Tag: decorating

Day 1321 the sun room painting is finished 👩🏼‍🎨🎨🖌️

I slept like a log again last night but woke at 6.30am. I was thinking about work this week which is rubbish at that time on a Sunday….. so I got up with the dogs and brought them downstairs.

I tidied the kitchen and emptied all the recycling down in the bins at the bottom of the garden.

When Craig got up we had our fancy coffee bean coffee and watched a YouTube video of a guy travelling around Tiree. It was lovely to see all the places we had been last year.

We finally got started on the last coat in the sunroom at 9.30am….. I’m a morning person, I’d have been painting from 7am given half the chance, to get it over with 😂

It’s finished… obviously still a bit empty at the moment until we can get everything back in. The floor is wet after mopping.

Craig had bought some UPVC cleaner and oh my god, it was the best thing ever. I think I’m marvelling at the window plastic, more than I am at the newly painted room. It looks like we have new windows.

We’re both ashamed that we don’t look after the house better, at times. To be fair, we have 4 dogs so we don’t stand much of a chance… but it was lovely to see how white the window frames are, I just looked at them again there…. Wow. It’s a game changer!!

I took the dogs out, two separate walks…

I’ve been sitting here for a while….

It’s getting darker and now the window frames are so reflective, they look orange !!

Honestly, if you want to improve your mood, put a bit of effort in to some housework. I can honestly say it makes me feel so happy!!! I can’t stop looking at it.

I get really overwhelmed by mess and dirt…. Who knew it was so easy to eradicate… just by cleaning! 😂😂😂

I had to get up and get showered to remove all traces of paint and we’ve been in the pub for wee Rachel’s 14th birthday party.

Had more cake and loads of nibbles. Lovely to catch up with everyone. Heading home now!

Have a great week!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1314 decorating the sun room!

We had no idea when we got up today that we would decorate the sunroom…. Yet here we are.

These are the before pics.

Actually I look at the photos and it looks fine but any room with an open fire or stove… and 4 dogs living in it…. Is always going to need a refresh….

I should put it out here and say that if anyone loves me enough to decorate my house for free, then that will be gratefully received. 😌😆😂 it’s not my favourite pastime.

It was super frosty outside and I painted in bare feet. My feet were FUREEEEEZING!!!

Here we are after a couple of coats. It still needs one more we reckon but I lost the will to live 😆

It reminds me of how the room looked when we first moved in as it was all white then. It’s so much wider now that is not green!

We painted all morning and then had some homemade soup that I made late last night. It is a good pot this time around. It worked well. Still Ellison’s recipe. 😂

I then, of course, had to tidy up the house as my brain won’t allow me to live in a complete mess for any length of time.

I love that quote. It’s so true for me. I get all antsy when the place is a mess.

I bought another new duvet cover, which seems decadent but honestly I love the new sheets. This is the same as the last one, just a different colour.

I think this one looks really bright… and more importantly it doesn’t have any dog hair on it woo hoo!!

I then had a shower as I need to be clean for clean bed. 😆 so many rules in my head.

Then we took the 4 dogs out.

We headed into the pub next door when we got back. I had two 0% Gordon’s Pink Gin and slimline tonic. We had a catch up with Rachel two doors down. 😘

Craig’s also made lasagne for dinner tonight and I’m soooo looking forward to it!!

It’s been another lovely weekend, memories made, plenty of relaxing and getting things done around the house. ✅✅✅

This is your Sunday evening reminder that you can take everything life throws at you this week.

As my friend Ruth always says, you’ve survived 100% of days so far…. 😘

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️