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. :)
The table is finished! Well, almost. I finished all the sanding and waxing and screwing last Saturday night at about 1am but still haven't tracked down the glass for the top. I went into Mr. Bricolage yesterday morning to get some cut only to be told that I should use safety glass and that it's only available on order. Fingers crossed for next weekend.
This is where things stand at the moment. No bad, huh? I'm pretty pleased. It's very stable and it scoots around quite happily on its little castors. The legs are just pine and were super-white when they started but three layers of coloured wax have done the trick - they're still a little lighter than I would have liked but the difference is barely noticeable in daylight and the windows themselves are made of at least two, if not three, kinds of wood anyway.
Today, it was sewing. I inherited a pair of old white(ish) muslim curtains from a friend and finally set to doing some much-needed repairs. Several buckets of soap and water, some new tabs and an attempt at ironing later (the plug doesn't fit properly in my ancient sockets and I realised after a few minutes that the metal connections were so loose that they were blackening and starting to burn - time to unplug, learn to love the wrinkles and obsessively check the wall for burning for the next few hours), they were good to go. The new tabs at the left are cream rather than white but I figured making them a bit ugly was a good tactic for making sure I replace them reasonably quickly.
In the meantime, the bathroom trauma continues....
