We went shopping for some of the light fittings and shades that we will be needing for our new home on Saturday. It was nice looking around B&Q and choosing a few new things. They were all things that we needed as well as wanted, so I wasn't too unhappy about the splurging of cash.
We were going to try and reuse the old white plastic ceiling fittings for the main room lights, but when we called to the bungalow on the way home from Blackpool we realised that they are all different designs and sadly very yellowed. So that is something else that we will have to pick up along with the light switches and plug sockets.
We are not doing brilliantly at reusing things that were already in the bungalow, but the whole place was in a very bad condition when we bought it. Sadly the toilet that I was going to keep is now cracked, Alan was a bit miffed as he discovered this after giving it a really good clean before it was removed from the bathroom.
I have told him to warn the builders to really look after my sink. Once the garage is rebuilt it can go and live in there while the rest of the building work goes on, as I doubt it would survive the removal of the floors once that starts.
But the garage is still a couple of weeks away, so I have my fingers firmly crossed that it survives.
Sue xx
We changed the bathroom sink, it was really small "downstairs loo in a cupboard " size (we suspect the previous owners got it 2nd hand when they did the new bathroom) But we removed it really carefully, i took it intact to the tip, hoping it could go into their sale area. The guy in the high viz jacket didn't care. He casually dropped it and it broke. I was very frustrated
ReplyDeleteOur bungalow was in a state when we purchased it, we ripped everything out, there was nothing worth keeping, the bonus is after 17 years everywhere is still looking good, so very little maintenance.
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