by Catriona Mills

The End of the Never-Ending Renovations

Posted 2 July 2012 in by Catriona

It occurs to me that having bored you all senseless with endless photos during the actual renovations, I then didn’t talk about it again once it was done.

But, surely, I thought to myself, surely they’re desperate to see how it all turned out? Of course you are.

In short, we went from this:

To this:

Something of a change, yes?

We also have bonus opening windows in the bathroom, which Nick was particularly excited about:

Then, because the house has had a hell of a time, we bought it some presents:

And then we lived happily ever after.

And by “we”, I mean me and the chesspiece-shaped lamp, of course.

Share your thoughts [1]

1

Drew wrote at Jul 5, 11:47 am

Mmmm, “Happily ever after” implies a fairy tale story, in which story one would assume, since it’s about you, that you go on to become some sort of Queen or some such. Bear in mind that in Chess the Knight is the only piece that can attack the Queen without being under threat from her itself. Your Majesty would be well advised to be on her guard.

Comment Form

All comments are moderated and moderation includes a non-spoiler policy based on Australian television scheduling.

Textile help (Advice on using Textile to format your comments)
(if you do not want your details filled in when you return)

Categories

Blogroll

Monthly Archive

2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
August
October
November
December
2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
October
December
2009
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2008
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December