Badger Towers

Monday 8th March contd.

They’ve torn out the kitchen. There’s a massive gash through the floor where the waste pipe’s going to go from the sink to the new inspection chamber.

I have to admit I quite like the mess. It feels like it can’t get any worse than this, so we must be at the nadir. I think I’ll probably be proved wrong.

For reference, the kitchen used to look like this:

Quite an improvement with the ravine in, I think you’ll agree.

We have some discussions with John over the arrangement of the bathroom, and Mrs Badger once again comes up with a bargain, this time for a shower enclosure and tray. The 3 wifi dongle thing works a treat. We’ll burn through that 3GB in no time. After getting it all sorted in our minds we come back at 6pm and re-design it entirely. This is beginning to sound like a software spec.

The idea of making even the Emergency Pot Noodle in this kitchen rapidly evaporates and we leg it into Oxford to the pub.  Not really, it was the Post Office, then the rather excellent Cafe Loco where I had the best almond croissant of my life.  Then dash to the lighting shop (Solus Lighting?) on the corner, which we discover is having a closing-down sale. Some of the lighting is indeed soulless, but there are some pretty fun things in there too. I wish we had the first idea about interior decorating.  I think I need to be 27% more gay.

Found today: Rather pleasing news that the groovy arches over the hallway can be ripped out because they’re only plywood. Sadly, underneath is wood panelling, but nothing the plasterers can’t fix. At a price.