Twitterings (29 March 2010)

Some of the tips/thoughts that have appeared on my Twitter feed.

• Should really have learnt by now to bin cheap screws in packs of hooks etc, blunt & useless. Just wasted many min trying to use on door, duh
• Five of the best interiors blogs, article in today’s Guardian http://bit.ly/dmC2Go
• Awesome. Water coming thru kitchen ceiling from flat above, who are out.
• This on top of news that previous owner’s cowboy window installation (no lintels) means big disruptive building job next week.
• Better news, flat above in after all, just ignoring door. They are on the case…
• RT @Londonist: Tools for the Terrified sounds terrific http://bit.ly/dc9OPJ [it is, I went on it last year http://bit.ly/9YWY7J]
• About to go hand over a load of money to Bathstore. Exciting and yet also slightly painful.
• Oops, now with correct link: Free veg seeds from the BBC! http://bit.ly/bvpaOx

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Back in business?

Laptop issues (coffee vs keyboard) and a lack of progress on the flat have meant no posts for a couple of months. However,  I should have a new laptop keyboard arriving this week, which will hopefully mean a blessed relief from using the immensely tedious on-screen keyboard (click…click….click .. “the”.. etc). Also, in the last few weeks my builder has been really busy, installing doors, repairing cowboy window jobs (no lintel! massive crack!), putting up lighting, loft ladders and making real headway with all the remaining works. We may even be starting on the bathroom next week, which is hard to believe. I had a minor setback last week when my upstairs neighbour’s bathwater made a break for it through my kitchen ceiling, but it’s not as disastrous as it could be.

I’m almost back in business then, and have all kinds of posts in my head ready to go just as soon as I can actually type these from home. I’m designing my own bathroom tiles, I hope, so will be blogging about that. I have a confession to make about my designer fabric habit, but also some tips.

In the meantime, if anyone has any good tips for salvage places in London (or online, I guess) that would do light fittings, from lamps to ceiling lights, that would be really helpful!

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