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.

I started removing loose, bubbling masonry paint from the front elevation at the weekend. It was quite therapeutic. Although, unfortunately the previous owner had the entire Georgian frontage painted with that awful textured sandtex stuff 😓

It's going to take forever to remove it all as it's quite a wide cottage (formerly two). Beneath the gritty paint there's evidence of cream (?) limewash and pale pink too, but in some areas it's exposed the brick. Not sure how it's going to end up - I'm just cursing the idiot who chose the textured finish! It's all over the window sills too 😡

DS has started a new school so my days are about to become more free. We're also selling our static caravan so I am hoping to have a few spare pennies soon, so I have decided we are going to start working on my bedroom.

Decided to treat myself to a trip to B&Q for some paint samples but I've once again left myself spoilt for choice.

I want a duck-eggy colour but my room has a large NW facing window and a tiny NE facing window so depending on the time of day it can be really dark and dingy, but has the most beautiful golden hour, so as much as I want something bluish, I think I'm going to have to lean more yellowish.

Going to tie a bit of string up on the wall and clip these samples up and leave them a few days so I can hopefully narrow down the options.

I finished putting shower panels up in my bathroom . They are very sharp when I cut them and have cut my fingers several times
they look good though. !
next is to try and fit my new shower screen

@Fidgety31 I hope your fingers are ok?! I'd say wear gloves but I completely lose the dexterity needed for finnicky work like that so I am also a chronic DIY prone accident waiting to happen.

Today I am going to a crown paint centre to see if they have the perfect duck egg shade.

It also happens to be right next to a local garden centre so it would be a shame if I slipped and fell in and picked up some cheap end of season plants.

I'm painting the little book room this week. It's currently pink which I did when we first moved in and it was the previous owner's awful grey/white 1960s kitchen. Then we removed a couple of walls and decided the kitchen would be better elsewhere. I tried making the room work around the pink as it was expensive paint (Edward Bulmer), but have realised it looks wrong...so it's all change 🙄