Around the house

6 - 10 June 2019

In all the excitement of finishing the house only minutes before leaving for the airport to pick up Mum, I didn't get any photos of our 'show home' moment.  Dave took a photo on his phone, and it isn't high res, but I'm posting it anyway.

 Here it is - the downstairs gleaming with its new floor, curtains, dining table and chairs, wall unit with books to the left, and a glimpse of rug in the seating area.  How very posh we are!  

 Outside, some days later, early evening.  The Ikea six garden chairs, table and parasol all constructed - but still surrounded by clutter.

 Also early evening - the delivery of wood for the decking terrace - just at the point in the day when you want to sit down with a glass of Dave's home brewed ginger beer - and not lug lots of timber around!

 I made a little cushion to fit the rattan chairs.  Two more to go.  Amazingly I had this tapestry fabric from some aborted project a few years ago, and it is exactly right for this job.

And now the weather has finally hotted up, we took the glass window panels out of the solarium and stored them under that blue and cream rug.  We won't be needing any extra hot air for a few months.