I'm still waiting on a final front room repair, but I was able to finish nearly everything. Just a final bit by the window now. This is going to be so nice to come home to. I always wanted to live in a nice house, ever since I was little.
This is what I started with on Saturday afternoon, other than what I did a few weeks ago. I did want to start Saturday morning, but I overslept and no wonder given how busy I've been lately between the house, job hunting and upskilling (and recovering lost skills).
This is what I started with on Saturday afternoon, other than what I did a few weeks ago. I did want to start Saturday morning, but I overslept and no wonder given how busy I've been lately between the house, job hunting and upskilling (and recovering lost skills).
Unfortunately some of my things broke while they were stored in boxes. This glass dragon usually had a predominant spot in the cabinet. Right now, he's leaning on the side behind wooden giraffes.
Unfortunately, one of my mother's china horses lost a leg. She collected these her entire life. Sometimes I think, they were the only thing that kept her sanity hanging on by a thread (fuck enablers, if someone had a rough time, you do not, under any circumstances pat them on the back and encourage them to be destructive, you tell them that it is over now and they're safe and you ensure they are safe and don't try to get them involved in another cycle of destruction, nor do you encourage systems, whether social, political or legal that force people who experienced something bad on some checklist designed by insecure, middle class social workers to be destructive and connect with others based on the bad things, that is just plain evil, you should be ashamed of yourselves, no one should have to suffer anymore than they already have, no one should have to sit around in a giant circle jerk of destruction with other destructive people because some insecure idiot decided that was what was best for them).
It was around this time that I discovered my superglue had dried out. The horse is also leaning against the wall in the cabinet. I'll pick up some superglue or nail glue when I get paid.
And now for completion. That extra hook is for another Aleistar Crowley drawing that I purchased from Callum Leckie. I need to pick up a frame for it when I get paid.
And on top of the china cabinet are some books i've written and anthologies I've appeared in. It isn't everything, but that's what I have personal copies of.
The Alien canvas board is from the same folks who did the cover for Broccoli. That would be Ilan Sheady over at Uncle Frank Productions.
My child really likes that stereo and it still works and has a tape deck, so it is staying. I don't like relying entirely on streaming for entertainment so I was going to replace it with a much smaller ghetto blaster. We can hook up an old iPhone and stream Apple music (eventually, when the SE turns up as it wasn't in my phone graveyard, I keep telling my son that there is a phone graveyard for a reason and to stop taking things out of it). That is, until the Internet goes down. Then we have CDs for that stereo and I have a record player in my bedroom. Plus we have DVDs, bluerays and books. Just incase.
And on top of the china cabinet are some books i've written and anthologies I've appeared in. It isn't everything, but that's what I have personal copies of.
The Alien canvas board is from the same folks who did the cover for Broccoli. That would be Ilan Sheady over at Uncle Frank Productions.
My child really likes that stereo and it still works and has a tape deck, so it is staying. I don't like relying entirely on streaming for entertainment so I was going to replace it with a much smaller ghetto blaster. We can hook up an old iPhone and stream Apple music (eventually, when the SE turns up as it wasn't in my phone graveyard, I keep telling my son that there is a phone graveyard for a reason and to stop taking things out of it). That is, until the Internet goes down. Then we have CDs for that stereo and I have a record player in my bedroom. Plus we have DVDs, bluerays and books. Just incase.
And now the book shelf looks as nice as it is going to right now. I left a gap, which will hopefully be big enough to fit the fifth Chorus of Dragons book once I am done with it (it is on my to be read pile). And you can see more of the book shelf on the reels on my social media.
That's the best picture I can get of the curtains for now. I will dig out the nets to hang up though. The window is the last repair I'm waiting for. There's still a bit of purple at the top, but I'm going to wait for the repair before I have someone come and take down the curtains and then paint it for me (I can't reach and my son can't get the curtains back up, even though he can reach).
And there's the stereo again. I'm surprised it still works after the plaster crumbling onto it. It took ages to clean. And of course, my Paul Frank Barbie. (I can't wait for the film.)
And finally, a very upset Jerk Face. He hates change and things moving around. He gets a break next weekend as I can't do anything else until I order my son a new bed and it arrives. Then it'll be taking down his old bed, painting in his room and then assembling his new bed. The weekend following that is likely to see the landing painted and then nothing else major until the room of shame (I am hoping on getting a new TV for the front room in the Black Friday sales this year, new furniture that fits won't be seen to until I see to the room of shame, because I'm hoping to move the books into there where there's yet more books).