Home Improvement

 

The past weekend was rather work-intensive, as were the days before. First I had to completely empty the kitchen at the country house, then to fill all the shelves and drawers again. Had to? Well, I brought this on to myself as I had been itching to get rid of the birch look chosen by the previous owners of the house. I wanted to do a sustainable renovation where as much as possible of the old material would be kept and managed to find a company specialising in exactly such makeovers. 

It was a reasonable price, but still a hefty sum that I am thankfully able to pay without batting an eyelid. Highflyer is somewhat nervous what area of the house I am planning to attack...erm...UPGRADE next. It is not a sign of having too much money, though, I have always been into home improvement projects: I lived in two fully furnished flats as a student and tried to make them look mine as best as I could by sewing cushion covers and hanging pictures and photos on the walls. My flat in Vienna has undergone many metamorphoses from IKEA furniture combined with things custom-designed by my dad (a true DIY king in his prime if there ever was one) to floor-to-ceiling hallway wardrobes and a walk-in closet in my bedroom I had made by two different vendors. 

The only constant is change, eh? As regards my better half: he is always hesitant at first, but then super happy with the outcome...at least he tells me so quite convincingly.