewellery findings

 a selection of various size crystals

 The finished chandelier I love it so much and can't wait to hang it in the gallery area of the stairwell

Before I can put the light in the stairwell I have to finish the upstairs railings and also need a window on the back wall. I.ll update you on that part next week.

I have inserted a wall in the entrance hall and added a door to give the illusion of a staircase down to the kitchen in the basement.  The wall and door have still to be painted and then I can add the cornice and skirting and any other trims.

The wall was cut from 5ml foam core board

the space before

and after

How it looks now with the door in place, still to be painted and trims added

A bit wobbly looking on the right side but its only just placed at the moment so not permanent yet it will be removed again for decoration and then set in place properly.

I will update again next week with the railings in place and hopefully have the wood floor stained and finished in the morning/drawing room, busy week ahead.