Week 3: The Brickies

I can't believe it's only been 3 weeks .. everything seems to be chugging along so fast I wonder if there will come a day when I pop over and there *isn't* something new to see?

It's all very exciting!


So what's been going on?


Firstly .. I found some old newspapers used as padding on the old joists, so we've finally been able to date the old girl:





Yep, January 1949.
There was a rabbit plague on in the Nation's Capital .. and lots of labouring type jobs for men.

Very non-discriminatory in 1948 as work was available for both types of gent - be he married or single.
Equal opportunity and all that.

I also found an ad for Durabestos - it sounds wicked good, what being fire retardant, vermin repellent and never needing painting ever again.

And crappy comics.
Mandrake.
( Gimme a break )





We also had an old copper in the roof. Full of water. Ugh.






( look at our poor dead grass!! it's been hot & dry here, and we face West - phew! )


Which brings us up to yesterday with the arrival of brickies.

I now have a nice hole in my bedroom wall to enter my WIR from .. and the boys have a new door to their room too.

Finally, in the hall, we are widening the door to my office and inserting double doors to match the ones to the front/formal room...









We ordered floorboards this week too, and I even managed to select a board cheaper than our allocated quote!!  So chuffed .. but you know it's all swings and roundabouts and the perfect tapware will bring us back into line ...


xx
Lea