Living in a building site was starting to grate, so Sid spent some time making the dining room a nicer place to spend time. First coving, Sid got to use his mitre saw to cut the angles and had a frustrating afternoon in the garden trying to cut the coving... at one point our garden looked like a place where bad coving goes to die... badly cut angles in a pile. Sid is nothing if not persistent and succeeded, doing a good job!
Next, painting. We had Dulux paint mixed , 'Russian Velvet 2'. At this juncture we discovered two things. A, Dulux Vinyl Silk takes 3 coats to cover sunshine/grubby yellow and, B. I cannot paint. Which is a little embarrassing considering that my dad was a painter and decorator and that I had huffily informed Sid... 'of course I know how to paint properly....' He worked on one side and I the other (for a very short time) until he discovered my lack of skills, I had Russian Velvet all over me and all over the brush.... and not so much on the wall.
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| Look at the concentration... |
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| They say romance is dead.... it does look like a bum though.! |
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| Ta Daaa!! |
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