Hello!
My girlfriend and I have just gone and bought ourselves a townhouse. We are currently living in an apartment and therefore need to sell it. About 6 months ago, my girlfriend decided that we should tear down the wall between the kitchen and the living room. I just followed orders, grabbed a sledgehammer, and knocked down half of that wall. Then I lost motivation, and now it's been left as it is...
So now to my questions.
This is what it currently looks like:
My girlfriend and I have just gone and bought ourselves a townhouse. We are currently living in an apartment and therefore need to sell it. About 6 months ago, my girlfriend decided that we should tear down the wall between the kitchen and the living room. I just followed orders, grabbed a sledgehammer, and knocked down half of that wall. Then I lost motivation, and now it's been left as it is...
So now to my questions.
This is what it currently looks like:
There are also marks left on the ceiling from the wall... I was thinking of putting an oak plank there so the room looks a bit divided even though it isn't. I heard that you could glue the plank there? is that correct? and if you can, how do you go about doing that? otherwise, should I screw it in place? in other words, what is the easiest way to put it there?
I am grateful for all responses, both creative and less creative... But I'm not entirely useless with my hands myself, so I would really need all the help I can get with this so we can get the apartment sold. And if there's anything you don't understand about what I mean, please write it here and I'll try to elaborate on the questions a bit more.
And if there happens to be a handy craftsman out there who doesn't have anything planned for the weekend and wants to earn some cash on this, please feel free to contact me at fransico_fresk@hotmail.com or respond in this thread.
Regards, Fredrik
And if there happens to be a handy craftsman out there who doesn't have anything planned for the weekend and wants to earn some cash on this, please feel free to contact me at fransico_fresk@hotmail.com or respond in this thread.
Regards, Fredrik
I would, as you suggested, place a plank over the ceiling. Either painted white or possibly oak or another wood to create some contrast. Drill and anchor it to the ceiling so it won't come down easily.
I would frame the "arch" like a door opening since arches are expensive and people have different tastes about what's attractive. It's better to let the new owners decide the shape and color themselves.
I don't have a direct idea for the hole in the floor.
I would frame the "arch" like a door opening since arches are expensive and people have different tastes about what's attractive. It's better to let the new owners decide the shape and color themselves.
I don't have a direct idea for the hole in the floor.
A height difference of half a mm is hardly something you have to/can do anything about!fransico said:
What you should fill the gap with is a bit more difficult; the best thing might be if you could get hold of the same flooring material as the existing one, and preferably of the darker type. Then cut and piece carefully, so it fits as well as possible in the gap and glue it in place, and lastly get the same type of list and place over it so it looks like the two different floors are meant to mark different rooms.
I don't think it's possible to fix it so it doesn't show that it's patched.
To get a really good result, you're probably forced to at least redo the darker floor, but it might even be better to redo both floors.
If the apartment is to be sold, I think it's just as well to make a provisional solution, point it out to the buyer, who can then choose what flooring they want in their new apartment. The decrease in the apartment's value is probably roughly what it would cost you to redo the floors.
Putting a plank on the ceiling, which then goes down toward the doorframe, might look a bit odd? Painting the ceiling might be an option?
Thanks for your replies 
I have now purchased materials at bauhaus and will try to set it up tomorrow. On the ceiling, it will be that plank. I've got an idea myself that it will look good : it became an oak plank, looking the same as the one on half the wall. On the floor, it will be 2 oak trims that are 12cm wide together with a small oak trim to even out those 0.8mm differences between the floors.
For the arch, I only bought 1 pine plank and 2 joints, so I will try to patch the damaged parts of the arch and then paint...
So this seems to be working out anyway
Best regards, Fredrik
I have now purchased materials at bauhaus and will try to set it up tomorrow. On the ceiling, it will be that plank. I've got an idea myself that it will look good : it became an oak plank, looking the same as the one on half the wall. On the floor, it will be 2 oak trims that are 12cm wide together with a small oak trim to even out those 0.8mm differences between the floors.For the arch, I only bought 1 pine plank and 2 joints, so I will try to patch the damaged parts of the arch and then paint...
So this seems to be working out anyway
Best regards, Fredrik