Magic Carpet

Steve from John Lewis arrived as planned and laid the carpet today. Magic! Now it’s just a case of positioning the new furniture! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), …
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Home for Chrome!

It’s almost ‘job done’ so we’re putting the finishing touches to the office/bedroom conversion – and it seems that chrome fittings are the current trend. The headboard and ottoman arrive tomorrow and the the bed should be here in a few weeks. Currently the bedroom furniture is ‘living’ in the second bedroom whilst we wait …
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Flat-Pack Frenzy!

And so it begins – The final stages of the office/bedroom conversion! Honor arrived bright and early to begin the painting and wallpaper-hanging whilst David and I got on with the manly task of assembling the flat-pack furniture! Five hours later (and no spares bits left over) we’d assembled the filing cabinet, desk (almost!) and …
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The Only Way is… Tooway

OK, after years of constantly below-par broadband speeds here, I finally ‘bit the bullet’ and did something about it. For as long as I can remember, it seemed like everyone else (apart from the rest of the neighbours in our immediate area) were getting faster connection speeds than us. When the houses were built 20+ …
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Out and A Grout

A rather satisfying day here. As we waited for Noah and his Ark to turn-up :-), we passed the time by refreshing the bathroom – the major part being the re-grouting of the shower cubicle. Knowing my natural ability with DIY, this was a surprisingly good result! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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No Pressure Then!

When the Wet-Room was completed a few months back, we soon realised that the whizzy-tap-with-no-knobs-on-you-just-hold-your-hands-near-the-tap-and out-comes-the-water was going to be a pain in the a** to live with! The problem? Unbeknown to any of us, it was only suitable for high pressure systems, and being upstairs where the water pressure is very low, the water …
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Wet, Wet, Wet

Ralph’s here this week. We’re now at the ’pretty’ stage of creating the Wet-Room that’s painting the ceiling, tiling the floor and wall – and on Friday, with Mick’s help, installing the lighting Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My …
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Wet, Wet, Wet

Ralph’s here for most of the week, continuing to convert our shower-room into a Wet Room. This week, we’ve been mainly looking at lighting designs and getting the floor prepared (and I use the term ‘we’ in its broadest sense!!!!) Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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