This is the second instalment of my recent break spending time with family.
Continue reading “Family Break 02”Category: House
We have moved!
Sorry it has taken me sooo long to get back to you all my dear readers,
We finally moved into our new home 2 weeks ago and there has been a lot of unpacking and repainting and cleaning and all sorts going on. We only got our internet installed last Friday so I have been using my phone data sparingly.
I am anticipating a lot of room update blogs in the near future. I also want to do a blog post about moving Jack (our cat) as he was so well behaved and he has adjusted so well!
Hopefully I will be back in full swing of things soon.
Peace and Love
Ellie
Announcing a brief break
I just want to let you all know that I haven’t forgotten about my blog at all! And I definitely plan on continuing blogging. However we are in the process of trying to sell our house and buy a new one which goes with out saying, is very very stressful. I’ve gotten to the point where I am struggling to take in the information that I read, let alone try and analyse it and say something intelligible.
Here are my pretty socks that I am stress knitting at the moment.
Peace and love
Ellie
Jack Sprat could eat no fat..
This past week Husband and I have been repainting the hallway/staircase/landing.
The walls were a sort of magnolia pink white which had yellowed slightly. And the skirting and architraves were all very scuffed. (These were all like this when we bought the house)
Bathroom update 01
Dear Readers,
This week we started doing up our bathroom. This has proven to be a bit of a pain as it is our only bathroom! We started with the ceilings. The previous owner did not use proper bathroom paints and so even though we mostly keep the window open there was beginning to he mildew marks on the ceiling. This is also an issue because the ceiling is really low compared to some houses.
The previous owner also did not check the watts requirement for the sort of lights they installed so the paint bubbled on the mdf around the downlighters. So that needed extra sanding.
The ceiling had strips of MDF interspaced with plastic mirror strips but we decided to paint over those as well. So I sanded them too inorder to give a grip surface for the paint.
It took me the better part of the day to sand the ceiling and the architraves around the door. I had to keep taking breaks as the blood would run out of my hands from sanding above my head. I did have a sanding block though so that made it a little easier.
The painting took quite a while as the special bathroom paint required 6 hours between coats! That meant that it took us 3 days before the bathroom was fully functional again. The final coat also had to be left for 24 hours before fully dry!!
But we are much happier with the ceiling now and hopefully it will be more mildew resistant. In terms of the bathroom we still need to finish painting the door and the architraves but we were having visitors this weekend and we didn’t think having the only bathroom doorless was very hospitable 😂
On Friday My hands were soooo sore from sanding that I couldn’t knit 😢 but my hands are feeling better today (Sunday)
Hope that you all have been keeping well!
Peace and love Ellie Xoxo
Starting Sourdough Starter
Crazy Jack attack
Last week I discovered that Jack had gotten bitten and the wounds had turned to abscesses. He was limping so bad I thought that he had a broken foot.
Continue reading “Crazy Jack attack”Planting seedlings for spring
Dear Readers,Do you love growing things too? I love watching plants grow. Continue reading “Planting seedlings for spring”
My Planty Plants
Hello All,
I really enjoy working in the garden when I have the energy for it, and one of the things that I like to do is grow my own plants. Continue reading “My Planty Plants”
Vinegar Carpet Cleaner
Today is a little short post about something I tried today. I saw on the internet that you can use vinegar, water and dishwashing soap for cleaning stained carpets.
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