This weekend has been a blur. No not because I've been intoxicated in any way shape or form. The fact that it's crunch time for work in our new flat: Bo (Johanna's Dad) has come up from Tibro for a few days to sort out almost everything in apartment. So me and tvättbjörn have been doing our bit too: We finally managed to scrape all 6 layers of previous wallpaper (some painted too, just to annoy us), filled the holes and power sanded the whole room!! It took a while and we nearly drowned in the dust from the walls- you think I'm joking but I kid you not, my hair feels like a wig it has so much crap in it.
Anyway, we've wallpapered over half the room and it's been challenging. I mean it's very difficult to explain in an interesting way about wallpapering. It could be comparable to watching paint dry, however, the trials and tribulations of us wallpaper virgins is actually quite exciting.
It's not just like you get some paste, get some paper, put the two together and job done. When the ceiling is friggin wonky, when the walls have chunks of plaster here and there, when the walls are rougher than lets say Sarah Jessica Parkers mug, when there are pipes, sockets and shite in the way, when Johanna tries to cut her fingers off, when you use a blunt blade to cut wallpaper, when, well when you potentially have no idea what you are doing, it's actually kind of exciting.
I do take a lot of pride in what I do: I want to impress myself (if that makes any sense) so however crap my decorating skills are, I still expect a good result- why you ask? Well I don't know: it's that level of expectation from myself, regardless if it's new or old. So far, though I am very impressed: I am very proud to see what the walls and room taking shape. Only me and J know the shite that was up before and the effort we've both spent getting it right. I'm not going to have my own design programme anytime soon (probably more because I'm not some raving homo, eccentric weirdo) but seriously, take my word for it: the living room so far looks damn good. A very professional job indeed!!
Well Bosse has already done the kitchen floor: bear in mind he's been doing this since he was 16 or so (he's no spring chicken now!!), so he knows his stuff. It's tremendously exciting seeing it all unfold in front of your eyes- hopefully in 3 days, pretty much everything is going to be done. Only time will tell.......
