Saturday, 29 August 2009

What a difference a few days make! We have wallpaper! While I was off gallivanting with Tracy and the children on the last but one steam train for this year, Paul put the wallpaper on the chimney breast.


The most expensive wallpaper we've ever bought! Excellent quality though and the roll was wider than normal, good job we only needed one roll! Exactly what was needed to make the fire stand out rather than it just disappearing into the wall when it was painted a very similar colour.




These two photos show the flame effect in the daytime and later on without so much light coming into the room:










And here is a video which shows the flame effect better than before, we didn't have any lights on so it would show up better. It's perfect for cosy winter evenings and I'm glad now that it wasn't possible to have a gas fire as we wouldn't have been able to have just a flame effect with one of those - it's heat or nothing with gas. This was my second attempt with the video, I got a fit of the giggles again the first time - it's definitely something to do with Paul! I still don't know why it's such a crummy picture but at least the video is OK.





As the curtain track we ordered from the local shop was unsuitable we ordered a different type of track on the internet. It was £72 cheaper than buying the same track locally so a nice saving there. These are the curtains that will eventually hang in the lounge when the track finally arrives in a week or so's time:

This photo is especially for my MSE friends, I promised if they weren't up by this weekend I'd drape them over the settee and take a picture! The little dots in the middle of the flowers are the same colour as the blue stripe on the settee.



On Tuesday we had a phone call to say the bedroom furniture would be delivered on Friday. Unfortunately the delivery company (not the shop) changed it's mind and we now have to wait until next week. They wont be able to deliver on Tuesday or Wednesday as Paul will be in hospital so we're hoping they'll be able to fit us in Thursday or Friday. I can't wait to get a bit more organised in the bedrooms, hopefully I can get rid of of either the boxes or the suitcase. Then I can give some more thought to the fitted wardrobe in the main bedroom.

Two redundant pine beds plus another headboard have gone to the Seren charity this week and Paul then reorganised the storeroom and workshop so that we could put away some stuff that has been lying around in the sun room for far too long. Now we have a bit more room we've found the computer a more suitable home and have rearranged the chairs so things are looking a lot tidier. We ordered cushions for the chair that a replacement was sent for and when they arrive we'll let Tilly have her blanket on that one instead of the old plastic patio chair she adopted when we first moved over. It will be easy enough to uncover if we have visitors and need the extra chair. I think we also need to think about blinds for the Velux windows in the sun room roof, it's amazing how blinding the sun can be coming through those.

I'm itching to get back into the garden but overdid it last weekend and hurt my back so it hasn't been possible, but the weather has been pretty awful too so I probably wouldn't have been able to do much. I want to move the montbretia now they've finished flowering as at the moment they're coming up in the middle of a large fuschia, and the gladioli also need moving to a more appropriate place now they've almost finished. It will soon be time to plant the daffodil bulbs we brought with us too, and I have bought a few of the large Allium Purple Sensation which should look quite stunning. Hopefully I can make a start on this next week.