Quick update – I feel like we are getting somewhere. The only person working on the regeneration today was me, a little painting in the back bedroom and patch filling in the front ones. We are going for the children being upstairs tomorrow night without carpets, we’ve got a bed frame up there already and the other one is going up in the morning. I’ve ordered blinds for the Velux windows in the bedrooms and bought some blackout Roman blinds for the actual windows. Upstairs will be inhabited again. I have high hopes for progress tomorrow, my wishes are for the underfloor heating to be connected and the handrail finished. I’ll let you know how it goes. x
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Day Sixty-Six and Sixty-Seven
The regeneration had a busy weekend so I’m doing the two days in one post. It should really be 3, but who’s counting? The upstairs radiators and shower screen went in along with some more painting and work on the bannister/hand rail. The carpet has been ordered, at last, it is on the neutral theme after all, there’ll be a strict shoes off upstairs rule coming in I’m sure (we’ll all forget after a couple of weeks, knowing us). The shower screen has been decided on, I think, just a case of finding the best price we can for it now, needless to say it’s way more than we expected to pay but when you are fussy that’s what always happens.
Here’s a wee visual roundup of what’s going on here at the moment.
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F has an enterprise task on at school at the moment and he is keen to make and sell tablet to make money. I looked out Mum’s recipe book and we made a batch.
I was so sure we would undercook it that it was a little overdone but my expert guest tester on Sunday said it was fine, she even gave F his first sale! My sister said, “yes, it looks just like Mum’s” followed by a funny look on her face. I guess that means Mum often overdid it too – she’s probably who instilled the thought in my head in the first place. Anyway, it tasted pretty good, it had the right grainy texture, it was just a bit too hard. F seemed pleased when he took a large lump of the seriously sugary stuff off to his business partner’s house yesterday. He’s off to P7 camp this week, it will be quiet here without him
His big brother has taken to watch the Simpsons in the little round and round chair. Have to say it doesn’t look that comfortable but he likes it.
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Day Sixty-Five
Friday again already, this is the weekend that we will sort the carpet out and the shower enclosure. Have to get them organised.
The tiles are in ready for the shower and the enclosure, had to go for the brick effect again despite trying really hard to go for a different look. They are big this time at least.
The painter has been busy upstairs again today, he’s started on the shutters, my essential extra in the back bedroom. The rhs one is not balanced yet but the man who can sort it out is coming tomorrow thankfully.
I have always wanted shutters, I just love them. My paternal grandparents had them in their Leopold Place flat and I spent hours opening and shutting them in the living room that nobody went into, unless it was a special occasion, of course. The room also held my Grandpa’s piano. He used to play the Sugar Plum Fairy for my sister and me to dance to. This actually meant jumping from one big blob on the carpet to another. The carpet was red and the blobs were very elaborate and colourful. There’s probably a name for the particular type of carpet – I’m sure it will be retro-cool again soon though it’s not the look we’re going for on the stairs this time.
The last image for today is the Hornsea Tapestry items that I promised you from the flea market last Saturday. The cruet set is going to be a fixture on the dining table. I need to get the pepper pot some white ground pepper which I’m sure is what would suit it best. I am so pleased with these pots it’s daft, I’m not sure where they will end up so they are gracing the window sill in the ‘big room’ at the moment.
Oh my word as I sit and type there is sleet battering the big windows, isn’t it May??? Brrr looks miserable, it started just as C was going to take the dogs out for a walk, he’s now watching Question of Sport until it clears. It keeps coming in waves, dogs still up for their walk though!
Wishing you all a lovely weekend, without any more mad rain and sleet, x
(He’s still not taken the dogs out)
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