30 October 2018

Playing House

Paul has painted over the dingy green walls

It is cold and damp in darkest Lincolnshire today so I am playing indoors.  My new console table arrived yesterday for the inner hall so I have been rearranging things.



The table is contemporary in design and my first thought was that it looked a little lost and not dissimilar to a computer table when it first arrived.  But my plan is to hang an enormous mirror behind it and get some big table lamps to sit on top.  I have temporarily ‘borrowed’ a canvas from daughter Kat’s stored belongings to give the room some colour.  The red will be reflected in the mirror – when I get it.


Very much a work in progress but I am keen to get things done.  We are not going to re-decorate until some of the messier projects have been completed (bathroom and kitchen) so I am just going to have to be patient.

I need to find a large mirror for the blank wall
Rick is quite bemused by all the general disorder.  A pheasant landed in the garden yesterday amid a flurry of flapping wings.  I think he had jumped off the bungalow roof as they are not known for their flying skills.  Rick went frantic but the pheasant just stomped across the garden and disappeared through the hedge.  Never a dull moment here.


14 comments:

  1. That bottom photographis absolutely lovely, strike just the right note.

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  2. The "inner hall"? It sounds like a term that Egyptologists might use when describing pyramid construction. Even so your inner hall is looking good thanks to your the live-in workman you brought over from France.

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    1. I'm glad I decided to bring him with me.

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  3. My Christmas crib figures would look good there. Looks like two of the wise men have already arrived.

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    1. I'm planning to do something creative with all the holly and ivy I've got in the garden to put on the table at Christmas. My buddhas are very wise.

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  4. The house looks beautiful already and patience always pays off.

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  5. Looks like it's coming along nicely but I bet you can't wait for the bathroom and kitchen redo. Have you chosen your cupboards and surfaces yet? Warming up here but thankfully we've had some rain so have green grass at the moment.

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    1. Thanks Helsie. Off to the bathroom showroom this morning to choose fittings. Kitchen will involve knocking walls down so has to wait until next year.

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  6. What a beautiful hall......even better when you get your big mirror! Christmas tree where the light is at present?

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    1. Christmas tree in the corner - you got it!

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  7. As I said once, you will be able to add value to this bungalow. A handy option to have up your sleeve.

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    1. Well yes, but we really are intending to put roots down here and not move again.

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  8. It's a lot of work, but the rewards will be great!

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