I had decided that I wanted to get some decorating done. The "dining room" in particular needed a little help and I decided to have the hallway done at the same time. My dining room is rarely used for dining but it is often used for sewing, sometimes used as a bedroom and I have previously called it the Room of Shame on this blog.
Anyway, I had to empty the room for the decorator to do his bit. Add to that the stuff from the hallway and my general untidiness and you will see that even at the start of the week I had a problem.
I decided to sacrifice the sitting room.
Anyway, the decorator moved in and I went out as much as I could. Until he said, "Did you realise that you have a large bulge in your hot water tank?" No I hadn't realised and once I did realise I was rather uneasy! Phone call to the landlord and visit from plumber. I had to empty the linen cupboard. The tank was replaced.
The plumber and the decorator have now gone their separate ways and I have my home to myself. Not that I can relax exactly. This is my sitting room this morning. The plus side of this photo is that I know I can find my vacuum cleaner and Father Christmas is giving me a cheery wave.
I may be some time.
It's always the same when you decorate a room, everywhere else gets mucked up, you made it worse by doing two places at once. Time for a sort out.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been nice to have had them decorated one at a time but it would have been an expensive nice. Definitely time for a sort-out.
DeleteWhat a timely post - and warning of things to come - possibly.
ReplyDeleteI've been contemplating decorating my living room for ages, but the contemplation doesn't stop there. There's a picture in my mind of how it will look . . but I can see through into the hall, so what colour shall I paint that? And I think a move round of furniture is in order. Oh dear, looking at your photo, I am losing motivation.
I'll try to photograph again when things look better. Not that they could look any worse. I don't change colours when I decorate by the way.
DeleteAren't you glad he noticed the bulge, you may have had a disaster after decorating!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. There would have been two floods. One from the tank and one from my tears.
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