With this being the last weekend before my nan comes to stay with us, we were pushing on trying to get things ready for her visit.

The main priority was to get the spare room finished. One fiddly job was putting up the wooden boards to cover the gaps in the ceiling. Once up they needed fill, sanding, and a final coat of paint.

The fourth wall was now ready to be plastered, so Chris got to work putting on a couple of coats. This will hopefully be dry enough to sand and paint before our visitor arrives.

On the landing we spent some time getting the arcitrave and skirting, before filling the gaps. Like the plaster, this now needs time to dry before sanding and painting.

While I worked on the landing, Chris started on the skirting in the bedroom, however the skirting can’t be attached to the new plaster just yet.

To add a little privacy to the spare room Chris cut down and hung one of our spare doors.

On the landing, and downstairs in the kitchen, we plugged some awkward gaps with expanding foam before cutting it back and using filler to smooth over the surface.

There’s still a few jobs left to do before my nan can have a comfortable stay, but with a few evenings left to get on with things we should make our deadline.