Baby steps

I had a friend staying last weekend as well, but I managed to get a pair of shelves primed and painted only to come up against my lack of an extension cord. I only have three proper sockets in the flat. I can plug in lamps and chargers and the like in all of the sockets, but to plug in "large" items like computer, radiator, hairdryer, iron or drill, I need to rely on the biggies, of which two are in the kitchen. So really, I have to rely on the single proper socket in the hall, which permanently has a little multi-socket extension cord in it for computer, radiator, etc. And damn but that little extension cord is MILES away from being able to reach my bedroom windows. A couple of friends brought round four metres of cord to allow me to put up my curtain rod, but I'm now stuck for cord to put up my shelves. Not urgent, but a little frustrating. Vivement new electricity!

So, shelves almost done. Other priming news concerned this little chair, which I found beside the rubbish bins a couple of nights after I moved in here (it doesn't really show in the picture but it was a pretty nasty yellowish colour):
- which now looks like this, ready for a coat of proper paint:

- and I primed the new bits of my DIY'd bathroom door.
I've also finished oiling my bedroom windows and have sorted out curtain rings for one side of the window - I miscalculated so I need to buy more rings for the other side. I think that's all for this weekend. Baby steps indeed. :)

Lots done, loads to do.

Since my parents left it's been a succession of busy weekends and twelve-hour days at work so not much time for posting. Here's what's changed:
- my sitting room has gone from this:
- to this: Still lots to do, especially with regards to paint, art, curtains and lighting, but I'm loving my lovely fuzzy flokati, my new comfy sofa from Ikea, and being able to see the floor.

Bedroom-wise, we've gone from this: - via this (thanks for my beautiful wooden window Dad!): - to this: I'm super super happy with the colour. The ceiling colour isn't right given the wall colour (not that I think it's desperately wrong either, and it does have the advantage of really bringing out my über-posh cornice) but I think it's going to look poifect on the walls of my sitting room. Yay. Here's another look: In less photogenic developments, I put up a mirror in my loo and spent a merry evening brushing bleach on to the ceiling to kill the black mold. :)