So Elli commented and said:

"That’s insane.  I would sell my soul to have that many bookshelves.  Love your v. retro armchair :)"

And I got dorky with my reply, and then decided to share it with you all, because I obviously didn’t make the shelf situation clear. (You see I LOVE things for putting things in, and I wouldn’t want you to think that that wasn’t the case.)

My reply:

yup, and normally i would feel the same – in fact when W bought the
house i *did* feel the same, but they take up a HUGE amount of floor
space, and since there are so many active walkways in that room floor
space is at a premium, plus they are shoddily made and too damn deep –
so they had to go.

We are going to have new shelves though – between the far wall and the
chimney breast – but at the top of the wall rather than from the floor.
thus all our books will have happy new homes, and we will still have
floor below to put chairs and things. cool huh?

mind you having spent the morning clearing the room in the baking heat maybe this wasn’t such a good idea after all? 😉

btw thank you for the kind words about the arm chair. they were one of
those ‘is this a bargain? omg it really is!’ finds, where they needed
steaming cleaning and then dipping in a cold bath and leaving to dry –
which W did while i was out because i was being a wuss about it and
thought it would kill them. it didn’t – obviously- it just finally got
them clean. but it was worth the effort because now we can pretend to
be James Bond bad guys! 🙂

—

Right. Lunch.

Did I mention we’ve bought a sofa?

We bought a sofa! It only took *TWO YEARS* to find one we both liked, and it’s arriving in two or three weeks time, which means it’s actions stations as we finally dismantle the built-in shelving (that I hate) and sand the floors.

Yes apparently sanding the floors is eval and horrible and no one will ever do it again, but the yellow we moved in with is scratched and scruffy and won’t go with the new brown sofa <3<3<3 and thus needs getting rid of, and being replaced with lovely varnished floors.

So that’s my job on friday! (and saturday).

In the meantime take a look at the remains of the built in shelving. It was humungus! Too big, and with shelves that were far too deep and thus became clutter magnets.  So all the books and pictures are stashed throughout the rest of the house, and we’re getting ready to finally start sorting this room out.

Now we just have to work out what to do with all this wood!

I posted my Back Tack III parcel today. 🙂

Now to get the Nectar Lounge piece sorted and sent off. *panics*

On friday I’m meeting my lovely mil so we can go try on some Boden clothes at their london store. She is bringing me the yarn she bought while in the US. Yay! American sock yarn! I can’t wait.

And because I think this post needs an image:

(Me in our allotment last week – before I went on a shearing frensy and chopped all the long grass down, and generally tidied up.)