Flaming Nora, we've been busy today. With the school holidays approaching, the need to tie up loose ends looms large - the builders arrive on August 8th to demolish the garage, a garage that's been crammed full of 'stuff' since the end of January. Yesterday we hired a storage unit and a van and began moving the said 'stuff' - avoiding the spiders where possible. This evening the garage is empty and the fun can really start. We've also taken a van load of rubbish to the tip - see photo - so it was goodbye blue toilet for us.
As if that wasn't enough, we had a tree surgeon here all morning shaping the copper beech at the end of our drive. There are rules about clearance above pavements and roads (I think it's about five metres) and our tree had been flouting the rules for decades by the look of it. The council tree expert advised us to have it shaped before the builders arrive to avoid it being dragged along by the lorries on the driveway. Judging by how the bin truck's been dragging it every Wednesday morning, I'd have said there wasn't much more harm we could have been accused of.
While he was busy climbing the tree, I was busy painting the back of the cubby house. The weather's been terrible just recently and we've been too tired to set to work after the kids have gone to bed so as I have some time off work this week I managed to get round to it and put the un-used Cuprinol into the storage unit for good measure. Project cubby house is now offically complete for 2011.
This afternoon we dismantled the huge wardrobes in the master bedroom. Wasn't really expecting the brown shag pile carpet that greeted us underneath - mind you I wasn't expecting three pairs of ladies tights and an assortment of funeral hats either, but that's house renovation for you. Our clothes have now been either packed away for the attic or else precariously balanced on these useless hanging rails we bought on Ebay - they fall over if you walk past them.
And then I ordered the bifold doors and the kitchen. Now that's the beginning of all the fun, isn't it?
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