Sitting Room (again)

The sitting room has been subject to something of a blitz. I often get asked 'why don't you just do one room at a time - surely the rooms don't take that long?' Well. We started from here (this post inevitably repeats earlier ones):

The fireplace:

The double aspect room. The curtains are doing a fine job of shielding the paintwork on the shutters which is so yellow that it's getting on for brown...

Smash the place up:

Fireplace and glorious 70's lighting effects out:

Supporting beam for fireplace in:

 Room cleared and ready for plasterboards, holes cut for first fix electrics:

Plasterboards up over fireplace, also hearth cast in concrete:

More first fix electrics and data points for CAT5E:

Random 'floor up' pic:

This bit I didn't do - lack the skills - but plasterers in, and plaster on walls:

You can really see the browness of the wood work in the above pics. We've also now taken out the old electrics and filled the holes in the skirting boards where the plug sockets used to be.

Starting to paint, but find damp patches on the wall. This is what you get with old houses - surprises. Often unwelcome.

That damp patch corresponds to the chimney on the other side of the house, so exploratory work starts. The little circle of filler in the pic one above this one is where I drilled through the wall. Duh.

Another brown woodwork pic above.

First coats on:

 Picture rail up, sockets on walls. These three pics are where we are now: