The end of a long story

We have a bit of a history with stair carpets, but after nearly 19 years of marriage we finally have a new one.  If you ask Calvin or me what we remember about viewing this house before we bought it, it would be the feeling we got on this landing.  The sun was pouring in through the windows and we just knew this would be our home.  The house has undergone many changes since then, not least the extension which nearly doubled it's size. But the last thing left to do was replace the stair carpet which, since the build in 2007, stopped halfway up, changed to lino and then re-started again past the new doorway.  We must have just got used to it that way but it probably looked very odd to guests!

Oh, there is just one thing left.........we need 3 new doors for the children's bedrooms

(we have the handles and hinges, we bought them in 2007)

 Maybe that will be a summer project Dad????

Hey Presto!

Gareth is happy now there are no more nails going in his feet!

Ross is bouncing on it because it is so springy!

Martha can't even remember what it looked like before!

We are really pleased with the result, its hard to tell the colour from a photo but it looks perfect.

Nearly There

Here is a halfway shot of the stairs.  these two guys arrived at about 10 this morning and left at about 2 this afternoon.  They did a fantastic job as you will see in the next blog.

The Master Baker

Gareth made his own spin on the Bakewell tart this week, it was very tasty.

Bits and Pieces for the Hall

We bought new lamp shades for the hall and stairs today.  We are really looking forward to the new carpet coming on Friday.  The gloss is finished ready

                                  

Martha and I also bought this little wooden heart to put up in the hall

A day trip to Cardiff

We had lunch out in Cardiff and Ross ate a whole pizza!  he just left the healthy bits.

We went to the Millennium Stadium to watch the welsh Rugby team. It was their last training session before selection for Saturday's game against Italy.  It was something I saw advertised on the internet and it was free.  There were 6500 people there.

Embarrassed by the state of our screwdrivers on my Dad's last visit, we bought a new set in this great shop called Clas Ohlson.  it was a bit like Screwfix meets Ikea!  lots of great bargains.  The shovel is for cleaning out the hens.

We finished off the day with a 2 hour long trip to Costco to stock up the food cupboards. A long but enjoyable day.

Gareth's Cake

Gareth decided to make a cake on Sunday.  He really wanted a chocolate cake but we had no cocoa powder so he made a blue one with red icing instead!

It actually tasted delicious.