Saturday went pretty much to plan. I fitted the radiator and filled it and had no leaks - not a single one :) whoop. It wasn't an easy job due to the nature of our walls. Ended up using 5 inch window anchors to fix the brackets to the walls. Does the job!
Still no central heating, but we've got warm jumpers.
Also got the beam stripped which was good.
Sunday afternoon was spent finishing cleaning the window sill, which Hannah did the most of, cleaning the floor up of rubble and muck and cleaning the big stones in the wall. We did this is the wrong order as cleaning the stones made a load of dust which stained the walls. bummer.
Monday evening was spent repainting the brown wall after Hannah had gone to pick up some more paint during the day. She had also bought a new duvet and duvet cover. For the past 5 weeks we have not had a duvet but been sleeping in sleeping bags due to Osi the mouse (named after Osama bin laden - hides in holes and we can't find him) making a return while we were living at the Gleich Manor and crapping and peeing all over our old duvet. Lovely. It was only a cheap thin one so we thought we'd treat ourselves to a new one for the new room.
Anyway, so i repainted the lime wash and touch up some bits on the ceiling also. The rest of the evening was spent clearing the room o tools and rubish, and clearing the landing of furniture so the fitters could get the carpet upstairs.
Busy evening, but got it all done.
Tuesday the carpet was fitted and I came home early to move bedrooms. I spent the afternoon/evening taking beds and futons apart and putting them back together. Hannah helped also and we made a good start - spending our first night in our new room.
The photos look poor and don't do the room justice, but it is great to be in. A really nice space. Stuff still needs sorting and tidying, and bits need finishing - like a door and curtains (who needs privacy?!). But overall it's a big step up for us.
The spare room is now being turned into what it was before Amy moved in - an office/spare room/chill out area. It will have the desk and sideboard in, xbox and TV, futon and shelves etc. A bit of everything. It will be great to have somewhere to sit and relax other than the kitchen!
Will, hannah's youngest brother is staying for the weekend, so we have a rush to get that room sorted by friday but should be cool.
I think that is all.
Feels like good progress the last 6 weeks. It took 4 weeks to do the bedroom from start to finish, so quite a quick turnaround which is nice. So suddenly we have a nice bathroom, new kitchen, and new bedroom and a spare room, where as 6 weeks ago we had a temporary bedroom full of kitchen and mouse crap, a shell of a bedroom full of old sofas and carpets and an empty kitchen with no units or sinks etc.
Our standard of living has definitely improved, and it will be nice to offer a bedroom to anyone who might ever want to stay!
What's next - well i need to finish the bedroom off with a door and curtains, and there is a long snagging list for the kitchen. We are going to avoid major work over winter to save the pennies, and maybe start plastering in march. So the winter will be spent recouperating, plugging away at snag list and doing a bit of prep work for the living room/stairs/landing project.
Right, lunch time over.
cheerio.
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