I read with great interest that Bad Man has taken all his blog journals, and via an online printing company, had it compiled in to a hardback book. This I like. We are often tutored on what innovation is within our little tribe of Starfleet troopers, and "combining stuff we already know in a different way to make something new" broadly covers it, and I have to say that getting your journal published is exactly that, and much of this piece of innovation liking I am. I may even do a little Googling myself just to see what is possible. Having said that, LO has not always greeted comments about my blog and its contents with anything other than disdain, and I suspect she believes I am confusing her with someone who gives a ....
At the same time, she loves to read. Maybe the antipathy is just the result of using the wrong medium. Hmmm.
On other news, the plastering of walls and ceiling in the new extension is complete. Now begins several days of drying out. The existing kitchen is also half done, to cover, if you recall, the mess made by removing tiles and coving, the former to bring the kitchen up to date and in-keeping with the new extension, and actually the latter also for the same reason. It is slightly frustrating that the kitchen has not been totally finished, but from the plasterer's perspective the kitchen, and Maggot 2's bedroom, were additions to scope, and we all know how frustrating scope creep can be.
So now we have the final 2 days of plumbing work, to get rads and water services in, ready for the floor insulation being laid next Monday/Tuesday, ready for the final floor screed to be laid on Wednesday by the plasterer. We then have a little sejourn to the Isle of Wight, and on our return we will be getting stuck in to white-washing the whole setup.
Once that is done, I can then start to build the cupboards for the utility room, which consists of a pretty traditional mini-kitchen bit one side, with wall and floor cupboards, sink, washing machine and dryer, and on the other side floor-to-ceiling cupboards and a space for the second fridge-freezer. All cupboards will be white gloss, which are probably slightly passe in the fast moving world of kitchen design, and the fact that they are now available on the lowish end stuff in which we have invested probably confirms that. However, they will look fine, will ensure maximum light and will, set against the multi-coloured chinese slate we are planning to lay on the floor, look pretty smart we think.
It is fair to say that this building work has totally consumed us, and the gradual emptying of bits affected in to our living space (latest addition all the flat-pack kitchen stuff) means that we definitely feel our house is slowly closing in on us. Hence why getting the utility room storage built is priority number one, since having that storage means we can start to reverse the closing in and start to reclaim our house.
Then all we need to do is fight dust for, oh, maybe a month or so.
Okay, enough talking about the blinkin' extension, must get back to work
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