Odd jobs

We needed to be smart with our storage in the atelier. We had a fairly big pile of boots, which have always been a bit of a problem. It doesn’t help that we both have a pair of all terrain boots, summer boots and I think two lots of winter boots each! We decided to put up a rack of some sort to get them up off the floor, so Brian made a space saving rack for all our walking boots, tucked in around the stairwell, out of an old floorboard and a couple of hangars we had originally bought for the garden shed area. Job complete.

I decided that the hallway radiator needed painting. I actually like an old radiator to look old, so often have a reluctance to do too much to them. However this one was looking particularly old and dirty, even after I’d cleaned it two or three times. So I thought I’d see what a wash of white paint would look like on it. All I did was dip the brush in the white paint, then into a pot of water to thin it down. The effect meant the radiator still looked old and shabby, but was now looking cleaner. We both thought the result was exactly what it needed. Another job completed.