Our before and after hallway makeover

Our one bed basement flat may be small in many ways, but we do have our own front door and a really good sized hallway (both plus points in small London flats). When we moved in it was a damp and dark space, with dodgy floorboards and dirty magnolia walls. It had one sad looking…

Exposed!

So, following on from my post Narrow Thinking, my boyfriend just emailed me a picture of how our hallway is looking this afternoon, halfway through the plaster getting hacked off ready for damp proofing. And how cool does the exposed brickwork look?! Now the question is, should we replaster or leave the bricks on show..?…

Narrow thinking

I am very excited today - at this moment my boyfriend is ripping apart the hallway in our flat. We have already torn up the carpets and the ugly marble tiles in the entrance, now he is demolishing the fitted cupboards and rotten woodwork... It needs some electrics and (quite a lot of) damp work…