Keys to the door

Yesterday we collected the keys to our new unit and the new home of Pretty Practicals. The previous occupants hadn't quite finished clearing their belongings out of the unit, so we have had to wait until late morning today before we could get started on the refurbishment.

So this afternoon, I have been cleaning like mad and have removed some dreadful eight leggers that I found lurking in the loo. Well not actually in the loo, but in the room that houses the loo.
I have washed the office walls and windows and bought and laid a carpet to help keep us warm in the office (the cold being the thing I dislike most about our current unit). Dave has measured up the main space of the building and made floor plans, in readiness to build a wall across the middle of it to create a storage space and my much longed for shop.

We have had a good response to a couple of our items being featured in the December magazines. A reproduction bust of Mark Anthony is in Period Living and our New England patchwork quilt is in BBC Good Homes magazine. Copies of the magazines arrived with me today and I skipped off work a little early so that I could wallow in my bath and spend a gentle half an hour leafing through the pages of glorious images. I just love all the rich colours used in December decorating and the sparkle of twinkly lights and candleflame.

So all in all, it's been good day and I am now ensconced on my sofa with a cat each side of me, laptop in situ and good old Monarch of the Glen on the dvd player, all I need now is a cup of tea!
Chat soon, Liz