Sunday 18 July 2010

Living Room

The room which needed least doing to it was the living room.  We did need to clean it thoroughly, put up curtains, install lighting (there are no over-head lights, hence the two uplighter/standard lamps).  Sofas and arm chairs completed the line up, although after the first year we bought a couple of low tables - handy for that glass of wine or bottle of beer!

Important improvements were the installing the TV, DVD player and UK satellite digibox (although the first year, we couldn't get that to work).

Later in the year, we aim to buy a new grate for the fire place, which will make fires in the winter easier - we also need to do something with the top of the chimney, as, for some reason, it goes straight up, with no cover or device to stop rain from coming down onto the hearth!

The attached photo of what it was like when we initially visited with the estate agent is not that inspiring, and shows what a bit of daylight and less clutter can do!