The First Six Months

I have to admit, in our first six months, we have not done a lot of renovations. A lot less than I hoped actually.

The very first thing I most definitely had to get rid of was the old fashioned rail half way up the walls, dado rails. The dado was in our living room and in the hallway. They actually came off very easy but it was the amount of wallpaper and paint on the walls that made it messy and hard to cover up. 

We painted the hallway and 3 of the living room walls white and the main living room wall Duck egg. Don't get me wrong you could see marks on the walls where the rails used to be if you knew it was there or looked long enough. We went on holiday to Orlando and Daniel's parents got our walls plastered. So once back, I had to paint again but with the sofa now in the living room too!
After that, we both agreed that there would not be any decorating until into the new year. 

The next thing we did in the house was put the TV up on the wall. Now this doesn't sound much but it was chaos. The wall we wanted the TV on, and the only wall the TV could go on, was not strong enough. We couldn't understand why not, this wall is the wall that supports our stair case so by rights it really should be a supporting wall but it wasn't!! Daniel had to cut out a huge hole in the wall, only to find cardboard between the plasterboard. Once we had a hole to work through, Daniel reinforced the wall so that we could get our TV up. This was quite a few trips to our local B&Q, one day we were there 4 times. Not the kind of shopping I enjoy.. 

We now have a hole in the plaster, covered up by a huge bit of plywood and then the TV bracket mounted on that. We already feel sorry for the next owners of this house.

That was the only renovations we have done in the first 6 months but I have bought plenty to fill the house. I'm always buying, a lot more homely with our own finishing touches, including our brand new sofa. 

Here's to the next six months! 

With love, Morgan xo