It's all stripped now, and yesterday I spent the entire day cleaning off wallpaper glue, and sanding down walls- there is still more to go, but we're getting there- although when we removed the wallpaper on the ceiling half the coving fell down!
After 2 nights spent camping in our own house, these guys turned up with our belongings, and the good thing is that having things in the house covers up some of the awful, badly applied, paint and decoration!
I will have my own separate sewing room in the new house, and this is the teeny tiny box room that will be my cave to hide in, not sure i'll be keeping the wallpaper, as it makes my eyes hurt, and hopefully I can get round to stripping and painting it soon, then my lovely man will be building a sewing table and shelves for me. This is how the room looks now, with my fabric and sewing paraphenalia in it, I think we need to be very inventive with the storage!!!
And for the days when I can't remember why the heck we bought this place whilst I am dealing with the pink and blue ceilings (why the hell would anyone do that??) and gave ourselves all of these jobs, I just need to look at this, my favourite "room" in the new house- and where I had lunch yesterday.
Ange x
Oh my goodness that tree is amazing!
ReplyDeleteOnce you have nested the ugly house will be the beautiful hone. As each room gets a makeover you will know that the garden isn't the only reason why you bought the house. Good luck with the stripping and patching. Di x
ReplyDeleteThe garden is worth a lot of ugly décor. Amazing what you find when you start stripping ( wallpaper I mean!!!)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely garden. I had the exact same thing happen with the ceiling in this place when we moved in - I was left standing on a chair trying to hold it up with one hand and phone my husband with the other! It will all be worth it in the end.
ReplyDeleteHome sweet home! But nesting? That makes me think you might be getting ready for another child!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, I am NOT pregnant!
Deleteit will be wonderful when it is all your own, and in the meantime maybe you will fall in love with the concept of pink and blue ceilings. Although I doubt it ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe garden is beautiful and once you made the house completely your own, I'm sure you'll really enjoy it there :)
ReplyDeleteKeep your chin up and don#t give up just yet!
That's a hell of a lot of regular lawn mowing right there... Oh and inventive storage is the best kind, it will be more fun that way, trust me.
ReplyDeleteLovely garden, just what you need to escape from the pink and blue walls and ceilings!! Have to agree with you about the wallpaper as well....you could paint over it as a quick fix!!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to see the pictures! Take your time with it all...
ReplyDeleteOh wow, fabulous garden! Lot of work maybe but I'm sure it'll be worth it.
ReplyDeleteThat wallpaper has got to go! You can make it feel all yours once it's decorated to your taste. The garden is just beautiful - love the tree swing!
ReplyDeleteGreat garden, especially when the sun is out and you can have lunch there!! And a sewing room for when the weather isn't nice; it must be worth all the decorating for sure!!
ReplyDeleteYay for you and your pink and blue ceilings!!! You should just add some glow in the dark stars and it will all be perfect! Enjoy the process :)
ReplyDeleteThe garden is definitely my favourite 'room' - so jealous of it. I see lots of brisk but sunny lunches there :)
ReplyDeleteWow, lots of fun decorating ahead! I would have bought it just for that tree!!
ReplyDeleteIt will be fab in the end and in some ways it might be better as you don't need to worry about taking down anything nice?! And in the meantime what a fabulous garden - I bet your little one loves it!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat fun. One day you will have a fabulous house!
ReplyDeleteWe've recently been looking a homes to buy as well, and I just don't understand some of the "design choices" people make in their homes! Enjoy the process of making it yours - and good luck settling in!
ReplyDeleteI love remodels and changing ugly into beautiful...so I will be watching from afar to see what you do with the old decor
ReplyDeleteWhenever it gets too much just go and look at your garden, it will always make you feel better, oh and I want that tree!
ReplyDeleteYou got rid of the orange woodchip? Tut, such lack of taste... ;o)
ReplyDeleteIt's all worth it for your new beautiful garden - just in time for the summer! I cried when we got the keys to our house - there was just so much to do and everything needed to go. Several billion skips later and many layers of painted wood chip wallpaper removed, I started to feel the weight lifting! Looks like you have made a great start :)
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