SUNDAY CATCH UP

Well things are moving along slowly especially now the really cold weathers decided to arrive!
a week back the plasterer came to start the render on the outside of the old porch.

I did take some photos of the first stage but appear not to have uploaded them! Anyway he returned on Monday and did the top coat which involved the stones.

view from side that in the carport. I also convinced Paul that he needed to paint the front door , so that we'd be able to fit the glass when it also arrived Monday.

So here's the door that's had two coats of paint and needs another two. The side panel is going to be the same colour and once that's done we'll decide if the frame will stay white or if that also needs to be colour of door.

I think it's now looking like part of the house. Once it's dried out we'll paint the render white to match the house colour.

side view.

Paul collected the double glazed glass panels which will sit behind the stained glass , once he makes it, and when he got back home found that they'd made the them to small between the glass panels! So a call to the glaziers and they are making us new ones but said we could throw away the other ones.

But Paul's fitted then temporarily so that we can get the area secure and warm  and allow him to remove the old front door

So he's fitted the glass. Just needs another two coats of paint and the letter plate fitted and then we can remove the old door!! It will seem very strange when that happens! I wanted to paint the door Teal but it was very hard to find just the right shade as I did not want it too dark. Finally I found this colour which is called Ocean reef which I think fits the bill perfectly, so very happy with it.

This morning it's bright and dry, so Paul's going to paint the door again and also the side panel, which now as a small extra piece of trim just under the window. Paul thought the panel looked too plain against the door , so asked his work to send this extra piece which arrived Friday and he fitted Saturday, now I know why he did not paint the panel last weekend!.

On the Sasha front , I am still trying to reduce my Sasha clothes etc down into no more than four large boxes! plus shoes and boots in their own boxes.

Because I usually buy things , then leave them somewhere and find them months later, last year I decided to keep all the new things in one box, so I would be able to find them and use them, well it's now a year later and these items are still in the box!!

 a closer look..

I did think at the time that I could also use them for Sasha Friend Christmas gifts and I do think I may have pulled a couple of things out for that purpose but mainly they have all just sat in the box.

 and now added to all this is this years Chat n Snap purchases! So due to my unexpected purchase of Christie I am going to sell a few items on which will help make some room in the box.  and later today I will use these new items from CnS on my babies etc to make sure they are used!

So for anyone interested , make sure you keep checking my sales page as not only some of the new things are going , there will be more from my barely used stock!

I am determined to get these clothes down to just four boxes by the end of this year...


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