What DIY have you done today?

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A thread to share the things big and small that you've started, finished, planned or conceptualised.

Inspired by the lovely posters on the What have you done in the garden today threads.

To clarify... obviously the paint swatches are painted not printed so they don't use CYMK - not sure what system they do use but it's not RGB.

That's helpful thank you.

I'm going to a fabric mill next weekend and next to it there's a dual dulux and crown trade centre so if none of the valspar pots are what im looking for I will hopefully be able to find a tester pot of actual Bright Bluejay

Buying paint is a minefield! Fortunately we only have two more rooms to paint and already know what colours we're choosing as we've used them in previous houses. The other rooms are having wallpaper.

It's so hot, I've done very little DIY so far this week - just laid a small area of floorboards to infill where the PO had an inset sunken doormat with horrid fitted carpet around it.

Ultimately, all the floorboards (a mix of Georgian and new) will require staining/waxing, but for now I've been able to lay my lovely new sisal doormat. It's so nice to come in and not trip over the uneven floor!

I went through to DPs this morning and I've looked at the paint samples he's brought and although they're not what I originally wanted, I really like all of them and now I am even more spoilt for choice.

I'm going to put some swatches on the wall and give it a few days to decide which I like best.

DH has laid new flooring in the main bathroom this week which given the heat upstairs is above and beyond the call of duty really, but he did promise to get it finished by the end of this month. I’m supervising the finishing touches (mainly by saying “you’re not going to leave it like that are you?”)

I unblocked the sick, had to undo the U bend, that was fun.

I think we've finally decided on a floor tile for the hallway and downstairs loo. Or rather, I presented a top 3 of tile samples and my co-owner had a slight preference for the Wrong One, so I pushed through the Right One

The hopefully future plumber/tiler is currently working on a friend's bathroom. Hard to get good reasonably priced tradespeople here so I'm waiting for her review. Wonder whether I should try the tiling myself.

There are 2 layers of tiles to remove and I think I'll do the removal if it saves enough money, the library rents out SDS drills for £10 a day. The women on Instagram have made me believe it's not that hard...