Wow! I look forward to ‘inspecting’ all this work! 🙂
Fraussie
January 4th, 2013 at 11:00 pm
Ha, ha! We’ll need encouragement/
Lyn
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:41 pm
You are both doing a wonderful job. When I helped my son paint his house after extensions he had a long handled roller – just an extension he screwed into the handle of the roller. It meant that I could do the ceilings and high parts of the wall without climbing a ladder. Of course, he did not have lovely high ceilings and walls as you do.
Fraussie
January 4th, 2013 at 11:02 pm
Thanks, Lyn. I asked about the long-handled roller today, but it seems that it’s more suitable for ceilings than walls. Oh well …
Jane’s cousin
January 4th, 2013 at 12:11 am
Looking good!!!!! I feel exhausted just imagining all that hard work. You really do feel it when you use muscles that you normally don’t have to use very often. We just spent time in New Zealand and my son-in-law who comes from England enjoyed being able to have a real wood fire at night, though the fireplace wasn’t as excitingly historical as yours. looking forward to seeing the finished work.
I couldn’t agree more with Susan and Jane’s cousin. You have both done outstanding work. I just hope you won’t be too stiff in a few days time. I think that warm baths may be worthwhile to try and prevent stiffening from all the stretching you have been doing.
Fraussie
January 4th, 2013 at 11:03 pm
You’re perfectly right and we have a bath here!
butcherbird
January 4th, 2013 at 2:03 am
having lunch at 2pm after all that work – I’d be having a nap too!
Great work!
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Wow! I look forward to ‘inspecting’ all this work! 🙂
Ha, ha! We’ll need encouragement/
You are both doing a wonderful job. When I helped my son paint his house after extensions he had a long handled roller – just an extension he screwed into the handle of the roller. It meant that I could do the ceilings and high parts of the wall without climbing a ladder. Of course, he did not have lovely high ceilings and walls as you do.
Thanks, Lyn. I asked about the long-handled roller today, but it seems that it’s more suitable for ceilings than walls. Oh well …
Looking good!!!!! I feel exhausted just imagining all that hard work. You really do feel it when you use muscles that you normally don’t have to use very often. We just spent time in New Zealand and my son-in-law who comes from England enjoyed being able to have a real wood fire at night, though the fireplace wasn’t as excitingly historical as yours. looking forward to seeing the finished work.
So am I! We’re behind schedule AGAIN.
I couldn’t agree more with Susan and Jane’s cousin. You have both done outstanding work. I just hope you won’t be too stiff in a few days time. I think that warm baths may be worthwhile to try and prevent stiffening from all the stretching you have been doing.
You’re perfectly right and we have a bath here!
having lunch at 2pm after all that work – I’d be having a nap too!
Great work!
A girl after my own heart!
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