and a little bit more!

Work has also gone on in the kitchen and even though the floor is still not fully fixed, awaiting the electrician and the plumber the overall effect is sort of visible. The lovely wide floorboards were reclaimed from the old Naval Bakehouse down at the port and I really like their grey colour and will try and find something similar to repaint them in. I am keeping the floor as uncovered as possible to try and let some of the insidious inherent Portland damp escape.
The roof light is really fun and now the sun can shine right through into the very dingy bit by the bottom of the stairs. However, the room is still only 9' by 5' so try as I might I can come up with no natty scheme to make it look anything other than a tiny room with a single row of units.

It felt such a hole, damp smelly and 18" below the floor level of the rest of the house, ugh.

 At least now it is dry and dusty and much lighter with the floor raised by 9", if only I didn't have to fill it up again. The tiles are quite pretty and Mummy would have loved the blue walls. Unbelievably when stripping off the peeling paint I found that the whole room was once painted in the darkest of aubergine shades. Wow! Not a vintage trend I will be recreating.