D.I.Y.

It's interesting that rose tinted spectacles cover your eyes when you view houses. I was mesmerised by the amazing garden in the house which backed straight on to woodland. What I failed to spot were the myriad of jobs that would need to be done to both the house and the garden *sigh* 

It didn't take long before I started to notice the mismatched carpets and light switches, the poorly fitted floor downstairs, the creaky floor upstairs, the fact there wasn't one loo roll holder between three loos and on and on......

Everytime I touched anything it would fall down. The curtain rail fell down when I painted a wall (from dark purple to white!), I stepped down onto the outside decking and the side fell off. I actually started to laugh when these things happened. And the garden....well let's come to that later. The task was much bigger than I anticipated - however not daunted I battled on.

So far artex ceilings have been banished, all light switches are now white and all walls have been painted a light neutral colour and the potential I knew the house had is beginning to show.

The carpets have been pretty much used as dust sheets so now I have the huge task of new floors to contend with.