Travelling On

rtandon27

Sending supportive hugs your way XOXOX

Karmacat

Aw, thank you all - Earthie, beanie, madvix, downshifterella, apple, RT. I managed to miss the really dramatic stuff by going for a walk, there were armed police swooping about I've used the crime stats website for this town, it has a few asbos and the odd burglary. Quite unnerving - and a couple of my neighbours, the ones most connected to the community, are more than unnerved, really upset.

Anyway, I finished the current lot of laurel branches, had a couple of phone chats - recharging the Tesla without a supercharger socket is a pain, says my brother :rotfl:- I meant to work on the upstairs, tidying some things, unpacking others, but between the walk, gossiping, phone convos and laurel, I haven't. I'll make sure I keep the kitchen usable, but I don't care about the rest right now, its Saturday night after all

Madvix - Ikea, bamboo, laurel, and weirdness yep, thats me and my thread

Karmacat

Okay, I'm rethinking having a cooker hood, or whatever they're called these days. I just had someone in about all this kerfuffle, and found myself apologising ...

apple_muncher

Who cares about the upstairs - no-one should be going up there anyway. And you can always keep the doors closed!

beanielou

How horrid & unsettling.

gallygirl

Oh, that's scary KC - wasn't connected with events at Gatwick was it?

themadvix wrote: »

We have hidden cutlery drawers - I love them

Is it actually possible to open them without smiling . My answer after two years is 'no' :rotfl:.

Karmacat wrote: »

I see where you're coming from with that, but the table was hard-researched when I came here, and was my housewarming present from my sister. It can't go, and its genuinely brilliant - just under 3 foot in each direction, with small extendors each end. My chairs (only two of them) are just as deeply rooted in my heart - solid wood, I bought them in John Lewis in Oxford Street when I lived in East London. They're ordinary, but I adore them.

They're not ordinary then .

My newphew that I catsit for has one of these, and it hurts my fingers, to be honest, I wouldn't have one - pull out wire baskets, maybe, but not one where you pull the whole unit every time you want something, sorry.

Oh dear, hadn't thought of the weight of it, they can be heavy. No point in having a fabulous larder unit if you can't use it!

Mine is ceramic tiles - they're kind of old, but definitely level. I wonder if they need to be replaced too?

If you are doing the whole kitchen you might as well do the whole thing! A nice floor finishes the room. You can get beautiful wood effect ones for example that look fabulous.

It's great to see your plans starting to come together :T.

Karmacat

apple_muncher wrote: »

Who cares about the upstairs - no-one should be going up there anyway. And you can always keep the doors closed!

As facebook would have it, its complicated Currently, if anyone (sister, ex-partner) wants to use the toilet at my place, I send them to the upstairs one, not the downstairs - the dust is breeding in the downstairs one, and I'm using my energy on the laurel trunks, not the dust. But yesterday, I had the police in the house as part of their door to door enquiries, and I found myself apologising for the cooking smells :o:o maybe just because of this thread, and how actively I'm thinking about it, but I don't want to put myself in that position again. The door between the living room and the kitchen is awkward to close, I'd rather use a cooker hood than do that all the time. I wasn't clear about all that :A

Karmacat

gallygirl wrote: »

Oh, that's scary KC - wasn't connected with events at Gatwick was it?

Fortunately not - we had the local news here, but not the national. I'm not sure why it hasn't been picked up nationally, but I'm glad it hasn't!

Is it actually possible to open them without smiling . My answer after two years is 'no' :rotfl:.

This sentence is about the cutlery drawers, which means I *have* to look at them in the shop! Wonderful!

They're not ordinary then .

This is about my kitchen chairs ... you're right, thank you for that.

Oh dear, hadn't thought of the weight of it, they can be heavy. No point in having a fabulous larder unit if you can't use it!

Absolutely - the larder unit another nephew has is also to die for. Big floor to ceiling cupboard, and when the doors open you can see that they also have shelves fitted, so things like sauce bottles and open packets can go there. Loved it, it felt very opulent! I'm easily pleased

If you are doing the whole kitchen you might as well do the whole thing! A nice floor finishes the room. You can get beautiful wood effect ones for example that look fabulous.

You're right, actually, mine are chipped, and one has had to be replaced altogether. I have a bit more plotting to do, I can tell!

It's great to see your plans starting to come together :T.

Thank you! Haven't done the pinterest thing yet, even here Christmas preps are taking up a bit of time, but I will, I love it.

beanielou

I am not looking at floor tiles & repeat............

Karmacat

Step away from the floor tiles, beanie!

Took a walk down my newly liberated road, into the town shops - there's a *lot* of basic veg, in every supermarket, going for pennies - I shall stock up tomorrow. Peered at the posh kitchen shop, but it was closed just as well, really.


I'm having great difficulty in starting any of the jobs I'm supposed to do I've even made a new list, from the ruins of the old, but I still won't do any of it if I can just wrap a few presents, that will help.