Done it!

Over the last couple of days I pressed on with fitting the Ikea unit in bedroom one but I didn’t want to keep posting part-finished shots of the job and have waited until today when it’s finally complete to show how it’s come out. The outstanding tasks after last time were just to fit the floor plinth across the front of the final unit, seal the wall gaps at the ends, fill in the gap between the top of the unit and the ceiling and fit the ceiling coving but these were fiddly and time-consuming.

But I’ve finally finished and I’m very happy with how it’s turned out.

I’m especially pleased with the tiny bit of coving at the end of the unit that juts out from the wall. I wasn’t very optimistic in the beginning but in the event it turned out OK I think.

The room is now ready for painting. I bought the colour for the wall that will be behind the bed but apart from saying that it’s bright and warm I won’t say what it is. I’d like to get the room painted tomorrow but I don’t think that it’ll be possible because first I’ve got to seal the coving and even if I get that done in the morning it probably won’t be dry enough to apply a top coat over it until at least the evening. But anyway, I’m pleased with where I now am and we’ll see how things go tomorrow.