3 Days to go...

Only 3 and a bit days to our departure for Oslo so all stops are officailly out to get all current decorating projects completed. The weather is at least helpful as you don't exactly want to be outside. There are no inspiring web cams for Manchester so you will have to do with the view out of the window.



I swear that when I see it on the screen it looks OK but when I download it the little gremlins in my camera have made it all fuzzy... i think it is a great excuse to buy a new camera with a bigger screen so I can see my terrible camera shaker pictures. You get the idea anyway... lots of bits... build a chest of drawers... Im pretty quick with IKEA stuff now.



As you can see, this wardrobe frame is a bit big... it only just fits in the room to assemble... I was hoping that it would be able to be put upright OK, the instructions in the manual said it needed 244cm clearance and I had 242 so I thought id give it a go... they surely give you a bit of fudge on the measurement...


Needless to say... it didnt. Swear word and lots of huffing and puffing trying to manouver this beast of a wardrobe without scuffing the wallpaper... ugg.. so ... do a bit of dismantling of my hard work and carry out the in situ two person assembly instructions. Not having a spare hand or second to take a picture of me and mum trying to carry out the steps above is unfortunate but from the diagrams you can tell that mum balancing up a ladder holding a heavy piece of wood at arms length is not the easiest thing to orchestrate. I feel like there should be little speech bubbles that you can add in the swear words yourself later...

End result... well you can get a merged picture of it but the room is a bit small to get the whole thing in one shot....

More pictures tomorrow in the final few days of fluffing and jujjing of both rooms so that they are ready for the big reveals! Bet you cant wait eh? Watch this space!!!