So, this was the first glimpse of our third bedroom, when we did the initial viewing in July 2016. Suffice to say, as with every room in the house, we really need to stretch our collective imaginations and see past the cheap wooden doors, bare floors, unplastered walls and bare stone. But, we definitely had a vision and we knew that eventually we’d restore this house and breathe life back into it. It just took a little more grit and determination than we anticipated…
To be fair, the rear of the house was as dismal as the interior – but again, we felt that there was more than enough potential. Bedroom Three is at the top left of this photo – the view did leave quite a lot to be desired in the early days, but we knew that this was about the worst it would ever look again.
The people we were purchasing from, did offer to sell the house furnished. Unsurprisingly, we declined the offer, not really being able to imagine too many of our visitors bedding down for the night in these conditions. So, all was taken away and we did begin with an absolute canvas of a house. As all rooms were empty, the advantage of this, was that once all of our belongings did arrive, we had ample storage space, for the furniture which wouldn’t be being used for a while and for boxes which we weren’t ready to unpack. This meant that Bedroom Three did begin life as a storage unit, but it also meant that as we worked on various parts of the house, we were able to hide away a lot of our belongings, behind a closed door.
For a good couple of months, we rarely ventured into this room as it was full of boxes etc, but slowly but surely, it started to empty and the space gradually reveal itself again. We had been focusing on the two other bedrooms, trying to get them into some kind of order, both for ourselves in the main room, and in Bedroom Two, as visitors had started to arrive! But, with the exciting news that our next set friends were due to arrive – with their teenage boys! – we had to get onto Bedroom Three pretty quickly. And, that meant not only decorating, but also sourcing beds, suitable for teenagers. The next phase of the renovation had started…
