Elves and the shoe maker return due snow

The early morning phone call from the lead decorator posed the question, can we come today and is it OK if 'we' come all week. I replied yes on both counts.

Having just been over the hall and done a trip to Wicks for paint and more, here is a report on progress...

Kitchen gloss white is looking great. Wood on window frames (was bare wood), now has primer on.

The entrance hall way has primer on the windows and external door, plus the wails are a lovely shade of mint (that's what it looks like in torch / KEA standard lamp light). The entrance hall looks fantastic and will glow when the white gloss goes on tomorrow. I cant wait to see the main hall if this is how the small entrance hall looks.

Work started in the ladies loos. Doors have been washed and its starting to look cleaner.

We think we have run out of options to bodge the paint post tomorrow, so we elected to go to Wicks and buy 40 litres of Magnolia (main hall walls) and 60 litres of white silk for the ceiling. What we don't use, we can take back... Leo and I are on risk for this, so we will take it on the chin if we don't get financial support for the project.

I picked up some plaster board, a big bucket of filler (believe me its gonna be needed).

The Scout Group has spent just over £200 on the project to date (includes coffee, biccies, cleaning, but excluding glass and a big trip to Wickes). and I will write to the Treasurer and Chair for £200 more. I think that should cover decoration and clean up, plus it should get us through to when professional tradesmen are needed.

There is a strange thing going on over the hall. The place has been tidied and all the tools have been lined up on a table. Tins of paint are neatly stacked. Its like a scene out the Elves and the Shoe Maker! Leo is intent on ribbing the chaps about it tomorrow - she reckons a big H boss is coming over to see how the chaps are doing.

Tonight's trip over the hall underlined three messages to me:
- The H decorating team are fantastic and we would have taken months to do what they are doing (dont worry, we are going to have do more ourselves)
- The hall isn't derelict, it is coming back to life and (the best bit), its coming back 'on our watch'

I'll stop now as I have to complete my job application to at least full draft tonight. The joys of modern corporate life - NOT.