petermillard
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Having started the year with (for me) a big project it seems that I’ve ended the year with another - though indoors this time. And it also happens to be the occasion of my first curved corner wall; turned out OK:-
This was a bathroom adjacent to the main bedroom of a maisonette - the room was used as a study/dressing-room, and the bathroom had to be compact enough (1.8m sq) for the remaining room to be usable, with as much storage as possible above. It's also one of the darkest/poorly lit rooms I've worked in, so apologies if a few of the photos have wonky colours.
Anyhoo, after agreeing plans etc... I started by marking everything out:-
then the studwork goes up pretty quickly...
then the curved wall/corner - just a double-skin of bendy ply, and no, that isn't every clamp I own!
After the plumbers and sparkies do the first fix, I can get it all tacked-up...
... and the ceiling in, filled and sanded. Second fix for the electrics - we have lights! - then tiling, paint the interior, floor down etc..., second fix plumbing, paint exterior... Of course, a curved wall needs curved skirting![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Then the woodwork can be painted, doors fitted - threshold was made from an old floorboard, worked out nice against the bamboo flooring...
And finally, we're all done, with a little time to spare before Christmas![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Customer was very happy - she has more storage above the bathroom than I have in the back of my van - and everybody loves the curved wall. Shame we couldn't continue the cornice/plasterwork around the new wall, but the quotes we had were crazy money, and the project was on a pretty tight budget. Not exactly fine woodworking, but all in all a few weeks well spent.
Cheers, Pete
![final-1.jpg final-1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24570-final-1.jpg)
This was a bathroom adjacent to the main bedroom of a maisonette - the room was used as a study/dressing-room, and the bathroom had to be compact enough (1.8m sq) for the remaining room to be usable, with as much storage as possible above. It's also one of the darkest/poorly lit rooms I've worked in, so apologies if a few of the photos have wonky colours.
Anyhoo, after agreeing plans etc... I started by marking everything out:-
![day1.jpg day1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24563-day1.jpg)
then the studwork goes up pretty quickly...
![studwork.jpg studwork.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24564-studwork.jpg)
then the curved wall/corner - just a double-skin of bendy ply, and no, that isn't every clamp I own!
![curve.jpg curve.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24565-curve.jpg)
After the plumbers and sparkies do the first fix, I can get it all tacked-up...
![tacked up.jpg tacked up.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24566-tacked-up.jpg)
... and the ceiling in, filled and sanded. Second fix for the electrics - we have lights! - then tiling, paint the interior, floor down etc..., second fix plumbing, paint exterior... Of course, a curved wall needs curved skirting
![skirting.jpg skirting.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24567-skirting.jpg)
Then the woodwork can be painted, doors fitted - threshold was made from an old floorboard, worked out nice against the bamboo flooring...
![Threshold.jpg Threshold.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24568-Threshold.jpg)
And finally, we're all done, with a little time to spare before Christmas
![interior.jpg interior.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24569-interior.jpg)
![final.jpg final.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/24/24561-final.jpg)
Customer was very happy - she has more storage above the bathroom than I have in the back of my van - and everybody loves the curved wall. Shame we couldn't continue the cornice/plasterwork around the new wall, but the quotes we had were crazy money, and the project was on a pretty tight budget. Not exactly fine woodworking, but all in all a few weeks well spent.
Cheers, Pete
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