I had a busy week supervising a DIY quilter whose first ever quilt was an ambitious foundation pieced elephant. She did really well but did not quite finish after 3 days so she may have to come back to finish the job. She left me with a family heirloom hexagon quilt to complete with a dense feather design.
Each night I went home, got changed, had leftover spagbol, took Nessie for a walk in the park then painted the rest of my sitting room green. It was a tricky job because bumpy wallpaper makes it difficult to cut in neatly along the ceiling line. I put masking tape along the ceiling but when removed, it took away the ceiling paint so there was a lot of fiddly touching up to do.
An easier job was to apply tile stickers in the kitchen. I don’t know how well they will last but they look cool.
I cleared my room, shifted the bed and proceeded to paint the empty end. There was an old damp patch on the ceiling which I tried to seal but the paint fell off so I have ended up removing the dodgy area and hope for the best that I will get new paint to stick. I am determined to complete it by next weekend which will be 4 freshened up rooms. The bathroom and lobby can be done later, or sooner;)
On Sunday I had a day off painting, having scrubbed myself clean apart from filler encrusted into my fingers. I went on an outing to IKEA in Exeter which was fun, wandering through the room sets. I bought some shelves but need to glean more information from the Screwfix staff on how to attach them to the walls without pulling the house down.
Now that it is December, I should try to put DIY on hold and do something about Christmas cards and shopping…
