Clear Table and...

Tidy shelves.

Boring but keeping me happy.

Cleared the dining table {again}, we'll see how long it stays like that though.  I gave it a sand down but there was no escaping that it needed a clean coat of paint...so shortly after this photo it was wearing a nice clean white coat!  Much nicer than the pen and paint stained mess it was.

Did you spot my freshly painted Ercol chair as well?  
It has been a shade of blue for the past couple of years but I've never been that happy with the shade it was...so I mixed myself a turquoise I was happy with

It's twin chair is waiting to get a fresh coat as well and I 'think' I'll give the other Ikea chairs a bit of a freshen up by lightening this shade, more pastel.  Or I may just go with the original bright turquoise that the paint is?  

Ye Gads woman can I never just make a decision?

While I had the table out sanding it I gave my little shelves a bit of a cheer up...putting the Spring sign away {finally}

I spotted in Marks and Spencer the other day that they have a nice range of new tins to celebrate the Queens 60 years on the throne...a bit pricey at £5, but full of yummy shortbread.  
There is also a VERY pretty one which is £10 and has what sounds like a very tastie fruit cake in it...but I can't bring myself to spend a tenner on a tin!!

I've made a start on painting the woodwork, slow progress though. The lounge is getting cleared, the bike made it upstairs {?!}, Priddy stock bits went into the loft...but still quite a few bits to put to bed.  Progress in this house it seems is at a slower pace than I would like!

We've enjoyed some amazing sunny weather and the kiddos have spent every possible minute outside, riding bikes, scooters, kicking footballs and just simply running around like little loonies! 

This week the aim is to keep up the progress, ask Bob to get the pressure washer out so I can hose the patio, path and wall etc down.  Paint the chairs and do a bit more painting of woodwork.
   
No cost involved only a bit of elbow grease!