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Wallpaper paste...
...is all over my trousers. Luckily these were deliberately a sacrificial pair, which will be ditched post-decorating.
Pete & I got into NewHouse Friday evening, & had CHAMPAGNE with, variously, Pete's parents (visiting to collect curtain material),![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kitty_goth (who brought MORE CHAMPAGNE) & v nice it was too), & sbp. Before retiring to CurrentHouse for pizza. [Unknown site tag] showed up later, but I went to bed early due to being absolutely knackered (not been sleeping so well the last couple of nights - stress/tension).
Yesterday & today we spent decorating. Well, mostly un-decorating, i.e. removing wallpaper from almost all the rooms (we're leaving the hall/stairs/landing & just painting over, as it'd be a horrible job). Many many many thanks tokitty_goth, marnameow, sbp, katstevens, boyofbadgers, catsgomiaow & k_rueffer, who all assisted at various times & were absolutely ace. My parents also helped & were also entirely sterling. We managed to finish stripping the living room, main bedroom, & study, & got most of the spare bedroom done. Yay. Dad & Rick also demolished the kitchen (most impressively so), Ben took apart the nasty wardrobe in the spare room, & Pete fitted most of the new lights. Much progress, in short, & basically on-target for the Schedule. (Hurrah for the Schedule). Tomorrow the gas man comes around to quote, & then Ben & I are taking all the kitchen/wardrobe/dead wallpaper stuff to the tip. Followed by an Exciting Visit to B&Q for paint & wallpaper & whatnot.
I'm still feeling stressed, & I'm *knackered*, but it is looking doable. Which is, y'know, nice.
Evven managed to go out last night - to my friend Mike's birthday party, in Balham. Much fun was had - several people there who I haven't seen in ages, & it was great to catch up with them. Bailed at 11, though, due to exhaustion.
Currently Marna, Sean, Kat, Pete & myself are watching 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead', which is rather fine, & have just eaten Much Nice Chilli. Ben is due later (he's been off at some family do). I fear I may have to be in bed early again. [yawn]
Pete & I got into NewHouse Friday evening, & had CHAMPAGNE with, variously, Pete's parents (visiting to collect curtain material),
kitty_goth (who brought MORE CHAMPAGNE) & v nice it was too), & sbp. Before retiring to CurrentHouse for pizza. [Unknown site tag] showed up later, but I went to bed early due to being absolutely knackered (not been sleeping so well the last couple of nights - stress/tension). Yesterday & today we spent decorating. Well, mostly un-decorating, i.e. removing wallpaper from almost all the rooms (we're leaving the hall/stairs/landing & just painting over, as it'd be a horrible job). Many many many thanks to
kitty_goth, marnameow, sbp, katstevens, boyofbadgers, catsgomiaow & k_rueffer, who all assisted at various times & were absolutely ace. My parents also helped & were also entirely sterling. We managed to finish stripping the living room, main bedroom, & study, & got most of the spare bedroom done. Yay. Dad & Rick also demolished the kitchen (most impressively so), Ben took apart the nasty wardrobe in the spare room, & Pete fitted most of the new lights. Much progress, in short, & basically on-target for the Schedule. (Hurrah for the Schedule). Tomorrow the gas man comes around to quote, & then Ben & I are taking all the kitchen/wardrobe/dead wallpaper stuff to the tip. Followed by an Exciting Visit to B&Q for paint & wallpaper & whatnot. I'm still feeling stressed, & I'm *knackered*, but it is looking doable. Which is, y'know, nice.
Evven managed to go out last night - to my friend Mike's birthday party, in Balham. Much fun was had - several people there who I haven't seen in ages, & it was great to catch up with them. Bailed at 11, though, due to exhaustion.
Currently Marna, Sean, Kat, Pete & myself are watching 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead', which is rather fine, & have just eaten Much Nice Chilli. Ben is due later (he's been off at some family do). I fear I may have to be in bed early again. [yawn]
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Anyway, your absence gave Rick a chance to volunteer to be the kitchen-demolition assistant, which he seemed to enjoy greatly :-)
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Glad to hear that the work went well.
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You do know about 'sugar soap', don't you? It's a
vile substanceproduct that you can use to prepare a previously wall papered wall for painting. Only downsides are (a) an awful lot of elbow grease is required with it - you more or less have to scrub the walls and (b) it can irritate delicate skin.no subject
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I can't suggest strongly enough that you file them somewhere you'll not miss the space but where you can get them if you need them. Otherwise you'll need a new sacrificial pair any time you do any form of decorating. Even if you do your entire house now, you might need them if you randomly help someone else at a future point, or there's always gardening...
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Oh, and do you still want this futon? [*please* say yes...]
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Yep, definitely please want the futon - can take it off your hands on the 18th, hopefully? That's when we plan to move in. Certainly will need it by Christmas Eve.
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Note re the plaster: if the walls in your place are like ours (I don't know how much decorating you've already done in there so what you know about the bare walls), they are not in a great state underneath the current paper. It entirely depends on whether or not you mind the lumps/small holes showing through the paint (personal preference). If you want to have an idea of what you may be dealing with, feel free to drop round & have a look?
18th: yep, right you are then :-)
Vehicle: quite possibly, yes. I've booked a Transit-sized van for the weekend (pickup Friday evening, return by Monday morning), from Truckpoint on Borough Rd (tel 020 7403 1314). Current cost is £99 - I can find out how much it would be for an extra driver? It should be possible to manage scheduling on Saturday so that you can have it for a couple of hours - although we *will* need at least 2 loads (possibly 3), it's not like it's far to drive it :-) We could also do one vanload on Friday night. Sunday we don't need it at all - only got it for the weekend cos Truckpoint aren't open Sat afternoons or Sundays. So yes, sounds good from here.
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