Notes from Neville's Cross

Well friends,
The letting agency has already taken the house off the site, so we'll have to post pics soon. Having our own place is AWESOME!! The house is quite shabby, old, and dirty, but it's got lots of potential. The carpet is burgandy and gross, the walls are mauve, the ceiling has this tacky white floral paper, and the light fixtures are medieval or something. So we hope to a. steam clean the carpet to get rid of the cigarette smell. We have tried deodorizing, vaccuuming over and over again, fabreeze, plug-ins. It's hopeless, the tar is embedded.
b. paint the walls white. It is a dark house, and the mauve doesn't help. White will surely freshen it up.
c. change the light fixtures. Chandeliers are a thing of the past. We are down light and track light people.
d. the ceiling we'll keep (yuck)
e. we hope to get rid of the gas fireplace. it's soooo ugly.

Aside from these minor house horrors, the kitchen and bath are new and lovely. And we have a small city garden in the back which we will fill with ivy and evergreens.

We have already put HHHerbs on our kitchen window. We have parseley, mint, basil, and coriander (cilantro for you non-UKers).

We have also received our first batch of essential furnishings. Ikea delivered our coffee table, dining room table and chairs, cutlery, plates, and pots, our bedding and bed and bedframe, and some other things that we are gonna return cuz we grabbed the wrong stuff at the store.

We now need our couch (there was a mix up about that), and lots of accessories, like fat white candles, paintings, bamboo shades, desks, and of course, plants.

It's so fun to fix up our home...unfortunately it will have to be bit by bit cuz we are soooo poor. For the first time in my life, I've had to ration how much I can spend on food.

Pics forthcoming...promise. You will see the beauty unfold in the upcoming months.