There are a bunch of reasons I've been so quiet. One is the weather ... it's stinking hot over here (I so get this phrase now because everything really does stink, including some people today in the supermarket). The other reason is that I've been working on my boot room.

The main plan was to move all my gear to the attic and turn it in to a sewing room. But after some Bo inspections and dodgy floor constructions and the chance that the perfectly plastered ceilings could come down, we reconsidered and moved my gear to the boot room instead. It's a great little room we only used for laundry and some of the tools we both use. It now is a utility room and not so much a boot room anymore.

This is what the room looked like when we bought the house, actually this is what all the rooms looked like when we bought the house.

We than decided to renovate and paint everything white so we could decided later what to do with the rooms. Honestly I'm one of those people who needs to sit in a room, for as long it takes, to know what to do with it. Boy I love that stable window! It was actually so tatty that we spent a month recovering it.

This is what it looks like now. And there's that plastic rug I've been talking about (still need to find an online retailer for that one K). And look at those fantastic Chinese gauze lanterns I bought via Kathleen at Anahata.

This is from the other side. I couldn't get a good shot of the washing area and the stable window because there's too much light coming through the window because it's so stinking hot!!

I still need to do some finishing touches but I'm really pleased with my little utility room. Of course the attic is still going to get it's make-over, we're going to make it a guestroom. We never really have that much guests but having the spare bed in the studio isn't so much fun either. So the studio is going to get a nice lounging corner too. Oh my .... all the possibilities. It's going to be a winter of many home improvements. Ah ... the thought of winter!!!

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And some other stuff I'd like to write about. Leslie started a fun new Flickr Group: in my life. Please go over there and join if you like. And oh .. uhm, I've changed the layout AGAIN!! I can't stop myself.