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How was your long weekend?

We spent a lot of time doing a thousand and one jobs around the house.  It was great.  The garden is looking good and one of our long-discussed projects is well under way.  One of the bedrooms is almost completely emptied, and we have stripped off all the wallpaper.  It’s now ready to be painted, which is my next learning curve!

I’d previously decided to wallpaper, but the surface under the old paper was pretty good.  Also today I found the exact colour I wanted – in a paint instead of a paper.  So I think that’s what will happen …

These jobs can be a real pain.  I found myself thinking about my hammock while I was hot, covered in wallpaper glue and bits of paper, stuck inside in a big mess.  But we did it in stages, one step per day, and now we’re on the home straight.

Do you have a project you’ve been thinking about? can you break it down into smaller parts, can you make a list of what you’ll need, can you take the first step towards getting it achieved?