Yesterday morning we went out early to shop. It was supposed to be a quick trip, but it was 7 hours later when we returned! We went to Gurney & White first and bought a new Roca sink for the downstairs toilet. We looked at some Roca toilet pans and a sink for the bathroom too but I'm going to compare prices on the net before we buy.

Then we went to three tile shops to get ideas for the kitchen and bathroom, then to B&Q to buy the underlay for the floor and finally to Bathstore to check out more bathroom ideas.

When we got back I took up the carpet. I wasn't expecting it to be so difficult, but there is A LOT of carpet and it's heavy. I had to move the furniture around to be able to access it and then cut it down into about four sections to be able to roll and remove.

Then I used the crow bar to lever up all the gripper-rods round the edges of the room.

Dom got all the top kitchen units in, but the top corner unit was a real struggle and had to be shaved down to fit. It's really coming on!

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