On a schedule

This was the sunrise from our bedroom window yesterday, lovely purples and pinks.  Then the rain started.  I have a feeling the rain may have set in for the winter :-(   

The washing gets pegged outside if there is the slightest break in the clouds (I would so much rather dry washing outside if possible) but today it was back in again within twenty minutes.  Ah well, at least I have space inside the house to dry on the airer if necessary, it just takes a lot longer.

Plasterboard 'sealed' with diluted emulsion; skirting board screwed to wall and first undercoat; arrows on floor marking position of battens

Man . . .

. . . and woman at work (boilersuits essential, just wish it came in my size!!)

We have had to draw up a 'schedule of works' for the conversion - we're both finding this last phase of the renovation a bit of a chore, if we're honest, and we need to stay focussed to see it completed.  It hasn't helped that N's knee has flared up again making it very difficult for him to continue with some aspects of the work so we have had to shuffle the workload around a bit.  Every little extra bit we get done is one less bit to do, so while N cooks the dinner, I paint the skirting boards; while he unpacks the groceries, I paint the loft hatch.  We are reminded, yet again, that there is always so much more to 'paint the woodwork' than simply painting the woodwork; it's all the preparation - filling in screw-holes, sanding down, two coats of undercoat, at least one topcoat etc etc - what, on paper, looks like a couple of hours' work will probably take two or three days, allowing for paint to dry sufficiently between coats.  Never mind, we are just very thankful that we have the time to do all this ourselves, thus keeping the costs as low as possible, and that we are not only capable of doing the work but actually enjoying it as well (and learning new things at the same time).

So we are aiming for next Friday.  Completed.  Finished.  Fingers crossed.