A Whole Lotta Gloss
Having been so desperate to reach the painting stage in the loft, we are n
ow thankfully coming to the end of it, with hopefully minimal damage to the baby due to solvent ingestion... Each section of lovingly measured; cut; sanded and wiped skirting board, door frame and architrave has been treated to white undercoat and 2 gloss coats of 'Ivory Beige 4' (so beige gets to feature somewhere!). Our carpet was scheduled for installation this Saturday, so the painting has felt pretty relentless to finish the task on time - however now we are delighted with the end result and looking forward to putting the final touches in place.The baby's room/eventual en-suite is coming along too. We have bought a crib and chest of drawers, and once the carpet is down will be able to start fitting it out as a nursery. We are prompted along by the news that an NCT friend's baby, who was due a week after ours, has put in an early appearance and we can no longer live in denial that we have plenty of time to get organised!! Of course, this calls for an impromtu day off shopping for me to get a hosptial bag organised and the car seat fitted (any excuse...)
Hartley Labour Camp continues to be well supported, with Jean and Roger last weekend and the McGuffin/Leslie crew arriving this weekend. Jean was well employed with disposable gloves and a paint brush helping with the loft painting team (particularly in completing the tricky task of repainting the ceiling edge paint that had been ripped off by the masking tape - without going over the lines...) - while Roger was set to work with a sledgehammer to remove our front fence (including 4 massive concrete posts - just as well we had a few recovery beers in place..). This week's labourers are coming armed with pick axes and shovels to carry on this task of preparing our front drive for inhabitation by our car. Our kerb dropping work has been put back a few weeks to coincide with school holidays to avoid disrupting the school runs with our traffic lights - hopefully this will make us slightly less unpopular in the neighbourhood when they go up..
Meanwhile work has begun in ernest on the kitchen. The builders have been in for over a week now and have transformed our kitchen from; 'empty shell' to 'cowshed' and hopefully are now on the way back to 'empty shell with fabulous glazing and shiny new roof'. The 4 skylights in the roof and new tiles really look fabulous and after so much deliberation and difficulty in finding the right combination of style, light and budget we're really pleased with how it's shaping up. Unfortunetly we will have to live with the very large hole in the wall for another 4-6 weeks while the sliding glass doors are made to fit - then we have to contend with yet more utility issues with old pipes, drains in the wrong place etc. but we're moving forward at last!
posted by Ali & Dave @ 4:16 pm
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The astute readers amongst you will notice this is an Alison post (standard of writing much higher!)
More to follow soon on commencement of major ground works in the front garden.
Your loft is looking great! Loving the colour. And having the driveway will be excellent, esp for moving Baby Hartley from car to house.
BTW - what do you mean about babies arriving early? La la la...I am not listening!
(Because we still have a few household chores to do ourselves before our Baby H arrives!)
That roof is fantastic and could become iconic in the sense that this is the level of style that this house will eventually have. Well done you two/nearly three.
M & P
PS. If David is anything to go by the bump/little monkey will be late, very late....but no doubt yours will arrive when good and ready. If only they told you.....!!
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