The never ending to do list

Despite getting barely any of my DIY list done, I feel like I have had a very productive weekend.

My son's top half of the wardrobe is done and now looks much more balanced and I have finished sewing the canopy over his den, I just need to fix a rail or something for the fabric to hang over and then I can put the lights all over it.  

I have also started accumulating cushions for his little space and so far I have three with three cushion covers on the way so I can repurpose some old cushions from our first house which don't match the decor of this one.  All of these were from IKEA and they fit my multicoloured brief perfectly.  I just need to get some textured cushions now and a bean bag and then I'm done. 

Other things I bought this weekend include a frame to house my husband's Jack Vettriano print.  I'm not a fan but it fits our old boy's club study perfectly although I'm not sure where to put it. 

Next on my to do list is the hallway I think.  Our radiator cover is due any day now so that will be another thing ticked off of the list.  I have managed to find several round and oval shaped photo frames on ebay which should work with my photo wall above the radiator perfectly.  I need to order all of the photos I intend to put on the walls then I can get started once the cover arrives so I know where I intend to hang everything.  

Then I will work on our lounge.  The bottom up blinds have arrived so we have had to take down the awful bar that secured the previous owners' heavy, unwashed curtains.  I am so pleased to see the back of those bars even if it meant I had to take out the paint brush and filler once again!  That's really the last part of the owners (other than the kitchen) still left but that's a job for a while in the future.  We have black bags covering the bottom half of the windows at the moment so that the blinds can be installed at the weekend.  I cannot wait but that's never the end of it.   The walls definitely need another coat of paint (despite having 3 already) however the room is fully furnished now including a glass table which is too heavy to move so that will have to be done by someone more careful than I.  My plan for the lounge artwork is to research our house's history and see if anything interesting comes up.  I know ours is a post WW1 house and that there used to be a sweet shop on our road in the 40s but that's it.  I will be attending a class at the end of November to help me do some research as all googling and ancestry.co.uk have all drawn blanks.  Once I have found enough information and hopefully some pictures, I will display them in a floating frame like this if I can find one large enough: 

It's all go all of the time but at least the house is habitable which is a massive feat considering I was practically brought up on a building site! 

~AB~