House

So far we have re-carpeted and painted a few rooms incuding this one....



and this one.....




It was fun slapping on litres of white paint without any regard to preparation, skirting boards or carpet. Before my Dad rolls his eyes in horror - painting over wall paper that has already been painted over several times can't really be that bad. In fact the paint was helping it to cling on to the wall in places. Its sooo much better but I still have some work to do before the "after" pictures.

There is more painting to be done - an "Icelandic Blue" coat in the second bedroom and some more white everywhere else. There are curtains to be made and general arranging to be done. I also have some tile paint to deal with the lovely grey fireplace in the photo above. Although I'm wondering if it might be protected under some listed building laws. Some kind of regulations protecting sheer ugliness.

PS - I make it sound like I'm doing all the painting round here but actually Smithy, Nomes and Pauline have joined in the slop slapping of white painty goodness. I think its very important to recognise helpful DIYers in case they come back for more. Although before she would do any painting Pauline insisted I go through every unpacked box to find a knitting pattern she wanted. And insisted on regular cheesecake breaks. But you have to make allowances for creative types.