Well, I optimistically hoped to be back painting at the beginning of the new year. My house purchase was delayed and delayed but finally went through in Feb.
So renovations started and….well, if it could go wrong it has. plumbing including out to road replaced, floors resurfaced- new skirting, heating renewed ( boiler and radiators), electrics renewed, wallpaper glued on with some industrial gunge that took off chunks of plaster so walls replastered, some windows replaced, new front door, ramps front and rear, new hard flooring to hall, living room and kitchen, carpet to bedrooms, new kitchen ( I’m doing backsplash and worktops in resin……), opened kitchen to lounge, block kitchen door, create cupboard in kitchen, knock existing loo and bathroom onto one and create wet room….and here we are mid Aug and work is still continuing. Boiler didn’t work and was replaced, interior doors sent back, freak summer storm took a couple of ridge tiles off so water leaked through onto new plastered walls 😦 . A host of minor things like front door sent without keys, and they couldn’t just send keys, nope, whole door had to go back to be replaced, shower thermostat broke, gas pipe behind living room fire taped up with electrical tape !! Lucky we decided to scrap fire. Builder did say on first day he had really bad headache, prob carbon monoxide fumes as house been closed for days…we have a carbon monoxide alarm now .
And you’ll note – no mention of my lovely garage conversin to art studio. I have the wide sliding door for side, the door and window for front, part the insulation done, but the plans for getting that finished have gone the way of so much else, and its currently part done but with no end date yet. Thats why there’s been no new posts, cos there’s been no new work 😦 I haven’t painted since last Oct, when my paints were packed. Slowly house is coming together and i’ve been “camping out” speding the past couple weelends there and doing some gardening ( hoiking out weeds and dead stuff, trying to cut grass to decent length, weedkiller on ground elder, brambles and nettles)
I keep telling myself its all good, as at least when it is finished I know nothing major can go wrong as its all been replaced! I am so looking forward to painting, getting garden nice, and just enjoying my new home.
Back in new year i optimisitically said, well I guess I didn’t specify which new year….
So THAT’S why normal service hasn’t yet been resumed 🙂 Soon I hope.