The Final Task

The final item from my old to-do list, and one of my goals for the year, is to repaint the study. Initially we had hoped to do that during the Easter holiday, but it quickly became apparent that that was a non-starter - we also had to repaint the dining room, which was a higher-priority task, and couldn't fit both in the allotted time.

There are actually several steps involved in the repaint, which means that the study is a considerably more involved task than the dining room. Specifically:

1. Empty the study. This involves shifting huge numbers of books and other paraphenalia, then the bookshelves, the PC, and the PC desk. Hopefully, all of this will fit in the spare room for the required few days.
   
2. Rip out a few mounting sockets from one of the walls, and patch the resulting holes.
   
3. Paint the ceiling.
   
4. Paint the walls.
   
5. Paint the walls again (since we're changing the colour, two coats will be required).
   
6. Paint the skirting boards and door frame.
   
7. Leave to dry overnight.
   
8. Hoover.
   
9. Bring back the bookshelves, the books, and assorted paraphenalia. I think these are all basically going back where they came from.
   
10. Assemble a new computer desk (assuming it has been purchased in time).
    
11. Bring back the PC.

Obviously, that's a lot of steps for a small room! However, the individual steps should themselves me small. Indeed, the biggest parts of the task are probably clearing the room and then putting everything back. The actual decoration, given the size of the room and that it will hopefully be empty, should be very quick. We still have two preparatory tasks to do: the first is to finalise our choice of paint and then acquire it; the second is the purchase the new computer desk. Neither is particularly huge... but both are a case of actually getting on and doing it!

#47: "War of the Wolf", by Bernard Cornwell
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