Cosy ish for Christmas

 We just finished our first major piece of home improvement. 

New windows. 

The white frames make the rooms just feel brighter and nicer, I am no longer distracted by people talking outside as i can't hear a thing out there. 

They open and close more easily and are slightly warmer. 

Sadly our house is not yet a warm one. - more insultation and more/updated radiators might help. 

 

finished living room window 

bedroom before and after

and our year one Christmas tree. 

Dining room before and after ( sort of)

I was changing the table cloth at the weekend so took the opportunity to catch a photo before the table becomes my desk again. We have a tablecloth on all the time because it hides the bashes and marks on the table. It's currently serving as my home office so only really gets used as a dining table at the weekends and does not look this neat and tidy which is sad because I was really looking forward to having a table to eat at. There's a lot of stuff hanging about this area. It's mostly garden stuff some that is used often now it's growing season and some that just needs to be put away in the garage.

I think our way is much more homely than the previous décor. 

Garden

The garden will need some time and money till I can really say it's looking nice, but I'm really enjoying the daily progress of the plants at the moment. I've clustered the pots where I can see them from my home office.

The Studio

We are calling our second bedroom the studio. Lyle's hi-tech computer system and all his instruments are in here but it also has a sofa bed in for overnight guests and so I can go in and visit.

It's probably the room we will be last to do anything else to. The wallpaper is silver and I hated it when we moved in but it's grown on me. I think, like the other rooms we've just softened it with our furniture.

So here's a before and after photoshoot. I should have put the lights on before taking my photos.

How things are looking now living room

We've reached the stage that without tradesmen or significant savings we can't do anymore to the house.  And we can't get tradesmen in due to the lock down.

We've put our furniture in and some art work, plants etc and it looks much different from how it did when we came to view it. 

Here's  photos of the living room from the sales listing for the house and now for comparison.

 

these have got to go

I'm slowly removing them. One letter at a time. Red wine is gone just these two to go.

I want to be outside.

The weather has been terrible. We've been here five weeks and I only just got a chance to start pottering in the garden in between snow flurries last weekend. I'm working from home waiting for a plumber to fix a drip and I want to be out there...