Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Fitting a quart into a pint pot

Everyone who came to look at our current house claimed they were 'downsizing' - and when we laughed, given that it's a huge huge house, they all said it was impossible to downsize which was why they were still looking at a large house. As we've sold to buyers currently living in their touring caravan after a previous purchase fell through, they were keen to move very soon and definitely before it got cold! So we now have two weeks to work out what will fit into the bungalow, what can safely be stored in the stable block and what needs to go into store elsewhere. And while it's not QUITE true to say that the bungalow is the size of our current garage, it's genuinely not very much bigger. Plan is that we'll stay in the bungalow until we're ready to knock it down and start the new house, then either rent locally or put a mobile home on site for the duration. So, led by Alan 'Sling it all' Sparrow, we are ruthlessly going through house contents and throwing or giving away excess stuff. As every room here at Digby House has large cupboards that are currently full, that's a lot of stuff. We may post a list... Then there's all the garden stuff - what plants do I need to take cuttings from? I've made a small 'parking' bed in the corner of the paddock to pop stuff into until we have a garden again, and all the pots are filling up. What it looks like now... ...and what we envisage when we see that space...

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  1. Wow as we are up sizing we may look at your list with great interest.... sandy & dave

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    1. Don't hold your breath for anything of great value...

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