On the previous day the fitter had ordered the tiles and fittings to be delivered first thing in the morning. This did not happen according to plan, they were delivered an hour later than scheduled putting the fitter back in his plan for the day. Whilst he was waiting we worked out how high on [...]
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The Smallest Room in the House – Day Three
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2016
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The Smallest Room in the House – Day Two
Day two was all about skimming and plastering the ceiling in the smallest room in the house. This involved the removal of the light fitting as a temporary measure. The smallest room was too dark for photography so you will have to wait for the next instalment to see the progress made.
2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2016
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The Smallest Room in the House – Day One
Day one nearly didn’t happen! Mr C was working from home and by mid morning there were no signs of activity, not even a phone call.
Mr C phoned me up to vent his frustration. He had sent an email to the fittings department because he had no phone number for them. I was quite insistent [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2016
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The Smallest Room in the House – Before
I probably should have warned you that sunglasses were needed for the before shots of the smallest room in the house. This decor is the previous owners handiwork, I quite liked it when we moved in but a change has long been overdue.
Tiling the hallway has been in the planning stage for some time. This [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 12th 2016
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Preparing for High Tea
This evening, in preparation for a Saturday jaunt to visit my Aunt for lunch in one of her local pubs followed by a traditional English tea with sandwiches and cakes Mr C went shopping for the ingredients for tea. When he got home he placed the some of these ingredients on the working top ready [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2016
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2016
To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.
Chuang Tzu
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2016
