Ours again

She's been and gone. The Lady Decorator finished papering yesterday, cleared up & left the kitchen to our tender mercies. She was certainly speedy &, on the whole, did a good job.

It's good to get the home back to ourselves. We still ate out last night - the kitchen still smells a bit. But this morning I set to & peeled some spuds. We're going have to do some food shopping today, so a quick meal is in order. PD gave us some tiny bantam eggs on Tuesday so I think it will be an omelette for dinner tonight.

We don't feel entirely free to move all our clutter back in yet. The new carpet is due any day, so it seems silly to move everything back in to move it back out again when they come to fit that.

After that the only things that remain are some new blinds, & we're thinking of looking for a round table. We feel it will fit the space better, making it easier for guests to get round the other side without sharp corners sticking into them. That, though, might take a longer hunt.

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to getting back to regular cooking, no more disruptions & invasions from workmen. And that will be the end of house renovation for this year. I dare say there will be a few minor repairs that will have to be done, like replacing the window where the seal has gone & fixing the curtain rail in the study, but that will be it.

There is just one more room in this house left that needs a lot doing to it. That's the bathroom. I want to get rid of the bath & just have a shower, possibly even a wet room. It will make life so much easier for me. We also both hate the avocado green of the present suite.

We moved here in September 2000, & ever since we seem to have been on the go, making it ours, reflecting our taste rather than the previous owners' taste. The end is in sight. After that there will be the routine maintenance to do. And the garden and ....