NOT MUCH HAPPENING

It has been quite quiet in terms of things actually happening on the building front.  

The roof levelling is all done. We have someone lined up to do some rendering where the roof trim will cover the edge of the render as it is a bit fragile in places. 

The Rockwall wall materials have been ordered, just waiting for a date for a start, once the materials have arrived at REA.

George is coming to have a look at laying a path to the front door over the weekend.

INDOORS

Mark has made a copper soap dish for the bathroom, so the soap no longer flies everywhere. (The shower screens are working very well!)

Last night we converted a huge whisky jar into a lamp base (one of two jars given to us by some very kind friends), just need to find a suitable shade for it!

We have been mulling over the amount of space we have and the possibility of putting another sofa and/or a sofa bed.  Decided not enough space, so we are going to have our wee sofa recovered, and have bought two pop-up beds with good mattresses which can be used in the study/third bedroom area and can be stored when not in use under the beds we already have, so we have plenty of beds for guests.

That's all for the moment.  

Happy Easter

Temporary curtains up in the master bedroom, the ones from our old bedroom, with the hooks put higher up and the hem taken down, just about fit.

The bedroom has all been reinstated with rugs and a mirror and some plants in the window and the big coffee table from the sitting room with some tasteful items upon it!

first bit of curtain track, why does it always take forever when you haven't done something for a long time

track

track equipment

all finished, and looking lovely

Have been painting the sitting room floor, and that is now done, hope to put the furniture back tonight.  We have also been de-mothing, so everything fumed and sprayed.  Here's hoping the rugs will be whole and hole free from now on.

second half of sitting room washed and ready for painting

done, and rug and saddlebag have been moth sprayed.

Just the kitchen floor to do now.  So will start on that over the next couple of days.  We have decided to do the outer edges (by moving the appliances into the middle of the room) and then when everything is back we will attack the central part of the kitchen.  Which, of course, is rather greasy and stained with the past three months wear.  Plenty of elbow grease and white spirit needed for that job.  

We have also been doing some stuff in the garden - have moved all the pots from the back of the garage to near the kitchen door - lots of lovely plants that friends have given us now near enough for me to keep watering them.  The weather is so lovely and the garden gets really hot as it is so sheltered that I need to keep on top of watering.  The fruiting cherry tree (which is in bloom) is now in a huge tub by the back of the garage, where it is warm and sheltered. 

We had a lovely time this afternoon going to Gosford House, which was open to visitors today, strolling around the garden after looking at some splendid furniture and paintings.  Then on to Red House Garden Centre near Drem to buy tree compost, and have a cup of tea.  

Easter is off to a good start..........

And putting up shower screens......

Painted the rest of the hall and our bedroom, now watching the boat race whilst the paint dries.  All the furniture is in the sitting room at moment.  Hope to get sorted tomorrow when the paint has started to harden.

And also put up glass screens in the bathroom and in the en-suite (but I can't take a photo of that at the moment as the floor in the bedroom is still wet) but it is the same as this one.   No more mopping floors and soggy shower curtains, which, when the extractor fan is on, pull in towards you.

This week I have been mostly painting

I have been preparing and painting part of the hall floor and the study/bedroom area of the sitting room, finished this morning

the smudgy bits round the edges are on the masking tape (I hope)

Mark has been shifting most of the three tons of aggregate around the side of the house in preparation for the Rockwall wall to, at long last, be completed, as it should have been, by the contractors (still no start date).

And he has been having a bonfire in the garden......

And Andrew has started to level off the roof edge, (the string has gone so its no longer a musical house) and has just had a delivery of more timber, so he can finish off this part of the work.  Waiting for the next steps.......

You can see the fall in the roof now.  The line you can see is the telephone wire running across the property.