This morning at 7am Keren's mum and uncle tackled the front downstairs room, cleaning and painting the walls with 2 coats, 3 where the decorative paper border had been. It looks like a different room! Mum washed the net curtains and they came up brilliantly. Mum also de-greased the kitchen/back door door frame and vestibule, taking out the fridge-freezer and the kitchen door in the process. Uncle Paul removed the overhead kitchen units, broke them up and took them to the tip with Fred. Paul also fixed and cleaned lots of little bits e.g. the back door bolts, front room and back room lights, laid down runners at the front door, cleaned the front room window thoroughly, vacuumed the attic and laid down rugs etc. He also came up with a great solution to balance the paint at a height useful for Mum to paint near the ceiling! Keren and Mum laid down and vacuumed a bit of carpet in the front room. Fred took up the downstairs passageway and stair carpets. Fred also cleaned and painted the downstairs passageway walls with 2 and even 3 coats in places.
In the afternoon the first Work Party took place. Naomi cleaned the downstairs vestibule walls, door frames and skirting boards. Keren filled various holes and dents in the downstairs hallway and front room. Naomi, Khash and Keren cleaned the stairway walls, working up to the landing. Nafsika arrived and the four of us continued cleaning the walls of the landing and the front bedroom. Naomi tackled the skirting board in the large back bedroom and achieved total victory! Meanwhile Fred and Manny removed carpets from the front bedroom and both back bedrooms, dusting and tidying as they went.
Since it had been raining heavily, the BBQ plan was shelved and ham/cheese baps were provided instead. But the weather cleared and by 5pm it was hot and sunny: textbook BBQ weather! Never mind, we'll do it next time!
Our wreck of a kitchen has been brightened up considerably by the flowers brought by Claire and Hannah!
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