Diary of a flood survivor

It is interesting to visit the shops in my little community and not deliberately, eavesdrop on the topics of conversation.

Guaranteed it will be about the progress the conversationalists are making on their homes or living situation.

I know, because I have been part of many of those conversations.

Today, as I dropped in to get a coffee from one shop, I met up with two locals and we were discussing décor and how we were redesigning our homes.

It was fun to talk about changing colour schemes, additions to the house that we would talk about but never do except that the flood took us right back to basics.

We put in those sliding doors, changed the standalone oven to one in the wall to save our aging backs, added better lighting to the vanity area, put in VJ panelling and picture rails and numerous other tweaks. Our builder came to inspect our downstairs and measure up for materials this past week.

I think I’ve mentioned before, that while we have been motivated to get our home back to a reasonable standard, the momentum is waning in regards to areas of the house we don’t use as much, especially as we are nearly emptynesters.

No need for the kids’ hangout area to be fixed downstairs, but we will do it up to at least not have it looking like a builder’s site. The same for the spare room, for when visitors come to stay.

And I guess I’d like the laundry to be updated and tiles replaced.

Oh, who am I kidding? We will be constantly fixing the house up for months to come.

However, it doesn’t all have to be done in one go.

Little steps.

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