Now we're cooking

As you may remember our oven has not been working. But now we have a new one! Jon and Stephen did their special plug diy hole again, a la the washing machine.

isn't it pretty. Can't wait until I have some time for baking!

and we moved our recycling basket so it was next to the sink.

It's curtains for you (again)

Hannah has finally finished the bedroom curtains (see previous posts; Saturday Jobs and It's Curtains). This is how the day began!;

 We got a length of dowling (I fished it out of the canal).

 I pretended to be a real man, by drilling into the wall using a masonry bit (for those in the know.)

 The drapery needed a feminine touch though.

Finished!

  Hannah is very proud of her new curtains. 

I think she loves them more than she loves me or her first-born child.
Thanks to Mum Lloyd for the ace fabric. Hannah's been saving it up for something special.

p.s. We also now have double paper lamp-shade!

Hangings.

We realised we had a lot of mirrors on the floor leaning against walls. I'm sure this is very boho chic, but it makes hoovering awkward. Our plain white walls were also becoming a bit boring, so we hung some of those mirrors up.

Hanging.

Hammering.

In this photo you can see our dental cabinet and my Stetson. These mirrors are useful for checking your side-parting is just-so just before leaving the house.

This one shows of our mirrored hallway, Hammond and wax-print curtains.

Pretty! 

We did a couple of jobs around the house yesterday. It wasn't as hard as expected and made us feel better.

A few Saturday jobs while we pray for heating and hot water

The plumber is here. He has been a while. Apparently someone bodged jobs on the boiler before and that's making it all very complicated. I can believe it. It seems to be a pattern in this house.

But being stuck in the house on a lovely sunny October Saturday has meant we've got some jobs done.

I finished our bedroom curtains and added curtain rings. Now we just need to get the curtain pole up.

Jon put up two of the lovely prints that Nell and Paddy gave us a house warming present. Don't they look wicked? These are the first pictures we've put up in the house, exciting!

And we've been thinking about shelves in the kitchen. I had the idea of painting our wooden bookcase. Jon's not convinced yet so I though I'd run it past you. What do you think? Should we put it up as shelves?

maybe above the table?

Or above the radiator?

Not happy

This is a very naughty boiler. First, it decided it was only going to pump hot water to our taps and not our radiators. Second, when the plumber tried to change the pump, it was faulty. Now I'm not going to have hot water until Saturday at the earliest. I am not happy. In fact I'm very sad.

Through the Wardrobe

Another post, another job that Stephen has helped with. Now we are one step closer to bedroom perfection with a clothes rail being installed into the built-in wardrobe.

In other news, this is a photo of our kitchen looking all lovely in readiness for dinner with Tamsin and Camilla. I know the photo is blurry but believe me, it looked lovely!

Bed, sorted!

Due to a rather raucous weekend with the crew from Newcastle this post is a bit late. But on Thursday our mattress arrived and finally our bed is complete. And it is amazing!

airing our new mattress, isn't it lovely? What a classy red stripe and perfect tufting.

all ready for bed!

There were also pictures Jon took one night of me asleep in our new bed. These will not be displayed here! Thank God I do the blog and not Jon, it would be full of pictures of me looking awful!