September 9th, 2009
The house makeover will complete in October so I have taken the chance, before the workmen arrive, to update some of the finer finishing in the house. I wanted to change the window catches, door furniture, electric switches and sockets. So I have now started swapping them over from the current brass or white ones to a new chrome variety. I wanted to do this before the workman arrive, because when changing window catches, door handles and sockets in particular, you sometimes cause damage, so it is best to get it done now, before they decorate.
I have discovered though that once you start on this particular course of action, there is no stopping it. I have just taken delivery of my third order from Screwfix. This one has, chrome bathroom fan isolation switches, TV sockets and telephone points. So what started as a simple idea of swapping over door handles and light switches has now extended itself to cover all those other little things you never take much notice of, until of course you start changing things around them, and suddenly they start sticking out, screaming when you walk past “Change Me”.
This is starting to remind me of the time I rubbed a brown spot on the kitchen ceiling of my first house in Cambridgeshire one day. I had to them rub around it, because the bit I had cleaned stood out so much. And yes, the result was I ended up painting the house top to bottom.
But as I often say to those around me. It’s the little things that count.
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