One of the easiest jobs was to put new covers on the bed together with a couple of cushions. It's amazing what a difference just changing the covers makes. You walk into the cabin and think "Wow"!
The next room to get Brigid's attention was the shower room. Now I do confess that I saw a bright red venetian blind in one of our local shops and immediately thought "Polgara".
That, together with a touch of paint changed the whole feel of the room.
Now, you're probably wondering "What's Laurie been doing while Brigid's been doing all this hard work?"
Well, I was turning my attention to the main cabin.
Now we loved this cabin as soon as we saw it - but look what I did to it!
I wanted to relace two spotlights that were ceiling mounted with two traditional wall lights. But I didn't know where the wiring went or how the walls came apart. I soon found out! As you can see, all the lagging got exposed and I discovered that the wiring was nowhere near where I thought it might be. So, the next task was to take the ceiling apart - even then, things were not as straight forward as they should have been. However, with the assistance of a Swedish fid (used to fiddle wires through behind wall studs) I relocated the lights, tidied up the tongue & groove fixings, changed the curtain rails for rods and put up new curtains. Once again the result was just what we were looking for.
As I've said in earlier blogs, Polgara is old enough that I can dare to take her apart and put her back together without worrying too much about getting it wrong. I know that if she were a 'new build' I wouldn't dare spoil the new woodwork by ripping the walls apart. I'd be too worried about scrapes and scratches to even point a screwdriver or pair of pincers at them.
I love my boat - we love our boat - luckily she found us last year just at the time we were looking for her. A partnership made in canal heaven!
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