Mill Collapses

Nothing at all to do with my photography etc but I'm still in shock at these pictures and needed to post them.

This is Carrhill Mill which is just in front of Woodend Mill that my studio is in (visible in the first photo on the right with the chimney). It's not quite as old as the 2 Woodend Mills but old enough. Part of it collapsed on Saturday night which is the same section that bizzarely collapsed on Christmas Day back in the year 1900.

Anyway, there you have it before I run off to my studio!

Hello hello helloooo!!!

Good news, good news - in the past 2 weeks I have somehow managed to work, sleep a little and continue with my room with such efficiency that it is nearly done. I have two main things left to do – wallpaper and varnish the floor plus a couple of niggly things like fit a heavy duty curtain rail and add some final finishing touches.

I’ve not given much away about my plans and progress so far as I thought it may be nice to simply put all the photos up when it’s done for total impact… but, I’ll at least mention a few things –

My hair and make-up room/dressing room really is fab! I wanted to maximise the size of the room with mirrors so that’s exactly what I have done.

I decided to tile an entire wall with mirror tiles and I’ll say now that I HATE mirror tiles and don’t recommend it to anyone!! They inflicted constant hassle, anger, pain, continuous shattering and then assaulted my hands and arms by embedding a few hundred shards of themselves in me. I endured, I struggled on and can happily say, I’d do it all again because it looks brilliant!

My hands and arms really have had a rough ride over the past few weeks, they are not ladylike or presentable anymore, (I would have taken a picture but the tips of my fingers were so swollen and sore that I kept their use to a minority due to pain) they tell a story of hard work, stress, lack of concentration *points to a blood blister and 4 split fingers* “oh that’s where I trapped my skin in the mastic gun and that’s where the skin split on my fingers from continued cementing that needed to be smoothed!” I’d like to point out that gloves were not an option for this task or the majority that have made my hands like 2 withered, worn pieces of scarred sandpaper!

I have four new wallpapers for the lounge, one for my current studio and it’s going to be a mega job due to how much wall space I’ve got to cover with backing paper and then the wallpapers! I’ll be calling in the troops to help with this one seems as though I had a fight with the backing paper the other day and almost pasted myself to the floor!

My fabric ceiling is up, so are the 3 large chandeliers and I must admit, they look totally stunning!

98% of my new furniture has arrived for the lounge and I can’t wait to dress the room with it. All my make-up room furniture is in, had that for a while now and is home to a few dust colonies!

I am officially the Queen of Green! I have spent what is the equivalent to a 7 day, 5* all-inclusive holiday in Rhodes on energy bulbs (I have SO many lights in there, the chandeliers are major culprits), I’m either totally mad or totally mad, or maybe I’m just doing my bit!! If I include the wallpapers, tiles and make-up room furniture then it’d be a 28 day cruise around Canada and Alaska on the P&O Aurora!

Speaking of holidays and oh so needed getaway’s, I was hoping this year would see my first holiday in 4 years but I seriously doubt that now – my luxury boudoir studio and Regency Lounge, really is luxury with a hefty price tag, BUT I already told myself “If I’m going to do it, then I’m going to do it properly!!!!”

Now I’ll take my broke (sniffle, sob!) self off to do some more work and then possibly some wallpapering later!!

Ta-raaa