Buying a little piece of Middle England; Manifesting my way to mortgage free.

daisy_1571

New office sounds like it will soon be up and running.   Great idea to reuse cupboard just now and save getting new stuff 

Hope your back improves 

Dxx

debtfreewannabe321

@KajiKita sausage chips and beans hit the spot 😀 I made mine whilst DP and DD went to the gym then they made their own when back. DP said, only three sausages? I said yes don't be so greedy we've got pudding. So he made three sausages between them 🤦🏻‍♀️ I meant three sausages each 🤣 so he hurriedly threw another three in when we clarified this after I saw his sad face and asked what's wrong lol. 

@daisy_1571 the cupboard is painted nicely with flowers all over from my old painting furniture days 🤣 so hopefully it will look ok in man office. It'll add a feminine touch along with my colour coded bookshelves 🤣.

beanielou

Happy Saturday. 

debtfreewannabe321

I've just put the paint brush down for the day. I could barely move earlier but after a quick trip to a pharmacy I got some cocodamol  and within an hour I was up a ladder painting 🫣😆. DP chose the colour and it is a lovely rich colour. The colour is on, just the white picture rails and woodwork to do. It is SO dark compared to before so every bit I've missed is so visible. Ugh! I've been over it twice and touched up bits a third time....I'm literally out of paint now so I'm hoping I don't have much more to do in the morning. I've kept the dregs. It got too dark for me to be able to tell if anything was patchy plus you start to go colour blind after a while 🤣.

I've a new curtain rail to go up tomorrow if we get time (cheap plastic tracks) and DP removed the horrid dusty blinds that were up 🙌🏻 he was refusing to, but after seeing how clean everything looked with a bit of paint on he soon changed his mind and ripped them down 😁. We might get privacy film still to cover the lower half of the windows.... I'm put off by a neighbour on the street who has them and it's all falling down and looks dirty and tacky but I've also seen good examples of it done where it looks good. 

Got curtains I bought cheap that have no where to go so that's sorted and ready to go up once paint is done tomorrow....and DP is collecting DD right now and then a filing cabinet we found cheap on FB at lunch 👏🏻. We are hopeful that we will be able to move him in tomorrow...if not tomorrow possibly Monday/ Tuesday. Thankfully it's not a big room. I can't quite believe we had it as a main living room with big sofas in now. No wonder it felt so small...it's just about big enough for his desk and the smallest sofa we have I think (hope). 

We definitely need new carpet or flooring as I managed to be my usual clumsy self and got paint all over the floor 🤦🏻‍♀️😁.

Takeaway tonight because I'm too tired for anything other than a shower and PJ's, TV, ...and eating right now. Plus I earned it 🤣. 

KajiKita

You sound more like you again 😊
I think DP is going to enjoy this room once it’s all done 😊

KK

greenbee

Hopefully the paintwork will look good in the morning. Well done on getting it done so quickly.

I use privacy blinds in most rooms during the summer (good for filtering out bright sunlight too), and have thermal blinds under the curtains in winter! I'm a big fan of layers at the windows. If you don't want film or nets, then making lightweight curtains out of proper cotton muslin can be a lot nice than synthetic voiles. But work out what would work best with the look you're going for. 

Do you know what the floor is like under the carpet? If it's boards then maybe you could just lift the carpet, clean it up and put a big rug down - at least for now. 

debtfreewannabe321

KajiKita said:

You sound more like you again 😊
I think DP is going to enjoy this room once it’s all done 😊

KK

On cocodamol I feel my old self. 🤣 I had forgotten what it's like to have no pain. It's funny how you just get used to low level pain all day long and live with it. Feeling nice and chilled too because of it.

debtfreewannabe321

greenbee said:

Hopefully the paintwork will look good in the morning. Well done on getting it done so quickly.

I use privacy blinds in most rooms during the summer (good for filtering out bright sunlight too), and have thermal blinds under the curtains in winter! I'm a big fan of layers at the windows. If you don't want film or nets, then making lightweight curtains out of proper cotton muslin can be a lot nice than synthetic voiles. But work out what would work best with the look you're going for. 

Do you know what the floor is like under the carpet? If it's boards then maybe you could just lift the carpet, clean it up and put a big rug down - at least for now. 

Privacy blinds, I will look these up. 
I thought of voiles but DP was against this look and I was trying to not take over as it's his room mostly 🙈.
Under the carpet is underlay, then more underlay, then hardboard and then foil and something else. We tried to get under it all before and gave up there were so many layers 😱😳! It has been carpet cleaned (prior to me getting paint on it) but it has burns all over it from the fireplace. Definitely needs some more investigation before we decide what to do with it. Cheap as possible is my goal though for the whole room (house ) from now on!

greenbee

Something like this https://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/roller-blinds/22646/oculus-linen.html?

debtfreewannabe321

greenbee said:

Something like this https://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/roller-blinds/22646/oculus-linen.html?

Oh! I like those. I'll measure up tomorrow and see how much it will cost for three windows. Thanks @greenbee !