This week we have had the porch roof cleaned of moss and a few replacement tiles fitted. The leaking gutter has been fixed and I have tried to scrub away the nasty black stain made by the leak on the harling without much success. More of that excitement to come probably.
Alistair the decorator has started and has stripped all of the analgypta off the walls, removed the many shelves and started to line the walls. Smooth walls make a huge difference.... Iona's room in particular is transformed already.
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| Under the lilac wallpaper in the spare room |
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| Iona's room last weekend |
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| shelving gone and lining paper up |
We have had the wooden flooring in the back room lifted and got as far as the cork tiles underneath which are very firmly glued down and have been so for at least thirty years. At some point we will have to tackle these!
We had a girls' session of carpet lifting yesterday and Iain has gone back to do some more today. We had a £400 quote for someone to strip the carpets so quite pleased that we've managed to do it so easily. Though we still have to get rid of it all somehow.
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| Our bedroom - lovely afternoon light (South west facing) |
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| Got pretty mucky..... definitely going to leave the doggy downstairs carpets to Iain! |
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| Assistant and biscuit eater |
Historical treasures uncovered so far include a Tesco till receipt from 2003 and a guy with a huge mobile checking his emails.
And..... we've been boring the children by making them hang around the empty house a bit more.
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