Five and a half months after we moved in we have at last unpacked the final suitcase and emptied the last boxes of clothes and bedroom items. We eventually got the delivery of the bedroom furniture last Friday and what a rude awakening we had! We were given a delivery slot of 7.30am - 9.30am and seeing as we don't normally set the alarm (one of the perks of being retired!) we thought it prudent to do so on this occasion so set it for 6.45am. The delivery men had other ideas though and rang the doorbell at 6.30am!!! We were their second drop, pity the poor people who were before us, I wonder what time they were woken up. I don't envy some people their jobs, these guys had started off from the West Midlands at 3am, not sure where they had to go before they came to north Wales.
The furniture is solid oak and very heavy and came well packaged in boxes with polystyrene packaging. The delivery men must have been very strong to get this lot up the stairs but unfortunately the paintwork on the walls did suffer quite a few scuff marks. They wont wipe off successfully as it's matt paint so we're hoping we can get the roller out and patch paint over the marks, don't fancy having Petros back to repaint three walls certainly not now the carpet is down.
So, here it is:
The "gents" wardrobe and tallboy (old fashioned word that, it's now known as a 2 over 4 chest) in the second bedroom. The old wardrobe has been dismantled and is being stored up here until ready to go to it's new home, I think Tracy and Neil want it for one of the boys. There is also a long chest, headboard and bedside tables.
In the main bedroom, the long chest of drawers or the 3 over 4. As the electrical socket is behind the chest I've had to put an extension lead for the hairdryer underneath. Not sure what the reflection in the mirror is, it could be next door's scaffolding as they are just about to have a loft extension.
The headboard and bedside chests in the main bedroom.
Humphrey seems very comfortable on top of the headboard.
We've just got to decide what to do about built-in wardrobes in the main bedroom now and it looks like the decision will have to wait until Paul comes back from Bristol and is well enough to go on a door hunt. In the meantime the old pine wardrobes will serve the purpose.
There are no major purchases now, just a few finishing off things like blinds for the bathroom and other bits and pieces that turn a house into a home. Curtains are also needed for the second bedroom but we're making do with some old ones for the time being. We still have to finish sorting out some boxes in the loft but that's all to go in the storage cupboards up there. Tiles for the store room and porch are still waiting for Neil, so hopefully he can get those fixed soon. The sun room floor needs self-levelling then carpet tiles for the sun room and loft need to be purchased but again those will probably have to wait until next year.
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