Still Scrubbing...

Well.....I am still working on the floor.  I did get more of the rug done last night.  Now all I have is the borders to do...

I have the inner border outlined that's half the battle.  Now all I have to do is fill in the blanks.

Meanwhile back in the workroom, it is getting worse all the time.  Soon I won't be able to get into the there.  Thanks for the help, Tessie!

More books and boxes on the floor and this time she attempted a kitchen and invited a friend to help....A method to her madness?

She needed help moving the stove.  It was too heavy to zap.

This time it took about 15 minutes.  she had to cut and glue brick paper to the back wall(foam core) behind the stove.

The kitchen is complete.  On the way in, Zar found Tessie's rubber chicken....I suspect that he hid it somewhere for just such an occasion. 

Actually, this is kind of fun.  Some of the wallpaper has been sitting around here for about 30 years and the furniture has been hiding in drawers and boxes, waiting to be used.  Now I can see some of it and use stuff that wouldn't normally be used.  Temporary can be fun.

I will let Tessie have her way as long as she doesn't wander in and start complaining that I am not doing Spiderwort Manor... The first time she says anything, back to the drawers and shelves it all goes!

I am now going to go do some more of the curtains for the fortunetelling booth.  Then back to the grotty grouting...Ick!

See you tomorrow.

Ten Minute Decorating....or Scrubbing Grout...

Which would you choose?   I spent the morning scrubbing the grout between the kitchen tile, on my hands and knees, with a toothbrush, baking soda and hydrogen peroxide.  Not a lot of fun, but it had to be done.

I found the baking soda and hydrogen peroxide idea on line....The floor is probably going to explode or dissolve from the mixture, but it does work to get the dirt out.

After that, I sat down and worked on the rug for a while.  The canvas that you see in the photo is approximately the area that I still have to cover.  I probably shouldn't have cropped it that way.  It looks like a lot more than I thought was left.

As usual, when there is real work to be done, Tessie disappears.  I finally decided to go see where she was hiding....

I went into the workroom.  I knew that she was NOT going to be putting things away...

That's where she always hides though.  There are many wonderful things to keep her occupied in there.

As I walked in, I noticed this "arrangement" of notebooks in the house shaped bookcase, just inside the door.  They weren't there yesterday....Suspicious much? 

I pulled out the notebooks and to my surprise(or not), there was Tessie sitting in an easy chair, still working on the kumihimo.

To my further surprise, she was sitting in a bedroom that had not been in that spot yesterday.

I looked down.  There was a room sized pile of books on the floor. 

Tessie looked very comfortable.  The books, not so much.

I asked her what she thought she was doing.....Long story short....

She smiled a sweet, innocent smile and said..."I found a place to store some of the unused furniture.  And a new place for me to sleep...Two birds.  One stone.  You know the drill."

How can you argue with that logic. It does look nicer than the books and she bragged that it only took ten minutes.

This is what she did...Throw the books on the floor.  Pull out and mess up my neatly stacked wallpaper.  Dig through the desk drawer(throwing things that aren't what she's looking for on the top of the desk.  She found the double faced scotch tape. 

She neatly folded the wallpaper to fit the walls and floor.  She used the double faced tape to stick them in.

Put in the furniture, rug and other accessories.  Call Theo to come guard the room, with orders to keep me out. 

She sat down and start working on the kumihimo.  All under ten minutes!

I wish I could say the same for the grout cleaning....I am half done...I can hardly wait to do the rest.  If you are questioning my sanity, I was being facetious.

See you tomorrow.