tinywoolf: for your eyes only {renov # 28}

round-up. with the second toilet downstairs came august rain and a ceiling corner leek from the above flat roof. the latter seems to have been tackled, holding my fringers crossed. part of a secondhand kitchen, a well loved and well used cooker flew our way, thank you to the generous obliger! a secondhand washing up sink fell through. twice. now i'll hopefully be getting a third one from another collegue. it's a seventies lady, which will be getting four legs, and will provide us with necessary running water downstairs. i suppose i could have put in a second tap leading from the washing machine? ah well.

view from second floor landing before the new window

lower part to the second floor landing window

yes, there has been a lot happening in the background, i forget. luckily there's all of you always encouraging me. it's funny how i sometimes can only feel the progress through your eyes and voices... as if i need to stand back, listen and then see all of it, through new eyes. so thank you, gang out there, for your eyes! you've been the best audience, even when activity here dwindled down to next-to-nothing. my next post on this adventure will take awhile. as you may have noticed, alot of necessary plastering to do, which will hopefully lead us to white heavens once again.

there's two huge cupboards coming home at last. they are the very last refugees to this, our ridiculous two-year-moving-crusade.
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these biggies couldn't make the downstairs hallway-into-rooms-bend. now they'll be received, flat-on-their-backs, through the big, big front room window.
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i can't wait to kiss them {just hope the builders from across the road don't witness my act of folly}.

image from last summer - these days dark around 6pm

the landings are crying for paint. of course they are. i hear them. i s-h-u-s-s! them. all in due course, and do not rush me!

i honestly don't think i will ever move again, and i don't think i will ever re-no-va-te again.

at least,
i-do-not-think-so. ☻

15 comments:

cloudgathererholdmedownOctober 30, 2012 at 5:54 AM
it's gonna be beautiful. a house made of love..albeit through sometimes gritted teeth! ;p
renildeOctober 30, 2012 at 8:32 AM
your photos bring back renovation memories, that's what they will become to you, just memories, before and after, and after will be so good

have been peeking at your garden from the upstairs window, how very beautiful surrounded by all that green, trees to bring you oxygen to tackle the last rounds,xx
Stefanie SeltnerOctober 30, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I really enjoy watching those beautiful pictures - I was living in Roubaix (France) and your home reminds me of these houses and the sky, too.
Hang in there!
It´s gonna be a great home, you´re a lucky one never forget!
x Stefanie
janeOctober 30, 2012 at 9:04 AM
it´s looking good my dear! love those big windows. you must have a ton of light.
love your little updates. :)
x
Chloe griceOctober 30, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Aw, bless! One tired Woolfie. Can't wait to see the results though, and it WILL all be worth it! :-)
BethOctober 30, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Even though the landings need painted, they have to be happy about all that light streaming through lovely, energy efficient windows---'they' and you and son will stay warmer also (I love personification! He He!)
I think your front hallway looks quite nice---no more green, right?! That must feel good to see brightness!
Love the front of your home. Don't forget to have pride when you come home to it---you have much to be proud of. :>)
tanïaOctober 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Brave one! No need to move or renovate again when you'll once have finished (Okay, did I say finished? Be strong, dear, a house is never finished of course, but at least you don't need to worry about some huge things again such as your new windows! I mean, you have to care about some things once and never again if it's done.). Very good solution to use 2nd hand devices for now. I took some very old late 70s fridge and cooker along when I left my flat share and they're still doing a very good job! I'm looking forward to your white (plastered) heaven!!

hugs
tanïa

AnonymousOctober 30, 2012 at 4:14 PM
this look and sound so good. Enjoy and relax :)
flowtopsOctober 30, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Almost there!

Nicki

(PS Got your mail. We're "studying" you and your blog and brainstorming about what to do for Corner to Corner. All Tops are chipping in, but time is limited, so be patient.)
manoOctober 30, 2012 at 10:06 PM
great look into the garden!
your house will be beautiful! :-) mano
HeatherOctober 31, 2012 at 1:36 AM
It's looking better! You new windows are great - and what a wonderful view you have!
Kristen DoneganOctober 31, 2012 at 1:46 AM
It is so hard living in a renovation, but before you know it it will be done and you will love it that much more having gone through what you are going through now. :)
FrancescaOctober 31, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Sounds like you won't be able to move again: once those biggies are in, who's going to take them out again?:)
LeslieOctober 31, 2012 at 9:06 PM
the windows look super spiffy! (and i adore the view of your garden from that upper window...)

p.s. i was standing in shallow water under a pier for that pelican shot :)
Carole ReidNovember 6, 2012 at 7:37 AM
It's all looking marvellous! You took on a huge job but once it's done you will be able to enjoy it all the more you did it and survived and learned all sorts of new things along the way. I wish I could give you some help with painting your landings but I have to paint 20 or so paintings for Dec 1&2. Take care. xo Carole

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