Lovely new bedroom with "heating" !!!!!!

Hi everyone, we are pleased to be able to tell you that the 2nd bedroom is now fully decorated and after another trip to Ikea, Lisbon (this time we have perfected the journey and did it in 2 hours and 10 minutes, unlike the previous trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) the furniture has been erected successfully, (only a small amount of cursing required) and we are now fully installed in our new bedroom. Three walls have been painted and one wallpapered with wallpaper brought over here from the U.K. Wallpapering in Portugal is virtually unheard of and is extremely expensive to buy here with a very limited choice. The floor has been laminated (just need some rugs) to warm it up and a few pictures. We are still in need of some decorative small furnishings but that will come later! This bedroom is at the back of the house and as it is south facing we get lots of sunlight through the window which makes a huge difference to the warmth of the room. Also imported from the U.K. is an electric blanket (which for me is "heaven sent") and we have bought an electric oil filled radiator so I am usually the first to be the one to leave the log-fire and t.v. and eagerly creep into bed!

The "old" and the "new" pictures .......

Filling in the "holes"

A few pictures to show you how the windows looked when the roller blinds had been taken out, how they looked when filled in and how they looked painted!!!!!

The Hallway

Our current task is the hallway. We have painted, filled in the hole above the new double-glazed window after removing the roller blind, fitted new architrive, changed the electric pointed and light-switches and fitted new celing lights.

Rob is on his bended knees doing one of his favourite jobs - floor-tiling!!!!!

I'm off to pick more olives so will update you on that task on next blog when hopefully they will have been turned in olive oil!!!!!!