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*~~MOVING AND DECORATING THREAD~~* First things first: non-fiction bookshelf assembled and organised in what be the office / spare bedroom / studio.Permalink On Internet Archive
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I have all next week off and, honestly, we've done more than I expected in the last two days so I'll have loads of free time next week for tiny-gardening in my new tiny-garden space.Permalink On Internet Archive
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H. said my painting look was powerfully Eighties.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Succulent garden planted! 🌵Permalink On Internet Archive
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It's fun to imagine what the previous owners of this place were like based on their decorating and aesthetic choices. This is certainly a choice.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Today: 🌱 Tiny-garden recomposted and planted. 👨🎨 Second coat applied to living room walls. 👨🍳 Microwave arrived and plugged in. 🔨 New desk assembled in office.On Internet Archive
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Big furniture day. Assembled the dining table and chairs and ordered myself the most beautiful vintage cocktail cabinet. It was more than I was looking to spend but it's /exactly/ what I was looking for and we saved so much on stamp duty thanks to Dishy Rishi so...Permalink On Internet Archive
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We haven't had a microwave in all the time we've lived together and so I haven't had a Rustlers in six years. It seemed like good sense to test the microwave so...Permalink On Internet Archive
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Tuesday: 🍽️ Dining table and chairs assembled. 🖌️ First coat applied to living room feature wall. 🪟 Derusted and painted balcony railings. 🍳 Kitchenware unpacked. 📺 TV stand assembled.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Wednesday: 💿 Physical media cabinet assembled. 🖌️ Final touch-ups on living room walls. 💺 Office chair assembled. 🔐 Latch fitted on annoying loose cabinet. Not too much because I forgot that I own a drill but no drill bits so curtains etc. have to wait until bits arrive.Permalink On Internet Archive
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In honour of how hard I've been working, how much my body aches, and how much paint I have on me, I'm going to have my annual luxurious bubble bath.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Big day for making-this-flat-a-liveable-space as a major component is arriving today: mattress and bed. The main bedroom has been cleared in preparation.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Before and after.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Mattress delivered. We're upgrading to king-size so we can stretch out! As podcast hosts ourselves, we got one of those mattress brands that sponsor seemingly every podcast. But not ours so no buzz marketing for them.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Today's the day. Moving Day. It will be a hard day but at the end of it, it will be done. youtu.be/XnkjpdzFGYkPermalink On Internet Archive
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Someone is suspicious of their new home.Permalink On Internet Archive
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It was a hard day but all days end. Three trips with the rental van. 30-plus degree heat. A lot of water. A narrowly avoided penalty charge notice for parking. But it's done. We're moved in.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Leon the Professional was not at all happy about either the moving or being put in his cat carrier.Permalink On Internet Archive
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A couple of hours of Feliway and he's sufficiently chilled to have a little explore. Sniffing around the living room especially the items he already knows like the TV and the PS4.Permalink On Internet Archive
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There's no shower like a shower after you have become truly grimy: like sweaty or dirty or grubby. Like if you've been to a festival or hiking or camping for a few days or moving dozens of boxes in 35 degree heat. Perfect.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Plus it was my first disco shower!Permalink On Internet Archive
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And we're in. We had our offer accepted at the end of May so I think dinner on our balcony at the start of August is pretty good going considering there's also been an international health crisis.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Leon saw us unpacking the fiction books and wanted a place for himself.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Classic locked room mystery at 0130 this morning when I got up to check on Leon and found that he'd seemingly disappeared from the closed flat without a trace. Eventually found him in a small hidey hole under the kitchen cupboards.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Plumber came today and cleared the drains so I can finally do a load of deeply sweaty laundry. And then put it out to dry on our fancy balcony? No! We have an even fancier washer-dryer now so I'll see how well that does.Permalink On Internet Archive
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New home office setup. Lots more space than the old desk crammed into our old flat.Permalink On Internet Archive
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We previously lived in a furnished rental so had to buy all our furniture for this place. We focused on essentials first like bed, fridge-freezer, washing machine, sofa. Today we have a load of non-essentials arriving which, after a week without them, feel a lot more essential.Permalink On Internet Archive
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We're talking bedside cabinets for us and a sofa-bed for the guest room.Permalink On Internet Archive
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It is also Clearing Day and IT is extraordinarily busy today so actual assembly of furniture will have to wait until the working day is done because I'm monitoring our systems all day.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Before, after, and even more after.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Broadband speeds at the new place have been intolerably slow, like 1-3Mbps. I checked openreach yesterday and called EE about fibre and was told it was coming soon. I checked again today and fibre is apparently now ready!Permalink On Internet Archive
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I suppose there's always a point where openreach switches on new FTTC points: it just feels weird to have been right on the cusp of it.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Handed back the keys to the old place today. We left it as good if not better than we found it but I assume they'll take money from our deposit for a professional clean due to these UnPReCeDentEd TiMes.Permalink On Internet Archive
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The balcony has really broken Leon's concepts of 'inside' and 'outside'. He seems very confused when he can see us through the window.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Our old flat only had windows facing one way. It's quite a novelty in the new place to have sunlight coming in at more than one time of the day.Permalink On Internet Archive
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New shower curtains. A little slice of Manchester in our South London flat.Permalink On Internet Archive
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I've been very excited for this new piece of furniture to arrive: my upcycled vintage cocktail cabinet. I love it.Permalink On Internet Archive
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The delivery driver was very sweet and took the time to compliment our decor in the living room 🖤🧡🖤Permalink On Internet Archive
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~~Return of the decorating thread!~~ Getting my projector set up hasn't been a priority because it's not been dark enough for it early enough. But I finally got round to neatly laying HDMI and aux cables for it. (Please ignore the pig cushion)Permalink On Internet Archive
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Doing some Polyfilla-ing of holes in the walls and Leon has decided to, well, not 'help' exactly.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Assembled and hung a stag head model I got given a few years ago. As Hels said, we're really leaning into 'weird pub vibes' in our home.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Particularly pleased with this little corner in the office / studio of arty maps of fictional places.Permalink On Internet Archive
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~~TOO DECORATING, TOO FURIOUS~~ Since we're both working-from-home for the foreseeable, we wanted another desk in addition to the one in the office. This wee foldaway one works perfectly in the living room.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Also today: finished (?) the Twin Peaks / Dark Souls corner with this beautiful Japanese print for TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME.Permalink On Internet Archive
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The big one is Laudate Solis, a beautiful print by @Tettix of Lordran from the video game Dark Souls. tettix.net/lordran/lordran.htmlPermalink On Internet Archive
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Thanks to @hipped for suggesting taking before and after photos. It really does prove very satisfying! I wish I'd done it even with the rooms we haven't repainted.Permalink On Internet Archive