
This is the downstairts loo replastered and Manu made a start on the floor. the depressing thing is that the day after it seems we have rising damp as there was a water mark up one side of the wall! Yes this has caused a stop while we get it assessed and hopefully we wont have to redo too much? Once again every 'simple' job is twice as complicated as we realised!

This is the start of the end of the play room! Tristan was trusted with the red paint in an area we thought he couldn't easily escape from! Alas we were wrong and wont be giving him the paintbrush again!

Me finishing up the bits Tristan missed. The plan (at least for me) is to put a playhouse on the left of the chimney on a platform with balcony (so a sort of treehouse minus the tree), a wood burning stove and a corner sofa - at the moment all these points are under harsh negotiation!
Things are slowing down now as it is just us which means at best an hour in the evenings and an hour during Tristan's siestas at the weekend. Its a bit frustrating, I'm hoping the new year, getting rid of colds (and the rising damp!) plus lighter evenings will provide a bit of impetus!