Archive: 2024-07
Week 186: Banister
I spent a couple of days finishing the new banisters. I sanded them, stained them (and repeated) and finally finished them with oil. They’re pine, but they’re now a good match for the oak floor.
Week 185: Furnished
We have furniture. The bedside tables I ordered arrived and I spent a few hours assembling them. Our bedroom is now complete, so even if there’s chaos elsewhere in the house, there’s at least one place where we can escape it.
Week 184: The Return of the Things
I retrieved everything from the storage locker with the assistance of a man and van (from Relōku once again). It was made easier by the fact that I had replaced a lot of the flimsy boxes with proper 55 litre storage crates – they’re much easier to carry, they’re rigid, and they stack even when partially full. After everything is unpacked I’m going to use them for storage in the loft.
Week 183: Over and out
Our house renovation is over, but not before there was a little more tile-related stress.
Election bingo
I spent the afternoon putting together a little web application to play a distributed election night bingo with friends tomorrow.
Week 182: A trip to the seaside
I voted. I set up a postal vote while our house was being renovated, because I wasn’t sure where I might be staying at the time of the council elections. As things turned out, that mandate applied to the general election as well.