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Project : Living Room

14 August 2021

I'm so happy to finally make some progress redecorating our flat, it's coming along...still one more room of wood chip to tackle and then the bathroom and kitchen to paint. However it is very satisfying to see some white walls emerging. Not that smooth, more rustic plaster under all that wallpaper. I gave up trying to sand it all and just focused on the really bad areas. I used three different types of filler for different issues, and ended up using an electric hand sander. I also sanded and repainted the woodwork and doors, which I think makes quite a lot of difference (it was a cream colour before). I changed the door handles and blinds too.

Because the chimney is bricked up, and because of a lack of disposable funds, I left the chimney breast as is, and found an electric heater/stove instead. Not ideal, but very efficient and at least there is something instead of a blank wall.

So nice to have my cabinet back from storage (although one window smashed on the way up the stairs).

All my favourite things to look at when I'm bored.

It is a very large room, one side is being used as my studio area (I'll post about that too if you're interested), and because of the lovely view, the sofa looks outwards. I didn't know what to put in the bay window, so it has ended up as comfy area for the littluns to chill out in.

(excuse smeary windows, they usually have small hand prints on them)

We also have a very small balcony which I absolutely love!

Some before and during painting...

You'll notice the lack of toys and general child related debris. Well, Luckily there is a huge cupboard in the kid's room that houses pretty much everything. I also ordered lots of storage boxes from Ikea which hide a lot of toys. So far so good!

I'm enjoying a more minimal lifestyle, I could look at a clean, blank, white wall for ever!

Next I'll show you how the bedroom looks now...

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campervan travels

31 July 2018

Living on a small island is wonderful and peaceful, however, both my mister and I spent most of our adult life in London so it is always a joy to return as tourists, and show the kids what London is all about.

We went to:

Columbia Road flower market.

P bought a little 1980s jacket 💕

Mr Leafy bought some cars (which have already been involved in numerous crashes )

We ate watermelon with plastic forks.

More flowers at Covent Garden antique market...

London Transport Museum, where Mr Leafy almost exploded with amazement.

(a rather passionate hug went wrong)

one of the first ever tube trains.

And then Victoria Park...

Where we had the most delicious sorbet.

...and then visited the toyshop...

We had a quick visit to the British Museum to see the mummies (again).

And a cool off at the Granary Square water jets in Kings cross.

We were a bit late the next day for Bermondsey Antiques market, but we just managed to find a few nice stalls.

It was sweltering hot, and we dragged moaning children to the pub for lunch, which we hoped would have air conditioning but sadly it did not.

...we were all wilting, but luckily a waiter came to the table and gave us a big jug of ice cubes, which entertained the kids for the whole lunch time.

P found Mr Leafy's face, when eating an ice cube, exceedingly amusing.

Its a beautiful pub, and the food was perfect.

I love the decoration here too, I used to come here many moons ago when I worked on the same street.

We were not looking forward to the London traffic in the intense heat, so we bought some plastic glasses and ice cubes from the corner shop for the kids. Apparently that was one of the best bits of London according to P

We finally arrived back to the Island a day or so later than planned, but it was refreshing to find a storm on the way. we stayed over at my mums house in Ventnor so that we could have a dinner without kids to recover from the trip ; )