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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Finished? Tried the sisal/compound method & it did sort of work. The finish was very shiny but only in parts & just looked too beat up. Here we have the Brillo pad finish....

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thanks, I underestimated how much pressure I'd have to use & sort of thought the drill would do the work - nope. The edges are coming up quite shiny though...

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

End of an era, start of a new one. After 30 years of holding pots & pans in the kitchen it's finally fulfilling its destiny as a coat & hat rack 😂

Silvery Hat & Coat rack bought from Ikea over 30 years ago. Looks vaguely like an old train carriage rack.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Time to fix up the other side of the hall..busy removing rawlplugs & came across this paper beauty, which I'm presuming is original 1950's.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

July's rain just showed up, all at once..

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Just arrived 35° at 8.30pm...

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A bit hard to photograph, but I'm loving the effect the sun is having on the new glass tiles..

White glass tiles being partially bit by the sun creating a lot from within look.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Stripping all done. Polishing has commenced & I remain unconvinced that scratching it with ever smoother sandpaper is succeeding...

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's starting to come together...

Dark blue hallway wall with fancy blue futon the cream coloured floor

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I love Joe R Lansdale's Hap & Leonard novels..

Cover of the novel Two Bear Mambo by Joe R Lansdale

Cover of Mucho Mojo featuring a cartoon skeleton & red chilli pepper.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Finally started stripping the Paul Metalcraft cupboard... When I say finally I first saw this in my Mum's inherited shed about 30 years ago. It then became my sister's shed and 4 years ago the shed gave up & it arrived at my house. So yeah, finally..

Vintage metal wall cupboard with 3 doors & a fair amount of bubbling & peeling paint.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Painter is back to do the hallway. Saw the kitchen wall he did in January in full sun. Can you tell he's not chuffed with the plasterer?

Dark blue wall reskimmed in white plaster giving a rather pleasing , yet unintended, marbled effect.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I got one of these a few xmas's ago....never has the phrase 'would you like pepper with that' been so much fun...

Pepper grinder in the shape of a full size baseball bat

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I was but picked this for the hall & kitchen because the hallway can get a bit dark...and it looks good with the blue. The living room will be wood effect...probably...eventually.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

@dandyandafop.bsky.social In other news I has floor! It feels weird & every time I go into the hall or start coming down the stairs I scare the bejesus out of myself.

Luxury (oh yeah) vinyl flooring meant to look vaguely limestoney.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Oh yes. The backdoor one is delightfully warm, but it's a bulb.

Picture is an outdoor lamp, called bluebell, because the shade looks bluebell-ish

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

And behind the kitchen door... oh, currently down to one temporary spotlight. Asked for 4, I'm getting 5 for, reasons...

Fitted cupboards & shelving in kitchen to fit behind the kitchen door.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Progress so far. It's not quite what I wanted but it's very well done & more than acceptable....I knew I should have done drawings...

Under stairs cupboard door with wall niches to the right

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

President Lightly Salted - a French butter, for their spreadable version they just added more cream...

A tub of 'spreadable' French butter that when you take the lid off & pull the foil back smells like butter should smell...& taste.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Ours has a French Chateau & the remnants of the Antonine Wall, not bad really 😊 #CallendarPark

Image of a French style chateau but in Scotland.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Well that was a most delightful way to spend an hour & 55 minutes..

Advertising poster for the 1936 film My Man Godfrey.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I've still got a newspaper cutting of this one..

A Larson cartoon with horn-helmed warriors running across a drawbridge when one of them looks into the most & says "Oo!Goldfish, everyone! Goldfish!"

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We've lost Stanley Baxter, the greatest Dame of all..

The Scottish Actor Stanley Baxter dressed as a Dame for one of his performances

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I couldn't think who he reminded me of and then..

The actor Mark Rylance in character for the film Don't Look Up

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Not a clue but they obviously got a discount on hanging chairs & disembodied heads as well as not-shutters.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

A dreich Sunday afternoon, perfect for...

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Just filled the bird feeders & it's all gone a bit Hitchcock..

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Murcia, 9.30pm still 30°...

Near sunset, overlooking apartments & townhouses towards the Mar Menor

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

New sofa arrived & I'm having a moment of 'wait, I picked this!?' You definitely sit *on* the new one as compared to sitting *in* the old one...which is why I needed a new one. I'm sure my joints will thank me eventually. Wonder when it'll stop feeling weird..

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Finally time to say goodbye to the big red 'Lemsip' chair aka Flynn's Chair. He loved to sit on the back & watch the world go by and if you were sitting on that chair, he was too... Best Armchair Ever.

Large dark red armchair fallen victim to age & 1 Jack Russell + 1 Great Dane

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

If you can ignore all the rubbish... The clematis montani is really doing it's thing this year. Pity I have to cut it right back to get the willow out..

Messy back garden with a white flowering clematis

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

After 20 years the scaffold pole has been put to use...and yes I was too lazy to shorten it ....and yes, I had to buy 4 more + shackles. Worth it 😁

Three upright poles with two high horizontals, one of which is waaay too long.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I wanted these, then I saw the price and that's before the prescription lenses..

A pair of sunglasses as worn by Rossano in the Italian Job...very cool looking.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Floating and Orville? I've got you covered...

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Until a couple of weeks ago, this film banner was basically my kitchen floor....for 24 years, I thought it would only be down a year or so 😬

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Stage one complete (Plastering, lighting & new floor to come)

Dark blue kitchen units & unfinished walls

Dark blue kitchen units & concrete floor

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I feel this would be most appropriate, pity it doesn't come in orange...

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I've only seen two so far...

Tv info box It Came From Beneath the Sea 1955
Irradiated giant octopus attacks the golden gate bridge...The film's budget only stretched to accommodate six of the octopus' legs

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Starting to lift my temporary kitchen floor to fit the new kitchen. It's only been down 24 years 😬. This week we say goodbye to Ben, Kate & Zero & congratulate whoever made a movie banner that survived that long.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Two concert programmes. These are the inside covers. I made the mistake of googling them, the blue one is a bit WTF/OMG.

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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I was going to send you a dm but they don't do photos yet so, my Dad dropped these off...isn't the blue one so cool, unfortunately it's also the one with pencil scribbles inside, course it is.

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