Gracie’s Life Experiment

Went to the 2nd hand shop today and bought a chest of drawers for £29!  They’re a sort of walnut veneer 1960/70s kind of thing.  Nice and sturdy, not like today’s flatpack that is only really good as long as you don’t move it.  It has 4 drawers so lots of space for baby’s clothes and stuff.  It has some 1″ edging on the back edge of the top surface already and hubby is going to make 2 side edgings.  Then we’re going to put a changing mat on top (I think Ikea have a basic one for £2.99).  So that’s baby’s first bit of furniture.  Shame there’s no nursery to put it in yet, we now have an empty study that needs redecorating.  Hubby is going to make a start on it next month.  We don’t want to spend much on furniture as we’ll prob ditch it all in December when we move to Oz.  Other bits we want to acquire are a moses basket and stand and a comfy armchair for nursing.  That should be it for the study (we already have some shelves up in there).  Thinking of going for a warmish off-white colour and then using ornaments and accessories to brighten it in there.  May also do a painting on canvas while I’m on maternity leave.

Summary of the day:  Wrote up more interviews and models, Went to ehb for lunch with some colleagues, Waited around to do some consultancy for first years only to find that the room had been booked for an exam and hence the session was cancelled, Went home via 2nd hand shop