The fence Post (get it?)

One of our first priorities in the garden has been to replace the fence that borders the west side of the garden. The one that we inherited was only waist high and was beginning to fall down. Well, after a couple of false starts and more than its fair share of complications the new fence is finally painted and up. Our neighbours have been great, lending us tools and their assistance in putting up a six foot barrier between our gardens.

In order to prevent it looking too monolithic we painted it the same colour as the gate on the other side of the garden. Overall, we're very pleased with the result. Hopefully the neighbours agree.

Not too many pictures to this post as I managed to delete some off the camera by mistake. Suffice it to say it was a pain and it took much longer than it should have done.

Finally!

She's done this before

The bathroom floor

So, with the Garden now approaching a state which can be at least described as "tidy" and with the end of Summer fast approaching it is time to turn our attention to a couple of the highest priority jobs in the house. Starting with the bathroom floor. It has, up until now been bare floorboards over a brand new plaster ceiling in the dining room (!). It has to be covered.

So the first job is to lay a sheet of MDF over the floor boards to even them out a bit. This will prevent the floorboards eventually showing through the vinyl flooring.

Where the toilet goes. Very funny Sonia.

A message to future generations. We was indeed here.

Gemma is a messy showerer at the best of times. No, this isn't a fish eye lens, BTW.

So, though I thought the MDF and gaffer tape looked great Sonia insisted on a vinyl floor covering. I guess  that it also means that we can ditch the elaborate system of moving towels around the floor to prevent the plaster on the ceiling underneath falling off. Shame. Ebay was definitely our friend here. Buying the vinyl online rather than from a shop saved us well over £100.

First though, before starting any job around the house one must consult "the good book". By which I mean the B&Q manual of DIY. http://www.amazon.co.uk/You-Can-Step---Step-Improvement/dp/0500515514/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315320229&sr=8-1

Lo she comes with floor descending,
For once on floorboards pee did rain,

Sysyphus has nothing on us

A collection of before, after and during photos of the garden clearance.

Rose bush before

Rose bush after

Trip to the tip no. 1

Bums at work