WHEN LAWNS GO ROGUE

Attention! This is an important announcement. Our sources have reported rogue lawns in the Charminster area. Be alert!

With all focus being given to household interiors it was only a matter of time before the garden exterior got totally out of hand. This is not a wild meadow, it’s our lawn gone rogue. 

 

I think we need a goat

Knee high grasses and dandelions abound in place of a smooth, manicured patch of greenery. Shelby approves but I’m sure even the local coppers circling Charminster’s skies in the police helicopter have issued a bulletin on the unkempt state of our back garden. It’s a gardening disgrace!

It's a jungle out there

Hard-core mowing and picking stones out of the decking has been our weekend task in a desperate bid to get our garden looking respectable again. I can now find my way to the rotary dryer without a machete.

Ahhh - much better!

Lawn and order restored

Back in the kitchen, things are looking fabulous. Carcasses are now firmly in place on the left hand wall, with doors fitted. Only shelves and handles are outstanding on all the units.

All units fitted along left hand wall

Nice big larder in the corner

Work has begun to box in the boiler and unsightly gas pipes that run along the corner wall. A cleverly constructed unit with a removable lid will be built under the boiler itself to give access to pipes for servicing. Once painted and tiled, I’m hoping this will just look like a shaped part of the wall.

Boxing up the boiler

So by the time I get home tomorrow, I expect Project Nouvelle Cuisine to be at the point of ‘snagging’ and this is usually where projects can disintegrate into chaos as customer expectations of a finished room tend to differ from that of builders/tradesmen. Being at work all day long makes it difficult for me to check with the builders that all those niggly little things that will no doubt bug me for years have been dealt with before they charge off to their next job. Many of you out there will agree that getting tradesmen back to complete remedial work is almost as tough as getting a refund out of the taxman.

Almost finished