The weather was not so brilliant today for being up on the roof. There I was, hanging onto the scaffolding trying to paint the apex of the gable while getting buffeted by strong gusts of wind. I got it done though but it took me 3 hours :-(. Inside we painted the woodwork in the front and rear rooms as well as sealing the walls and ceiling in all but the dormer room. Amy has also made a start painting the walls in the dormer room.
We also tried our hand at hanging wallpaper. We managed a respectable two strips before we ran out of wallpaper. A few schoolboy errors were made:
1. Didn’t buy enough wallpaper for the job
2. Forgot to match the pattern while cutting(wasted one strip)
3. Cut the strip too short(wasted another strip)
The papering that we DID managed to get on the wall looks very nice though :-).
Jake arrived at around 5pm. He was very excited to see us and also what we had done in the loft. He immediately busied himself helping finish off the papering with the seam roller. He has a lovely new haircut which makes him look very grown-up.