Friday saw the end of the laundry. With some 'brute force and ignorance' teamed with a trusty hammer, the laundry cupboard met it's match.
While that was taking place, I took to removing the various means by which the previous owners had chosen to dress their windows. Most involved the removal of curtain rod brackets which were being held up with a variety of screws, thumb tacks and cup hooks. There was also the occasional venetian blind which caused some problems but, on the whole, the process was fairly smooth.
The dining room windows - ready for some paint!
The heat finally got to us after lunch, though, and it was decided a trip to the appliance store was in order to purchase whitegoods. The sales lady was initally impressed at my 'organisation' when she found I came prepared with a list of the applicance I wanted, complete with model numbers for everything. Her smile soon faded, though, when, on giving me a total price for all the items, I informed her I had found a cheaper price elsewhere. She scurried off to see if she could match the price I had for the appliances and came back to tell me it was possible, even though she was probably secretly cursing me for taking away at least part of her commission.
Next stop: hardware store was in order to purchase the requisites for sanding and varnishing the window frames. While attempting to park the car, I received a call from someone I'm soon to become a big 'fan' of: the air-conditioner man! He wanted to meet me at the house for a quote 'in half an hour'. If I couldn't make it then, he'd come back in two weeks. Not wanting to wait any longer than necessary for the air-con to be installed, off we went back to the house.
Later that afternoon also saw the delivery of the rest of the kitchen after much confusion as to when it was going to be delivered. The same delivery company has been employed to deliver the benchtop when it is made so here's to hoping it goes more smoothly second time around!
"And there was evening and there was morning"...
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