WOOD PANELS - SECOND SECTION

With fruit cake coated in marzipan and waiting to be iced, it’s time to panel again. After all, why have one job on the go when you can juggle 2, 3 or 4 balls at the same time! I tried juggling once. Needless to say, I had about as much hand-eye co-ordination as an epileptic octopus which pretty much rules out a travelling circus career so I guess I’ll have to stick to cakes, crafting or blogging.

The second part of our wood panelling project involves turning a corner. Not something the current Government can claim to have achieved since they came to power, maybe we’ll be luckier.

Ha - not one wall area but two to be done

Applying the same methodology as previously but this time working across 2 wall spaces. Wow! Yep, not one but two walls simultaneously. Good skills as the kids would say.

Due to the fiddly nature of this next part of the project, I’ve girded my loins, said a few prayers and put on my lucky pants.

Starting at the bottom, take both horizontal pieces and hold them in place with one section slightly overlapping the other to form an external corner.

Dry fit the two bottom horizontal pieces

The corner should be perfectly aligned at the join, all edges nice and flat. No sticky out bits. Glue into place then leave to dry for about 20-30 minutes.

Align all corner edges

Next add all the verticals, working from the outside to the corner edge. I’ve overlapped the two middle vertical pieces to match the corner exactly of the bottom horizontal bits. Again, glue then off for a cuppa.

Add verticals from outside to corner

Finally add the top bars, again creating that external corner.

Add the top horizontal bars

Well, that went better than expected. No corner crisis in sight so I can now add the panel mouldings then caulk/sand/prime everything before giving the plumber a buzz as the corridor radiator needs removing before the next section can be worked on.

Fit panel mouldings to inner edge of panel squares

Two coats of primer