warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) Finally ventured into DIY by putting up curtains in my bedroom!!! Spent a few hours planning what i needed and measuring all the windows so i had exactly the right number of mounts and the exact distance of curtain track!! All went smoothly except a couple of holes were wonky!! Also i kept almost falling from the ladder as i am extremely unbalanced despite it being a large well made stepladder!!! I would get up the ladder then a minute or so later uncontrollably cause the ladder to vibrate side to side!! Anyway i got them up!! So now i have my thomas the tank engine curtains in place in my bedroom and dark nights for sleeping!!! Curtains only 3 more windows and a set of blinds to do!!!! Edited August 14, 2008 by warrenpenalver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) Well done, Warren! AND they end neatly just above the radiator! (This is one of my things...curtains have to end either 6 inches below the window sill or if there is a radiator nearer than that, neatly just above it! ) BUT, did you count so that your curtain hooks are equally spaced?! Boho Edited August 14, 2008 by bid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted August 14, 2008 very impressed My grandad could never climb ladders either, he just used to fall off. My nana did all the decorating & continued into widowhood, we had to confiscate her gear when she got into her 80s! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted August 14, 2008 only 3 more windows and a set of blinds to do!!!! Very good I've done curtain rails and curtains - it's simple enough with some forward planning. Blinds though ... Erm, particularly if they are of the roller variety, I'll wish you luck now and understand if I never see you around on the forum again. I managed to pull down half my ceiling trying to put blinds up Still, it meant that I then got good at plastering :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 14, 2008 BUT, did you count so that your curtain hooks are equally spaced?! no I made sure i had exactly the same numbers of hooks and even (by eye) spacing but i didnt calculate the exact number of spacing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted August 14, 2008 My dad once spent five years promising to put the curtains up. We moved house before he got round to it! I hate ladders. I have really high ceilings and have to get a stepladder out just to change a lightbulb. The one on the landing means I have to lean out over the stairs. Not a fan of ladders, me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 14, 2008 My cielings are the same!! I got a 2.8m ceiling downstairs and 2.5m cieling upstairs!! A good excuse to fit energy saving bulbs as you change them less!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pookie170 Report post Posted August 16, 2008 My littly has the bedspread to match those curtains!! And now he says hes too big for Thomas!!! You're never too old for Thomas!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Warren does GREAT DIY, well done chickadee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 18, 2008 Ive done some more! Fitted some bits and bobs in the bathroom bathroom Then set about breaking into a cupboard that had been painted shut over the years. cupboard It had some christmas decorations in it and these things: china thingys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted August 18, 2008 Not quite like breaking into Tutankhamun's tomb then! (I see wonderful things .... no wait a minute, I see china teddies!) Mr p put up a glass shelf like that in our bathroom. He was less successful with the towel rail, it still wobbles. Keep up the good work Warren, you are doing good! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) Most excellent, Warren It took me 7 hours yesterday to strip the wallpaper in our teeny tiny loo! I have soooo much decorating to do, and I'm just sitting here finding displacement activities! Boho Ooooh, just noticed that you've neatly lined up the screws in your towel holder with a line of grout in the tiles below...that's exactly the kind of thing I do! And TBH you can see why the china thingys had been painted shut in a cupboard! Edited August 18, 2008 by bid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted August 18, 2008 My brother in law used to fix all our DIY disasters. I'm too scared to try anything serious now that I don't have him to clear up afterwards! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enid Report post Posted August 18, 2008 Those china things may be worth a fortune!!! you never know. I am really impressed. I am hopeless at D I Y , you could hire yourself out as a handyman!! Enid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 19, 2008 Ooooh, just noticed that you've neatly lined up the screws in your towel holder with a line of grout in the tiles below...that's exactly the kind of thing I do! ! I couldnt help myself you could hire yourself out as a handyman!! Enid I wish!!!!! would pay better than being unemployed!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted August 19, 2008 Ooooh, just noticed that you've neatly lined up the screws in your towel holder with a line of grout in the tiles below...that's exactly the kind of thing I do! Me too!!! However, the ring itself needs adjusting about half an inch counter clockwise Warren you should take those china things to the Antiques Road Show If nothing else, it would make a nice little story when they ask you where you got them! Flo' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted August 19, 2008 Are those Christmas decorations in the bottom of that cupboard? I know people who'd be serioulsy thinking about putting them already Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 19, 2008 the shops arent quite that bad yet!!! Although it did seem stupid that many shops had "back skool" (note the stupid spelling in some shops!!) before the schools broke up for summer!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 20, 2008 However, the ring itself needs adjusting about half an inch counter clockwise I had a look at this earlier as i was convinced it couldnt be adjusted. Its non adjustable!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted August 21, 2008 well the latest DIY project was to repair the free table and chairs i got off freecycle. one of the chairs had began to split from the joint at the corner which i could have solved by just tightening the bolt but i decided to add some metal brackets to each corner of each chair so they never come apart again!!! chair Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
