As
you can see in the above picture, the ceiling has now been fully
covered in the mystery color - a sort of 'gray-purple' pink. I have
yet to open the giant tub, also given to me by my friend, to see how
the colors will match - she described them both as horrible shades of
pink that she did not want - but it will coat the lower walls,
shortly and she seems to think they will go together.
I
am contemplating removing the lampshade - it fits the hallways better
than the spare room, as it is not burgundy, wine, pink, or purply
coloring...
Please
take a good look at this horrific 45YO carpet. Towards the end of the
first week of November, my friend came around and we are now
thankfully rid of the majority of this historic remnant. Whilst not
ugly in itself, it is patterned, and I do not like multi-colored
carpet - just plain ones.
I
also know what went on top of it, however cleaned up the various
messes were - cat fur, budgie poop, mouse blood, coal and soot, tea,
coffee, soup, beer, wine, human vomit, pee, and poop have all splatted onto the carpet. (I did offer my
friend gloves and face mask and apply both myself, though she refused
the gloves - SHUDDERS!)
We
spent almost 1.5 hours crawling about the floor armed with knives,
scissors, scrapers, string, trash sacks, and a dustpan/brush - hacking,
scraping, sweeping at that carpet and its underlay. My initial view of what lay
underneath made me sigh with relief - NOT bumpy, lumpy, cracked and
broken cement - but tiling, in fairly good condition too. PHEW!
After
my friend went home for lunch, I got Henry to eat up our left behind
carpet-crumbs. And here is what was underneath the carpet when we
removed it and cleaned up a little.
Taking
a very quick break from the spare room saga - the pantry had another
re-ordering...
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