So after a couple of impatient weeks, we finally exchanged
contracts and will be moving this Friday. Five days and counting! Preparations
are under way for the big move, bags are being packed and nooks and crannies
are being cleaned. I find it quite sad that the most sparkling the flat has
ever been will be as we are stepping out the front door and saying goodbye. At
least we can start off with some tough scrubbing in the new house so hopefully it
will glisten for a little while… before we fall into our old, slightly grubby,
habits.
Anyway, this isn't a blog about cleaning, as cleaning just
isn't that interesting, and more a blog about decorating and décor. D and I
spent hours trawling around a retail park yesterday; it was definitely designed
for cars and not pedestrians, so we exhausted ourselves walking around the gigantic
complex. After looking at endless beds and lying on endless mattresses, with a
stereotypical salesman trying to sway us towards the ‘fabulous beds on discount’,
we finally made a decision. We went for two pine bed frames and some snazzy
mattresses to match. We treated ourselves to an extra 15cm by buying a king-size
for ourselves. Probably a good thing after just eating a rather large slice of
D’s birthday cake… very tasty but not good for the waistline!
Next up were sofas. After falling in love with the first
sofa in the first shop, we did our due diligence and wondered around a couple
more shops marvelling at how the majority of sofas are pretty horrible and just
not that comfortable. Returning to the first shop, we had to admit that our
living room just wouldn't work with a corner sofa (surely the dream?!) and
bought a two seater and a three seater. Controversially, we went for a grey
sofa. I’m often quite anti grey but after seeing a picture of a grey sofa with
bright cushions, I became a little obsessed with a neutral décor and lots of
bright accessories. Pinterest is my new favourite website and is helping my
uncreative mind get on-board with some fabulous colour scheme visions and so
grey was the chosen one.
When it comes to sofas, it’s obviously important to have a
pretty one but the priority has to be comfort. The world’s comfiest sofa
belonged to my Grandma and Gramps. I’m sure the sofa was older than me, cost
two and sixpence and wouldn’t get the osteopath’s stamp of approval, but boy
was it comfy. It entertained many a Williams nap after a tiring day down the
beach, or, more likely, one too many glasses of wine over a delicious Grandma
dinner. I’m just hoping that our sofa of choice can be half the sofa that this
one was (RIP).
Having spent far too much money on these essentials, which
won’t be delivered for numerous weeks ensuring that we will become very
familiar with our trusty old Argos airbed, we finally dragged ourselves to B+Q
to quickly pick up some ‘off white’ paint samples to test on our new walls. As
I’m sure any first time paint buyer has experienced, our jaws hit the floor
when we saw the amount of choice that an ‘off white’ specification brings.
Seriously?! Not feeling confident in our ability to narrow down the choices, we
just grabbed a few which we liked the names of and headed on our merry way.
Furniture shopping part one was complete.
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