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I’ll spare you from the pictures, but suffice to say that I completed my office whilst I was on holiday. It looks good, if I say so myself and that hole where the plug used to be is no more. In fact, if you didn’t know it had ever been there, you wouldn’t know where to look.

The new lights are up (and are responsible for heating the room to almost 30°c, which is unfortunate, but to be expected from 4x 50W halogen spots, I guess - mental note, must get a dimmer switch), the wooden floor’s downm thanks to my dad (I’m about as useful at cutting stuff as I am at following directions), all my cables are hidden (apart from the one I broke whilst laying it under the floor, but we’ll not talk about that one!) and I’ve added a piece to my desk to hide all my cables - which has had the nice effect of stopping it from wobbling from side to side, which is good.

Now then - watch this space for the changes in the kitchen. All I have to do is finish it off this weekend and the job’s done. Then start on the nursery…

Update - 29/12/2004:
I know I said I’d spare you the pictures, but here’s one anyway:

It’s just a shame that the audio cable (seen here in black) that I laid uner the flooring (down the side of the edging) must have got whacked at some point and it produces a loud hum. It’s now been cut off and I’ve got a new one, which I’m going to run up into the loft and behind all the furniture, so it’ll never be noticed. In theory.

Oh, and if you look carefully behind the right hand valve of the radiator in this picture (click the picture to enlarge it), you’ll not be able to see the hole in the wall I referenced earlier. I thought it would never cover up, but a bit of sanding sorted that out in the end.