Renovation Project - Is there a spider mafia?????

Renovation Project - Is there a spider mafia?????

We have changed our minds again about the front the bedroom, we have spent so long trying to decide what sort of window coverings to have on this room, we had originally settled on making wooden shutters for either the inside or outside of the windows, but we are not happy with these, we have also priced up ready made folding shutters and it turns out these are very expensive, so we have given up on that idea and are going to have curtains, the only problem is that curtains would not look right with the wooden window heads, so John is going to plaster them in.

We had really liked the idea of retaining the original wooden window heads but as we have said many times, the house will tell you what is right and in this situation having plastered window heads would be better.

John uses some plaster board and the plaster finish and to be honest they do look much better once he has finished.

As John is on plastering duty he also finishes off the wardrobe that he built in the front bedroom, this just required some plaster on the corner and some bead putting around the top edges, this is such a simple trick but finishes off his work perfectly. It really is the finishing touches that make all of the difference. The wardrobe looks like it has always been here.

We also have to accept the fact that we will not be having shutters on the living room windows (or at least for the time being) we will continue to look out for some whilst we are here.

We already have roller shutters on the living room windows but these are broken and no longer open, so we decide to remove them today. It’s as though someone has turned on the light, the difference this makes to the living room is unbelievable, we no longer live in a dark dingy hovel, we have a living room!

We realise we have had a number of house guests that are not happy about the new changes, the amount of spiders that try to escape is amazing, but we had to get a photograph of this one, I have never seen a spider so big that hasn’t been in a glass tank or on the TV!

It’s a bit worrying that they have lived with us all this time, but as I’m a big believer in what I don’t know can’t hurt me, I don’t think about it for long. But it does make it harder to remove the shutters and put them in the car as I am now making sure we don’t hurt any of the spiders and make sure that they are not left on the road with the risk of being run over (you never know they may have family left in the house that might exact revenge if we hurt them, is there a spider mafia?????)

We now just have to work out what is going on these windows as we are now living in a fishbowl (yes a light and airy fishbowl, but still a fishbowl).

We do not want to have curtains hanging as the wooden window heads in the living room look amazing, but we do need something on them.