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| Just a few days ago after the sawbench had been removed. Don't think I have a photo of that! |
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| After I'd cleared the above. |
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| It has two halves so as to sit nearer the woodburner! |
Flashback to Spring 2012
This next photo is how it looked immediately in front of the woodburner!
That was when the whole house was in chaos.
The bathroom was being plumbed and prepped for electricity.
PLUS the small woodburner was being re-installed after the Oval Room wall had been damaged!
These are the tools for every trade.
He might have had tools everywhere but his work IS and WAS meticulous.
The next photos are how it looked before I became the owner of my house.
I removed every vertical string from the wallpaper and then the paper itself.
My son prepped and painted the walls.
We had scaffolding.
Out went that chimney.
Out went those hanging lights.
God, it was a nightmare and He definitely knows what WE THREE went through.
THE NOW and THE FUTURE
Oh my, I can see how far the journey has been ..
and how grateful I am for he who was my lover to have given me so much!
Yes even the bad times I am strangely grateful for. It wasn't all his fault!
I'm telling the Reality.
I'm not ashamed as much as I used to be and possibly the fierce pride is beginning to return.
I love my bathroom and now I can begin to love this large room which
is too cold in the spring and summer and not warm enough in the
winter. If
I can get those radiators re-installed and the oil system working it
would make such a difference in the depth of really cold winter.
I haven't minded wearing so many clothes but wouldn't like to die of hypothermia when older!
I'm just waiting to get the decoration of the doors / windows finished,
paint the skirting board and staircase, add curtains mainly for acoustics and cosy company in the winter, hang art work on the walls and find an appropriate bookcase.
Complicated it is!
BUT OVERALL to reduce clutter ... minimalise at all costs,
then I can have a ball or a concert in my Salon!!!!!!!
HA ha!
You've come so very far, with some help along the way.
ReplyDeleteBRAVO... your house is turning into the home you would like it to be.
Oooooh! How exciting! The really significant steps like this remain in the memory. Definitely hang some art and curtains as the next step (even if you have to take them down again to work on the staircase or something).
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