The chairs for the sun room were delivered, of course this had to be whilst Paul was in hospital. We had no e-mail giving notice of delivery and I had a dreadful feeling when I opened the door that the driver might have to take them away again. Paul had made a template of the chair and thought that they wouldn't fit through any of the doors and we'd have to take a window out in the sun room. I told the driver we might have a problem but between us, slowly and carefully, we managed to manoeuvre them through the sun room door - phew! Unfortunately one of the chairs has a small split on each of the side/back supporting canes. I e-mailed a couple of photographs to Dobbies, who passed them on to the manufacturers, and they are replacing this chair. Good customer service from both companies and aren't computers wonderful!
Not much progress has been made sorting the boxes in the loft, they really do need both of us to go through them together and Paul hasn't been well enough, so for the moment they stay where they are, some out of sight behind the new sliding door storage but still a few littering the room. Not to worry, we'll get there some day!
The fire for the living room has been ordered, as have the curtains. No word yet on when they will be delivered. After buying the paint for the chimney breast wall, a dark brown to contrast against the stone colour of the fireplace, Paul decided that all the cutting in and about three coats of paint would be too much work and that he'd rather wallpaper it. So I've been up to the local shop and shortlisted a few nice papers. We'll have to wait until we've picked up the curtains to make sure we get a paper that tones in well. Fingers crossed that B & Q will refund on the unopened tin of paint. Or if not, does anyone want to buy a tin of Dulux Feature Wall Intense Truffle?
Last Friday the new bed was delivered and over the weekend Bradley arrived to fit the carpet to the second bedroom and hall/stairs/landing and what a difference this has made. It all looks cosy now and at last there's no more dust and dirt from concrete floors and uncovered floorboards.
Dining area now carpetted. The pendant light shade is now also fixed. Unfortunately the red glass is cracked but the replacement has arrived at the shop, just waiting for us to pick it up. When the light is on it's more of a pinky-red and it goes very well with the wallpaper.
Looking through to the hall. Carpet is the same, we thought this would look better as you see straight through when you come in through the front door. Luckily the colour of the carpet goes very well with the wallpaper and paint in the dining area as well as the hall/stairs/landing.
Stairs up from hall. The new understairs door is waiting to be painted and the banisters and spindles need staining and waxing.
These two photos show the first floor landing and steps up to the next landing leading to the loft:
The last flight of stairs up to the loft room.
The garden is still very productive, a steady supply of carrots and plenty of runner beans. I've thinned out the leeks, plenty left for our neighbour Ellen, the new carrots planted into the empty potato bags are coming through and the tall runner beans and half a dozen cauliflower recently planted are doing fine. I'm still waiting for the peppers and tomatoes to turn red. I've had a bit of a tidy up in the borders and planted a couple of new plants. There are still a couple more waiting which will have to wait until the bedding plants currently in flower have finished.
For anyone into steam trains, take a look:
The Cambrian. Running weekdays during the school holidays taking tourists from Machynlleth to Porthmadog or Pwllheli. Picture taken from our garden, overlooking next door's and the terrace behind the engine is where son Neil and d-i-l Tracy live in the third house along, windows only just coming into view.The train runs very close to our house (the railway sleeper fence is our boundary) and the smell and noise brings back lots of childhood memories.
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