Just because there hasn't been much updating lately...

We had some friends round for lunch this afternoon. The place is starting to look quite nice from time to time.

More white walls

Freecycle

Freecycle is such a brilliant thing. Tonight, a lovely man came round and collected the massive piece of wood we've been keeping lying around since we moved in. It was once part of the "bunk bed". Who knows what they are going to use it for, but it was quite a good piece of wood, so glad it could go to a good home...

Ow

Finally we had a day of DIY. Oh but the pain. My thumbs hurt, my back is aching, my wrists feel funny... I am going to sleep extremely well tonight. BUT we did get some stuff done. I built a non-children sized chest of drawers (OMG no more folding underwear to make it fit!) and Steph painted a couple of the walls in the "blue room". Then we moved all of the clothing-related things (cupboards, clothes, shoes, etc) into the bedroom. The living room now looks about 10 times bigger, hurrah! Still loads to sort out though... a task for later on (or maybe tomorrow)(or maybe next week). Pics below.

Upgrade!

Prettier laundry basket!


Stronger magnets!


Better plastic bag management!

Oh the excitement as one afternoon's shopping on Ebay gradually makes its way to me in the post.

New things

Some of the exciting new purchases for the flat include:


Picture hooks and bookends!


A new computer! Still a work in progress (especially its positioning...)


Lightbulbs!

Whilst in Sweden over the weekend we also purchased coat hooks! These will be on the wall once the wall is painted, so it may be some time before you see these. £55 for that Dwell coat stand was too much. But if you have already bought it, don't fret. It will still find a handsome spot in our living room.

A new IKEA chest of drawers should be arriving soon and the entire living room will change as a result. Pics soon to follow.

If you fancy buying us an early Xmas present

I have my eye on this. I think I am going to get it. It's the best metal coat stand I've found aside from some from Heal's which cost 10x as much (literally - £445). If anyone fancies getting it for us as a very delayed house warming gift, we wouldn't say no...

Update...

So, it's been QUITE a while since we last updated the blog. This is primarily because we have done ZERO DIY. Seriously. THe hallway is still only half painted... we are thinking of getting a decorator in to finish it. We'll see.

But anyway, there have been a few purchases/gifts that have added to the flat, so I took some snaps today, and here they are.

Last time we had the sofa, for ages we had sofa cushion covers but no cushions, now we have a sofa, sofa cushion covers AND sofa cushions. It is pretty spectacular.

We have had this lamp for ages, but I can't figure out for the life of me what kind of lightbulbs actually go into it. So for the minute it looks pretty, but doesn't actually work.

Got this little iPod player last weekend. It is brilliant. Not only does my iPod fit neatly into it, the player also charges the iPod. And there is a remote control for it. And it also has a radio. And it displays the temperature. And it is pretty loud. This is the best spontaneous purchase I have made in a very long time (apart, of course, from the iPod itself).

This is just to display how empty the top of the fridge now looks. Before it was all two terrible but huge speakers and cables and crap for me to plug some music into. Much improved.

Next up:
Steph has ordered a new computer which will be in the lounge, so we need to get some kind of table for that. I have just ordered a new (large) chest of drawers to replace our tiny child-sized ones from Argos. Once those are in place, the closets will move into the bedroom and the tiny chest of drawers will be come hallway drawers full of exciting things like gloves and electrical plugs. It's all go now!

SOFA SOFA SOFA

That's exciting stuff. We have two rooms! The boyfriend is still sleeping so I am in the living room on the sofa so I don't wake him up. WOW!!! This is revolutionary stuff. And it has flag arms for resting things on, and it is firm and non-squishy, and it has a sofa bed, and it is the colour we wanted. And it was incredibly cheap. I think it might be perfect. Thanks to Rob for putting it together. And for knowing that the type of carpet we want is called "Seagrass". That will definitely come in handy.

Recycling my university degrees

Yesterday and today I went through 4 years of folders of notes and put them all in the recycling bin. It was surprisingly emotional. But it needs to go. I never refer to them and I have all of my notes from my masters on my PC anyway. I was so organised - all of my notes are types up! But throwing it all away was still so sad... 8 A4 ring binders full of plastic folders and paper, all gone. 4 years and 2 degrees! Trashed because they are just cluttering up the flat. Sad days.