How to Make Your Own Bed #5

Now - onto the bed! After a mighty lot of cleaning and sorting Nikki and I set off to Ikea, flexed our muscles and managed to lift, buy and wheel the bed to the delivery counter, and the next day it was delivered. I then set about putting it together, luckily Terry came to help and then Drew and David came to help......



....and after lots of hammering and screwing I had almost made my own bed.

How to Make Your Own Bed #4

Finally finally after a few months of meetings with the slimy mortgage man, discovering the ins and outs of insurance, paying too much money to the Home Office for a Resident's Permit, and walking down Balham High Road carrying £4000 in cash, I was presented with the keys to my new humble abode. This is what it looked like.......



Note the dirty cream walls and pink carpet

Some very kind friends helped with all manner of things over 3 weekends



and it soon looked like this




So, on the 21st December it was time to move. Again, some very kind friends came to help. This was what it looked like in the old flat.

This is what it looked like outside the old flat when the removal van didn't arrive, so we had to have a little picnic on the pavement along with all my belongings

.....and this is what it looked like in the new flat once everything was moved in

.....so being Christmas time, I set about cleaning the house!