Leaps and bounds!

Wow, what a difference a week makes! Half the kitchen is in, the utility room is complete and has pictures hung and the hall/stairs/landing is decorated and lit. The kids spent the weekend at their grandparents so we could clean and clean and clean (and obviously sneak in a meal out!) and upstairs is totally done bar the wonky carpet being refitted next week. And clean windows makes an enormous difference!

Random photos from this week.

The hall, utility room, kitchen and dining room in various states...and Martin the decorator trying to fix The Husbands shoe!

House, week 16.

And loads of things happening now! The kitchen has been first fixed for gas, water and electrics, the ceiling and half the walls have been boarded over and the decorators have their eye  moving in there. Meanwhile they've stripped and lined the hall, stairs, landing and dining room. Skirting boards have been primed and the utility room is nearly decorated. The house stinks of paint but its better than nicotine!

We are well chuffed with the entrance hall - it seems twice the size and is beautifully bright now. Off shopping at the weekend for light fittings, again. The brand new halogen fittings in the utility room have blown already so we are giving up and replacing them with pendants, plus need lampshades for the hall and landing. We did find a stunning cluster light for the dining room but can't bring ourselves to spend £160 on just one room so back to the drawing board there. The kids know the layout of our local b&q very well now!

More excitement than I can handle!

And this photo says it all...

On a roll now...

Bathroom has been completed for a while, only got round to taking photos and feeling some pride in the house now! Its been a challenging few weeks as nothing was happening, started to panic that we would be having Christmas dinner in the van (complete with mother in law squished in too!) but we are now more positive. Wine, as ever, is my saving grace!

Who on earth puts manky carpet and enormous vinyl stone and sea stickers in a bathroom? They took a blumming long time to peel off!

Small progress, week 15.

We have flooring in my office, the bare bones of a utility room and the kitchen is first fixed. Also possess a washing machine and tumble drier even if we can't use them yet! The decorators have gone awol, after stripping the hall, stairs and landing of the horrible stinky wallpaper. Progress is being made though, and they have all promised me a working kitchen by Christmas - only 49 days away!

And another one!

Little Legs is delighted with her room, before photos lacking as this room was used as a storage room before so wasn't trashed like everything else!