30.06.09 The Middle Bedroom

We had a slight drama after we came back from our holidays in May. The upstairs ensuite shower had leaked through the floor and onto the ceiling in the middle bedroom. Rob had disconnected the shower and the ceiling had dried out enough for me to be able to sand, fill and paint over the stains.

Also, when we re-tiled the roof we did not replace the leading in the internal valley. When the rains came so did the leaks, so we have now painted the lead with a special lead sealer. But unfortunately, the damage to the paintwork in both the top floor bedrooms was already done. On top of that the tap in the en suite also leaked but a new tap has resolved that.

We decided that with the current economic climate that our money which was in an ISA was doing absolutely nothing. So we have decided to use some of it to finish another room off. It's more of a motivational tool to feel good about the house again as we had become stagnant and absolutely nothing had happened with the house renovation for quite some time.

So on Saturday we bought a new King size bed for our bedroom and a carpet for the middle bedroom. I have also been busy buying new bedding and curtains for both our bedroom and the middle bedroom. The carpet and new bed arrive tomorrow, so we shall be having a re-jiggle around of furniture. I have next week off work to re-decorate both the top floor bedrooms and ensuite. All the chimney breasts will be painted to inject a little colour into the brown house! It will be a new house! I can't wait!