Friday, June 25, 2010
Sorting out the useful, the beautiful and the sentimental.
Today we have continued to sort out possessions.
Many records, videos and more books were taken to the hospice shop.
All the shelves are now empty.
The walls are ready for a lick of paint.
Though we have decided to keep the wall paper as it is for a while longer.
Bill cleaned it down today.
The wall paper has been there for many years now - probably 25 years. That would be when we got rid of the oranges and reds with the bold pattern - so typically 1970s.
This afternoon I washed all my commemorative/souvenir china. I have been collecting almost anything connected with Crawley and also china (either transfer printed or crested) connected with places where both our families have lived.
This photo was taken a while ago - and this collection has moved since then to other shelves.
It gives people who have not been to our house an opportunity to see just how cluttered our house is - very neatly cluttered, I always say.
The glass fronted cabinet houses pieces which remind me of special people and places.
Look now! Empty shelving!
Apart from the TV - with Wimbledon matches being played.
This shelving was built by Bill very many years ago. It has grown through the years.
It began with just the base - and with no cupboard doors. It was good for storing children's toys underneath and also to sit on.
Then the shelves were added.
Then another set of shelves was built to link in with this set, with a long shelf over the door.
The doors on the bottom were part of the last reincarnation - sounds like Dr Who!
The long wall opposite the TV has the sofa and the rest of it has shelving and a glass fronted cabinet.
In this picture some of the shelving has been moved into the garden. It won't rain will it?
At the beginning of this week, we had no idea that all this would be going on.
But perhaps that's the best way to deal with tasks like this - plunge in.
The new carpet, by the way, will be brown. So, not much change there.
There will be no more swirly lines - and they only exist with any definition where feet have not walked much during the last 36 years.
Ashley's comment was one of nostalgia for the swirly lines - which were part of play - ideal for roadways.
Bill is pleased that we have done so much.
We will have a weekend mostly doing other things. We will be in the shop on Monday and painting can be done on Tuesday.
The carpet will laid on Wednesday.
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