h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Came home tonight to find some of the Barley White is now on the walls. Funny how the same colour can look a different colour depending on where it is. It's quite a dark cream next to the wood panels and a lot paler by the window and stone wall. However I am pleased with the colour. Hopefully they'll be finished by the end of the week.

The house feels a bit strange as I've spent the last 2 evenings stripping downstairs of all ornaments and pictures (to protect them from the decorator). In addition the bathroom is an ongoing disaster area as the shower continues to progress extremely slowly....

Oh well, worse is to come next week when they start fitting the new kitchen. It will be worth is when it's all done (I keep telling myself). I've been in this house over 4 years and have been planning a new kitchen since day 1 so it will be very very satisfying to finally get there.

Just wish I hadn't timed it to co-incide with starting the new job at work. Totally exhausted from the combination.

How I envy you, having all this decorating done. Pity about the shower but I'm sure the result will be stunning...

I feel quite decadent having a decorator - I've never paid anyone to do the painting for me before. It's always been me up a ladder with paint everywhere up till now. Decided to get them to do it this time as it's fiddly with lots of beams and funny shapes.

Don't mind if the shower isn't stunning - just as long as it no longer showers the kitchen below as it showers me...

Good for you, Hebe! This is what I love about Hootoo - the ability to keep up with the little details of other people's lives. For some reason, your painting and decorating, and Martine's gardening, are suddenly quite fascinating when presented in blog form. I suppose in a former age, friends would have spent their time writing letters to each other. Blogging is just the modern day equivalent of the kind of letter writing that people (women?) used to indulge in, in days gone by.

cheers!

Richard xx

Absolutely dagesh. I hope you've recovered from the Horrendous Week-End?

you mean Cromford, martine? It was a great weekend!
Is that what you meant?

Richard xxx

No, I meant this Black Sunday.

Oh right, yeah, that was painful. I spent the afternoon in front of my computer, agog at the developments. I have recovered, thanks, and, more importantly, so does mustardland seem to have.

Richard xx