We cracked all the upstairs and stairwell in short order but fell badly at the "spare bedroom and bathroom fences" long ago. So the paint has sat in our loft since then, each time i went up there i would look at it and promise to get the job finished soon but alas, all to no avail.
With Sally now a lady of leisure, I do wish people would stop saying "retired!" she threw down the challenge and like a mug i picked it up. Luckily i had scrawled on the tins where the paint was to go so no problem there.
The bedroom looked fine until we took down some shelves then realised that "the decorating had been long overdue!" the walls were to say the least, "grubby" a quick wipe with the old "sugar soap" and we were away. "Looks a bit dark", she said as we applied one colour to a couple of walls but this was tempered by the other shade on the remaining walls. It was a little dark but hey! in a bedroom your asleep, no problem then!
The bathroom looked easy but as it is tiny we decided Sally should do this on her own. I might mention that here is a woman not too enamoured with all the preparation and cleaning up required whilst decorating. Also her idea of painting could be described as, - - "a little cavalier". I asked her once to paint a shelf with books on and she even neglected to take off the books! I did however agree to her suggestion of "going it alone!"
I was at work and received a text saying "Not so sure about the colour on the lower half of the wall. We had decided on a 2 colour effect having done it previously downstairs with some degree of success. I returned home and walked into what reminded me of a little used public convenience in Glasgow where all the paint looked like it had been chosen by a colour blind lunatic! So here it is in all its glory! It has since been over painted with a more mellow hue!
Eeeek its a bit hard on the eye isnt it!
On a work related matter i announced what my favourite tune was from our limited repertoire of Christmas "Musac" in my last post and have since been asked what is my least favourite. It has to be a droning Chris Rea number which because of my position in the shop i cant really here what hes on about. However the recurring phrase i can here is or sounds like, "And it go's La la la la la la la la la la. Over and over again!
As we are nearing the festive time the amusing anecdotes of "the shop" will feature more and more. I will add a few tomorrow. Enjoy the day!
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