It's alive!

Hurray, the internet connection in our new home is working. Time for a short update on the last few weeks.
My moving went pretty smooth. The first time we managed to drive through half of the city because of a wrong turn - it took a while before we could backtrack to our original route - but apart from that, no real nuisances.
A few days later my girlfriend's stuff arrived as well, and that was when the fun started. At that point, we had no real space to do anything at all. Some smart moving of boxes did the trick though, and since then we've been improving our living area slowly but surely. At this moment, the living room is almost completely as we want it, apart from decorations, and three computers that need to be moved to a different room once we have space there.
And while I'm typing this, I'm enjoying a fresh cup of espresso. The kitchen is now almost complete as well, with all appliances we need. Some minor things are still to be done, but hey, we've only been living here for two weeks now ... So, it's time to go shopping and do some more work!

I can sleep

That in itself is no news. But now that our new bed has been put together (yes, we've been shopping at Ikea) I can sleep there properly as well. So the bedroom is slowly getting in shape: paint and covering are done and the bed and bedside tables are there. The wardrobes are already standing but still need finishing details such as doors :)
Today I had the special pleasure of waiting for a plumber to place a new tap. I tried to do so myself, but couldn't get the old tap fully free and cracked a bolt while replacing it. It turned out that it would have been a hell of a job otherwise, since the plumber needed two hours himself to get everything in order. All in all I arrived at work at about 15:30...
Let's try a full day tomorrow. First some more packing though, I should be able to clear the kitchen this evening.

Paint it is then

Alas, the wallpaper we bought seems to be either of very bad quality or just in a grumpy mood. In any case we've resigned from trying to put it up and have settled for painted walls in the bedroom. Then again, with two out of four walls painted, it's already looking lots better than before.
I've also started packing again, with only one week to go before my moving. It's a busy and bouncy me.

Oh, and of course...

A healthy 2009!

From holes via spots to smudges

We've ended the old year well and we had an equally nice start of the new year. Completely in style, we've been working on our home instead of doing large celebrations with fireworks.
These two days we did lots of useful preparations. We filled the holes in the walls of our bedroom, which resulted in a quite spotty appearance - see picture. After a layer of primer however, it looks a lot better already. Not that we're going to see that when we've covered it with wallpaper, we've put on the primer mostly because it holds well against moisture.
We've also got a much nicer hallway now that most of the mortar that stuck to the tile layer is gone. The kitchen is almost complete as well, and nearly everything for the bedroom and living room is already present, it just needs to be put together and placed. A nice job for when the floor covering has been laid - which comes right after the wallpaper :)