accident in the bathroom.

So I decided to have a relaxing bath on Sunday morning whilst BH was sweating it out at boot camp from 8am till 9am. I lit some oil burners in the bedroom and the bathroom, from oils4life which is a great company with fast delivery and I got free cinnamon with the order so all very seasonal.

So in the bath salts go and some oils all set up ready to go. Now instead of diluting hot and cold I prefer very hot [and leave it to cool a tad], so popped out to the laundrette with our huge Louis Vuitton  laundry bag. I looked more like Kelly on the right with a face pack on too! haha. Just kidding about the face pack and seriously I do not spend £1200 for laundry bag mine was £2.50 being the true barganista and equally stylish!

SO after the quick jaunt round and ticket to collect at midday decided to wallow with a cuppa which involves making the said cuppa up on top of the washing machine in the lounge full of sweaty smelly builders clothes a hole to the study and very dusty.

Tripped back up and wallowed enjoying the mo. Our friend popped over after the boot camp [when I had finished in the bath but not emptied] for a sneak preview. After she left I unplugged the bath and cripes was I scared! Sounded like a waterfall, legged it down and the pipe wasn't fixed in the builders had forgotten and left it open!!! Water was gushing into the study and the old kitchen like mad; so shot back up re-plugged the bath then spent 15 minutes mopping up all the water from the study and the utility room. Very relaxing.

We then popped out for the footie to Stamford Bridge, wish I had stayed at home, it was freezing, raining and we [Chelsea] got mauled by Sunderland of all teams!

Anyway when we returned all the floors were dry so very relieved!

So the agenda for the week is as follows;
Kitchen to be finished by completing all plastering and white washed.
Roof frame to be installed over kitchen and study.
Boiler to be moved so flue can extend over roof..
Kitchen extractor flue to be completed.
Utility room [old kitchen] to be finished and white washed.
Window in the kitchen to be installed.
All brickwork to be pointed and completed.

Progress.

 View from the back of our lounge! The fridge is in the perfect position, and with the recent weather the capitx chandelier is making loads of noise.

Fireplaces
We will be keeping the marble surround, but as you can see we have knocked a hole out the old dining room which is now part of the big lounge. SO we will be putting the original Carrera marble surround from the back lounge here.

The problem is the cast iron insert is too small for a proper fire and the old fireplace had naff red brick round it. Picture of it part dismantled in the Blue Room!

So the front fireplace cast iron insert, grille and tiles will be removed and given to our wonderful neighbours who are missing this in their front lounge as they don't use it it's just for decorative purposes.

As it's a Victorian terrace of yellow stock bricks we will tidy up the existing brick and have a big fire basket in there for both the fireplaces. So they will be matching and I think the smooth new plaster, reinstated marble surrounds with the worn brick will give it a cosy rustic feel.

Something like this but ours are much bigger. 
http://www.homesandgardens.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1114

Can't wait for xmas it will be great with two fires going!

Walls are down!

OK As I type this I am in a state of hysterical excitement. I don't want to go to my meetings or talk about content anymore I want to see the results!

This morning I was told the wall between the front room and old dining room won't come down until Tuesday :-(

Alas it's down and there is light and space, a new chimney opening and loads of ruble. Excitement for my feelings right now is an understatement.

BH is still banging on about another L sofa which I think is too cluttered and modern. I know the sofa I want just need to work my magic or have a hiss strop fit.

The Amtico floor is going to be ripped up and the original timber from the back lounge will be relocated to the old dining area...

The Jungle

I found some lovely pictures of the garden and though it would be good to post them on here! The garden is 95ft long...
This view is from the French Doors in the lounge which you couldn't even open properly!


This view is from we would now refer to as the top patio! Totally overgrown!
This view is arial from the guest bedroom, nice view eh?

This is fondly the side return passage, with tons of creepers, ivy and creepy crawlies! After we removed the lot the fence collapsed in a light wind! Obviously had been holding everything up. Every time you opened the kitchen door tons of bugs would fly in. Nightmare!









Now for the start of something beautiful... new fencing along both dies, two new tiered patios, decking area Statue a humble shed and bench under the trees!

De-Junking

It's great getting new stuff but where do you push the old stuff to?

I was given some great suggestions and I feel very charitable now and not too guilty.

We have an entire cellar to clear out which is full of usable stuff!

Chest Freezer, Hotpoint Washing Machine, PC Table, Wool Rugs, Gross Medical Books, Clothes, Crockery, Microwave, we even have entire kitchen units to get rid of!

So I have writen to all the lovely people below and they will contact me to relieve me of all this treasure!

http://www.furniture-aid.co.uk/

http://www.trinityhomelessprojects.org.uk/donate.htm

http://www.bhf.org.uk/surveys/BigDonationFE.html

I am sure it will help anyone who needs to get rid of tons!