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Kitchen Sash Window Originally uploaded by Bobble We applied an adhesive decorative film to the bottom sash of our big kitchen window in a graphic dots pattern. It blocks out hardly any of the light or view unless the sun is shining directly on it. In the mornings we had a problem of being “cooked [...]

Well M and I got some bad news on Monday. We had to wait to today for it became official but as of 15.00 today it has become official: M has been made redundant. We moved down to Brighton and bought this flat in part because of his job. Sun, sea, sand and a new [...]

A hole in my bedroom Originally uploaded by Bobble Today we are getting the main bedroom sash window repaired. At the moment we have a big hole! To give you some idea of the scale the armoire on the left is 1.85m tall. Apologies for crappy cameraphone picture – it’s so grey here today.

Tuesday night we had the fireplace man ’round*. We thought we’d replace the old over-painted wooden mantles with stone ones if our budget allowed. The Fireplace man scratched the surface of the three fireplaces to ascertain what we’d be taking out: wood, rotten wood or some kind of 1950s stone / tile. And lo, we [...]

Done. For now. In other news I have no windows in the second bedroom and its en-suite and it’s raining. Damn.