The complete opposite to sewing....

..... is DIY.  And that is something I have been doing quite a bit of over the last couple of weeks.

I have painted and wallpapered my bedroom (I did the girls room last summer)

I have repainted the bathroom ceiling (following a leak)

I have painted the loung ceiling (HUGE job)

And today is was the turn of the stairs and landing

the streaks are bits of wet paint!

I didn't do a before and after photo.  I wasn't really going to blog this, but I had to tell you about 'getting around a situation'

I managed to get all my pictures down and paint the walls properly - thank goodness for extending paint rollers! Although, even with that, I was only just tall enough to still reach the top.  Anyway, I couldn't reach that one picture on its own, the one on the facing wall.  I have NO idea how I got it up there.

..... so, I had to paint around it!  Not ideal, but it got the job done

Tomorrow, I will be back with my extending roller and painting the ceiling :-(

This is the reason why: a new stair, lounge and landing carpet - being fitted in 10 days.  The girls have done all the work on the stairs - they stripped off the old paint, sanded it all down and then re-painted.  I would still have all that to do if it wasn't for them!

So, my house is a TIP and I am not getting any sewing done!