Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Sofa, so good

So, the sofa debris was wheeled off to the recycling centre, splinters, staples and all, and the living room took on a new look.


This was achieved by the addition of various bits from the loft, on their way to new homes via FreeCycle, furniture from the hall, which was now in the process of being prepared for new wallpaper and paint, and five car bumpers. These had lived in the side passage, waiting their turn for use in one of Steve's car-rebuilding projects, or one of his friends'. They had to leave their home there to allow access to the garden for Naomi's visitors on Friday's Sustainable St Albans Open Garden event.

Thursday's weather was lovely.



Friday started off well, but the weather forecast promised rain for the afternoon. And, about an hour or so before Nome's one o'clock start, down in came!



Then, with just half an hour to go before the gate would open, the rain stopped, the sun came out, and everything started to steam dry!



And the first visitors arrived, and the whole two hours of the event was warm and sunny.


On Monday morning, our sofa arrived from Nabru, producers of self-assembly modular sofas. Ikea, eat your heart out!


The man who delivered it said that he would be able to build it in 45 minutes. It took us 3½ hours. We think he was fibbing.


But when it was all done, and the pile of packaging disposed of, the result was very pleasing, and well worth the effort.

And after all that? We returned to the hall, stairs and landing. Which is going well, So far, so good!

One of the many advantages of living on a boat, we decided, is that any decorating needed takes far less time and money!


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