It’s finally time to start putting some plaster boarding up
and get some plasters in to turn this place from building site into actual building.
This is what I have been promised will happen by the experience builders out
there anyway – and to be fair they were right.
[Boarding out the Gallery/Showroom area - 5 days work = 40 secs]
Our mill has changed in appearance a lot over the last 3
years as we have bullied and bashed it around. While you notice from the start
to the end of each day what has changed (and get a good degree of enjoyment out
of that fact) by the time you turn up for work the next day again, it’s kind of
been a ‘well that’s what it looks like now, we’d better get on with some more!’
kind of approach. You could call this a ‘stop patting yourself on the back and
get on with some work’ mentality, but this is different - since we finished boarding
out, there has been a fair amount of back slapping.
[photo - Gallery/Showroom]
The change is huge, the mill has now definitely changed from
our ‘giant shed’ to a proper building. It’s taken 5 weeks and nearly 200 very large
sheets of plasterboard mind.
[photo - Gallery/Showroom]
The residential accommodation on the top floor is also
skimmed out now so this area looks even more like real life rooms
Photo above is view of the living area of the flat, taken
from where the sofas will be, looking into the kitchen area
Photo above looking from the kitchen back to seating area
under the large skylight
The spare bedroom of the flat with its endless nooks and
angles – the plasterers had ‘grumbles’ to make about this. Seeing as I had only
recently been the one the board the room out, I understand why, but have little
sympathy to give! They have done a fantastic job though, super smooth finish
Trimming in the boarding to the exposed slate walls
This is what happens to a normally black faced dog after 10
mins in a plaster dust ridden building – she seemed oddly proud of herself
[Spare bedroom part boarded]
[Living room part boarded]
[Gallery part boarded]
[Gallery part boarded]
