Here they are in all their glory! The colours are perfect, the two shades of brown match the wallpaper on the chimney breast and the dots in the middle of the flowers are virtually the same blue as the stripe in the suite. We're really pleased with them and they've made the room a lot more cosy.Paul also fixed the light in the alcove in the hall. This was originally wired up by the electricians for a spotlight but somehow they never provided a switch, so the wires have been made safe and tucked away in the ceiling of the alcove and plastered over. It's taken a long time to find any kind of suitable light as we couldn't have one sunk into the top so have had to settle for one that's surface mounted, not what we wanted but it was that or nothing. Neil brought round his extra long drill and drilled through the back of the alcove and the new light has been connected to the porch light so that both lights work off the same switch. Paul just has to make good the hole in the plaster at the back and we'll repaint and hope it's not noticeable.
Nothing else has happened with the house so with almost a week of glorious weather I've been out in the garden clearing it of the hundreds of nasturtiums and other unwanted weedy things which have popped up everywhere. I don't think I'll ever get rid of them all but each one removed this year is one less next year.
I discovered that primroses like shady places so I've moved some of those we brought with us to the camelia corner (the wild type of primrose we managed to find at a garden centre, one of my favourite flowers). They don't look too good at the moment but come early spring we should have a nice display.
I also planted a few violas, mini cyclamen and primula into the planters on the fence. Not sure if I've crammed too much in, I'm still on a learning curve! The daffodil bulbs are underneath so fingers crossed they'll come through OK.
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