Twins Nursery - Shell

The house is abuzz with urgent work in preparation for the arrival of the Keith Twins! They should arrive some time in October 2011 and that does not leave us with much time to spare! Kimi and Rob originally wanted the smallest bedroom (within the main house) to be the nursery but, when we found out that two babies were on the way, the second bedroom became a much better option. It is a strange coincidence that the second bedroom is so ideal for twins. When we first saw it, there were two double beds in there. There are two sets of cupboards too - which means that the room is kind of split into two already. Much hard work has been done, especially on the part of Rob and Les Keith, to transform this room into a beautiful nursery for the twins. This is best told using pictures.


This is what the second bedroom looked like before it was prepped to be a nursery

The first thing to go was the carpets. They were utterly disgusting! Much better to just walk on concrete than cheap, dirt-infested carpets! Then there was the hard work of filling and sanding the walls. The previous owners put Polyfill on the walls but did not sand it down and then just painted over the unsanded walls. What a mess! A lot of filling and sanding was needed! The window frames also needed a lot of work and it was decided that it was best to paint over the tiles on the window-frame as they were already partially painted over.

Now one the walls have received an under-coat of white and two layers of pink (Pink Bubble - Plascon). The ceiling also needed to be re-painted white as there were a lot of streaks!

The cupboards have also received two layers of white paint and look as good as new! The burglar bars were taken off and dipped so they also received a face-lift!

Next up will be the main door and all the finishings like the door handles on the main door and cupboards. We still have to find suitable ones. We will also get a rose for around the fan light as well as cornices. 


An important part of the room will obviously be the flooring! We will write something about this in the blog posts to follow. Until we have more to report - see you (hopefully) soon!