Before and middle

After will come once we're back from hols and have painted the hallway...

Long way to go...

There is a whole wall of this to get through... the fire helps make the... whatever he put on the wall... go softer and therefore come off easier, but it is pretty hard-going!!

I bring you...

FIRE! This is fun. Melt the paint and reveal the fresh wood underneath. But it makes the fire alarm go off every 5 minutes. The neighbours must think we're burning the place down.

Smoooooth

The walls are sooo smooth. Can't wait until they dry so that I can do some painting...

The builders

I am pretty impressed so far. They have been working non-stop since they got here at 9:30.

"Are you sure you don't want to go and have some lunch?" I asked, mostly because I kind of need a wee and don't want to use the loo when they're in the hallway.

"No, no, no." One of them said. "We work now. Eat later."

Plaster!

Right now, right at this very moment, two lovely Polish men are in our hallway filling in holes and plastering. Pics coming later. It is all v. v. exciting. To have a hallway that isn't grey and concrete! What joys.