A fresh outlook

The dark nights are drawing in sooner and sooner and the cold weather is most certainly here. So what better time to take on a new project? Well, it would be if the project weren't "Decorating the flat". Still, you don't need daylight, surely?

Turns out you do. But with the first weekend done, I can honestly say it wasn't that bad. Let me set the scene:
Our flat is one of a few, in a converted chapel. Said chapel is built into a hill. Our master bedroom (where the first weekend of painting would take place) is quite close to the hillside and therefore can get a bit damp. The damp was starting to show through the old paint and the colour was a little on the 'cream' side so we decided to give it a fresh lick of paint. However, the phrase "lick of paint" is extremely misleading. If it was as easy as a lick, I'd do it for a living. Now, the state of the flat was getting me down a bit; there was the damp issue, the moths that we'd had in the summer eating all my clothes and the walls that were in need of a fresh look!

So, we washed the walls down, we moved the furniture, we masked the carpet edges, we unscrewed the plug sockets and light switches, we put dust sheets down, we opened the window and we sent The Fat Cat packing to the living room. Now, half the day had gone and we had about 4 hours of light left. Mum and Dad B helped and by the time we settled down on the air bed in the living room, we were pleased with the progress. Fast forward to tonight and we're relaxing in front of the X Factor results show and I'm feeling much happier about our humble abode! It's amazing what a bit of fresh paint can do.

RB