Ok, so the utility room and porch are done. It's the best I can do at the moment because the utility room really needs a complete overhaul and be redesigned with proper storage units and a sink, but that will have to wait for a later date.
Anyway, it looks so much better and it's amazing the difference the cupboard doors make.
Onto the next area: the main bathroom. The main bathroom has a tendency to revert to shabbiness as it is painted, and of course paint fades and gets chipped. Also, the previous owners laid carpet in there, which I personally dislike and I want that out. Any room with a toilet needs to have the floor around it disinfected. I think we all know why! I should add, I have no fears for Martin in that regard (he is a very clean lad!) but I have had some male guests who, to be frank, I wanted to clout.
The carpet is cream, worn out and grubby with suspicious stains and I took great pleasure ripping that out on Tuesday. I've put it to one side to make a pattern for the new lino, which should make fitting it a lot easier. Fitting lino in such a small space is quite simple if you have a template as long as you take it slow and check every cut you intend to make twice BEFORE you cut. You can't take it back. I went to a local carpet store and found a simple off-the-roll lino that has actually provided enough (we think) to do our ensuite bathroom as well (another unhygienic carpet to root out).
I've cleaned, sanded and painted the baseboards, a task which took me three, one-hour sessions; an hour to prep, and a further two hours to paint two coats of white satinwood paint. This bathroom will be overhauled and modernised in a few years time, as the plumbing and sanitaryware is quite old and starting to have problems, but for now a deep clean, paint and new lino will do fine.
Anyway, this is the list:
- Dsinfect light switches and fixtures
- Clean and disinfect toothbrush holders
- Clean light fixtures and wash globe(s)
- Clean mirror
- Clean shower curtain and liner
- Disinfect countertops
- Dust and clean windows, inside and out
- Polish sink and bath taps
- Scrub and disinfect toilet, including around base, under seat and around hinges
- Scrub the bathtub and/or shower
- Wipe the walls
- Wipe down cabinets, knobs, towel rail and toilet paper holder
- Clean bathroom exhaust fan
- Clean shower head
- Check caulk around bathtub
- Re-seal tile and grout
- Clean, organize and declutter cabinet
Paint the yellowing skirting boards- Replace the carpet with linoleum
- Fix the broken window catch
Quite a bit of the cleaning on the list gets done most weeks anyway and there isn't a lot of stuff in here to declutter. Fingers crossed, this should be quite simple to accomplish this week.
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