Monday 21 January 2013
Yes, it`s snowing
Yes, it is snowing in January. The old saying that a snow covering makes my garden look as good as everyone else`s is certainly true here, the ugly grey paving slabs are now gleaming white snow!
But whilst the snow has been falling we have been inside a nice warm house continuing with the renovation project, I am pleased to tell you that we have been making slow but very satisfactory progress over the last few weeks. We now have the staircase re plastered from the hallway reception right the way to the top of the stairs on the third floor, the first undercoat of white has been applied downstairs, this certainly brightens the place up after weeks of dull old plaster, you get a nice feeling of homeliness as the interior becomes brighter by the day.
One of the next important jobs is to re-install the reception hall radiator, her Ladyship has been painstakingly paint stripping skirting boards and understairs and is complaining of cold and draughts hindering her output, as a halfway solution to her problem I rescued an original door and re-fitted it back to it`s original position which separates the hall walkway from the rear of the house and the draughty back door, this gave an immediate improvement to her working conditions! this door was removed some years ago to improve access for the nursery children , fortunately at the time we did not dispose of the door, for some reason we kept it and stored in the cellar. Again, this is another example of the house is becoming more homely, although at the moment the door is painted bright yellow it will look really beautiful when it has been stripped back to bare wood and protected.
But whilst the snow has been falling we have been inside a nice warm house continuing with the renovation project, I am pleased to tell you that we have been making slow but very satisfactory progress over the last few weeks. We now have the staircase re plastered from the hallway reception right the way to the top of the stairs on the third floor, the first undercoat of white has been applied downstairs, this certainly brightens the place up after weeks of dull old plaster, you get a nice feeling of homeliness as the interior becomes brighter by the day.
One of the next important jobs is to re-install the reception hall radiator, her Ladyship has been painstakingly paint stripping skirting boards and understairs and is complaining of cold and draughts hindering her output, as a halfway solution to her problem I rescued an original door and re-fitted it back to it`s original position which separates the hall walkway from the rear of the house and the draughty back door, this gave an immediate improvement to her working conditions! this door was removed some years ago to improve access for the nursery children , fortunately at the time we did not dispose of the door, for some reason we kept it and stored in the cellar. Again, this is another example of the house is becoming more homely, although at the moment the door is painted bright yellow it will look really beautiful when it has been stripped back to bare wood and protected.
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