![]() ![]() Then a layer of adhesive went on and I laid the bottom tiles. Here’s how the process played out – although this isn’t a DIY tutorial, I figured you might like to see how it all came together! First we laid hardboard and covered it with PVA. (As an aside, this isn’t in any way an ad or sponsored – I paid for everything myself.) I’ve been desperate to use zellige tiles somewhere and while we were using quartz for the kitchen backsplash, I figured this was my opportunity to have a bit of tile action! I was on a pretty tight schedule but I managed to source some beautiful pink zellige tiles from Walls & Floors and I figured it was easier to just order all my supplies at the same time, including brass trim and corners, grout and adhesive. By the time we laid the flooring (you can see how we did that here), I had already purchased everything we needed for the job.Ĭonsidering I’m using pink as an accent colour in this space (well, it’s all over my house to be fair!), I figured I’d tie this into the space with the use of pink tiles. I managed to convince Wayne that we could fit in this DIY in between the flooring going down and the new kitchen units going in and thankfully, he grudgingly agreed to let me add another job to our list of things to do. Nothing like a bit of pressure for fast decision-making, eh? I knew we didn’t have a huge budget to spend on this little project but I was also well aware that if we didn’t address it while the work was going on, it would be one of those things we just never got around to doing (much like the ‘hole in the wall’ in our old living room). Now Wayne wanted to just lay the flooring right into the gap and leave it as it was but of course, I wanted to do something a little more decorative. ![]() What it looked like during the renovation process (this was when we were removing the lining paper before skimming the wall – that was a fun job…) ![]() So I left it for a while, figuring I’ll come up with a plan in time. To be honest, it wasn’t something we definitely required and we knew the dining table would actually be sat fairly close by so perhaps it wasn’t the best use of funds. As costs began to escalate for the project (as they seem prone to do), we realised after getting a few quotes and pulling together costs, it was going to come in around £3k to do it. What the ‘hole in the wall’ in our dining room looked like when we first moved in…Īs I’ve mentioned in this post, before we began what’s been a 6-month renovation project of this space and the adjoining kitchen, we really wanted to reinstate the fireplace and incorporate a wood-burning stove. Moving into this house, we’ve found ourselves repeating the previous formula. You might remember that in our old house, there was one in the dining room (in fact, there was one in our old living room too) and we brought it back to life with some tiles and paint. I’ve seen quite a lot of them in my time and it’s the second one we’ve had to address. The place where there was at one time a fireplace and at some point in time, someone (tragically) decided to rip it out, plaster it up and call it good. Some call it a non-working fireplace, I call it a ‘hole in the wall’.
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