DIY Surprises!

Ok so just to give you a little background so you don't think I live in a hovel! - My house was build in 1840 and used to be the mine owners house/offices - (that needs explained over pint!). The mine was closed in the 1920's and then in the 80's the houses were rennovated (got to say very badly hence the reason for work now).

So moved in and sorted out the bathroom (hey I'm a woman) then the living room, my room and Em's room. On the third floor I have an attick room spanning to whole of the house - currently being sorted, along with the landing, stairs etc. Problem with the wall at the bottom of the stairs but thats being sorted at the end of the coming week beginning of next then I can finally finish the stairs and landing!

The biggest project is the kitchen - last year i was well pissed off one day (men no doubt) and decided to bash down a wall!!! Dont worry I have the plans its not load bearing lol. So I have a rather big kitchen, I have beams for the partition where the wall used to be which D and S should be delivering soon so I can treat them, and am getting the floor sorted out before christmas - the whole purpose of telling you this is because today I was looking after a two year old and a one year old and even managed to strip the chimney breast wall :) good achievement I thought! oh and after paying for new sockets to be put in the kitchen since I only had one socket! I have also just discovered where the others are hidden - who on earth thought of this - fit sockets on the wall - then completely cover them with units so the only way you would know they are there are if yuo pull out every single drawer and look behind? You go figure the ex owner (no comment) did not tell me this along with the fact that that he was completely mad and completely severed the telephone wires so I had to pay for new ones to be fitted along with the ariel which I thought bugger this and got sky instead - oh and just to top it off the mad man was banned from keeping animals after keeping pigs and goats on the paddock and miss treating them - and yes I know its an offence but I have found the remains of one of the pigs burried up there - not any longer I gotta add that was soon removed! saying all this the house is coming along a treat considereing time and funds but it is gonna be lovely when done lol!