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Day Sixty-Six and Sixty-Seven

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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.

blue skies through the skylight
blue skies through the skylight
bedroom at the back, started painting at last
bedroom at the back, started painting at last
back to front
back to front
front to back
front to back
shower screen in upstairs bathroom
shower screen in upstairs bathroom

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Other Stuff

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.

tablet and with Mum's recipe
tablet and with Mum’s recipe – oops a bit out of focus

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.

teenboy in round and round chair
teenboy in round and round chair

Day Sixty-Five

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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.

corner that will be the shower
corner that will be the shower

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.

my lovely shutters, I am so looking forward to closing the shutters at bedtime
my lovely shutters, I am so looking forward to closing them at bedtime

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.

Hornsea from the flea market last weekend.
Hornsea from the flea market last weekend.

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)

Day Sixty-Four

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Things are moving again, thank goodness.  The painter has got going on the woodwork upstairs, there is no way I could do the windows or doors and notice every drip or flaw for years to come. The tiles are going in for the ensuite shower tomorrow and the final push is starting on Saturday to get the long ‘to do’ list completed.  We are tentatively hoping that the children can go up at the weekend, before the carpet comes, just for fun. If things go according to plan then we can start the emulsion in the back bedroom on Sunday.

painter in the house
painter in the house

I’m looking forward to showing you some finished room shots in the near future… I need to decide whether I can get H’s curtains to work in her new bedroom or whether to go for a blind to keep it simple. F will have a blind for sure.  I’ve bought lovely narrow shelves for both the front bedrooms for prized possessions to be displayed on. I’m on the look out for some interesting furniture too, it’s hard to beat the blue and yellow Swedish superstore for value but I’d like to mix in some other pieces too.  I drive my dear C mad by looking on gumbay and showing him potential purchases.  I can tell by the look on his face what his opinion is and it is usually a ‘no’.  I thought I was fussy.  It seems odd to be buying other people’s unwanted furniture when we have sold and given away so much ourselves recently.  One thing’s for sure – getting the house into some sort of order will be a long and laborious process.