the past few days.....

have been very stressful, but very very satisfying.

since hubby isnt working, he's been doing a lot of stuff on the room, and ive been helping him (mostly by keeping the critter out of harms way the past couple days.)

the paint came up well, the colours were all good, but we decided the green should be a little less blue, and hubby went back to bunnings and got a different colour, which is just perfect.

so on saturday we went to the paint store, and we got our paints, and some gap filler and crack filler, a small roller, and a scraper to get rid of the wallpaper that mum and i couldnt reach 7 years ago because the wardrobe was too heavy to move.

so, two coats of each colour, flat ceiling, gloss trimmings, low sheen wall, and the window will have white inside because that much brown would be overpowering.

the gaps between the floorboards and the walls have been filled in, the cracks down the walls are done, the curtain rail thing is down. the blinds need to be taken down before the window gets painted, and will probably need to be replaced, since they are a good 20 years old, and rather gross now. the window has a crack in it, and damp gets in when it rains, making the blind all mouldy. so the window really needs fixing too.

washing down the walls with sugar soap made my shoulder ache, but hubby was nice enough to voltaren it for me, after a massage. isnt he sweet?

yesterday there was a blackout. so we went down the shops to try and find a laundry hamper. we found a nice one in target. $160. NO THANKYOU.

we found a SET in kmart, 2 hampers, 5 small baskets, wicker, lined. $80. well. its still too expensive, but there wasnt anything anywhere else, so we got it. get to the checkout, its $55, and theres a discount, so its only $35. so we now have a hamper for us, one for the kid, and some random baskets.

so today we went back to bunnings again, to get sealer and more drop sheets, and got some kids acrylic paint at the same time, and while daddy sanded the walls, kidlet and i painted a couple of the boxes for aunty's residence re-heating (housewarming) present, and i'm making new linings as well.

the room is completely covered in plastic, so the furniture left in there doesnt get covered in dust when hubby sanded, and wont get dripped on when we paint.

EDIT: and apparently hubby has painted most of the ceiling part. YAY!!!!!!!!!! walls are sealed, top part is done, that just leaves walls and trim! wooooooooooo!!!