Since it turns out that the laundry basket that lives in the bathroom is actually enameled metal, that fucker is now sprayed gold. Goes nice with the white walls and gold-coloured fittings.
Meanwhile, we've now chucked out shitloads of pots and pans and dishes from the kitchen, the idea being to have more than we use but less than will fill the cupboards. So, chucking out two thirds of them fills that requirement nicely. The listing shelf under the store cupboard is removed (it'll do as a bookshelf elsewhere later), and the shelf along the wall above the cooker is now empty. This does have the disadvantage of showing off how filthy that wall is - I suspect the neighbourhood rats and cockroaches have long since condemned the place and declared it too dangerous to approach.
So, rather than do the hall next (for which I'll need to borrow the neighbours' stepladder for the middle of the stairs, where the ceiling peaks at twice my height), the kitchen will be getting painted and resurfaced this coming week...
Meanwhile, we've now chucked out shitloads of pots and pans and dishes from the kitchen, the idea being to have more than we use but less than will fill the cupboards. So, chucking out two thirds of them fills that requirement nicely. The listing shelf under the store cupboard is removed (it'll do as a bookshelf elsewhere later), and the shelf along the wall above the cooker is now empty. This does have the disadvantage of showing off how filthy that wall is - I suspect the neighbourhood rats and cockroaches have long since condemned the place and declared it too dangerous to approach.
So, rather than do the hall next (for which I'll need to borrow the neighbours' stepladder for the middle of the stairs, where the ceiling peaks at twice my height), the kitchen will be getting painted and resurfaced this coming week...