The builders continued to dismantle and rebuild the living room, yesterday.
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The living room is mostly empty, now. The "back" wall is back to the original paint colour of the bungalow. I'm not 100% sure what they were thinking of when they built these things, but apparently this is the colour schemes they went with.
Goopy blues, sickly greens, off-yellows and more.
Once you strip back the layers upon layers of borders and wallpaper, it's all in there, desperate to escape!
Over on the chimney wall, the Artex is stuck onto a layer of plaster which is coming off along with the Artex, so it's going to be a much tougher job, and potentially dusty, and possibly even Asbestos'y, removing all of that.
Masks will be the order of the day, today, as they're going to do what they can to pretty much get rid of all of that.
We peeped behind the large piece of wood in front of the chimney, and there is indeed a sizeable hole in there. We considered putting our nice big electric fire inside the hole, but it's a very black fire, and if you do shove it in the hole, you really can't see the design of the fire any more.
Instead, we'll likely just build in front of the wall, like we did at the old house.
Fire, fireplace, mantlepiece, plinth, all in front, and ignore the hole.
... though we did recently watch this video on the YouTubes, and thought that "no fire, just candles" looked quite nice.
Hmmm..
We're still not sure.
And we've still not picked a colour scheme yet, either.
Sure as hell won't be vomit-green, though!!
[chorus]
What colour will we paint the living room?
What colour will be on the floor?
What style will we do for the fireplace.
We honestly don't know.
[break]
[verse]
We've a ceiling that needs plastering,
And a Artex wall catastrophe,
But hopefully if all goes well,
The room will end up being swell.
I wonder what, then, we will choose.
A colour scheme of red or blues.
To match the rugs from our old home,
Or change it all and be reborn.
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[chorus]
What colour will we paint the living room?
What colour will be on the floor?
What style will we do for the fireplace.
We honestly don't know.
[break]
[verse]
Once a carpet has been picked,
Bought, delivered and then fit.
We've only furniture to sort,
From our old house, they have been brought.
Then all the chairs can be put back,
But the TV Unit we still lack.
I guess we have to go and shop,
To see what TV stands they've got.
[drop][chorus]
What colour will we paint the living room?
What colour will be on the floor?
What style will we do for the fireplace.
We honestly don't know.
Int. Dave's apartment - Morning
[Dave is standing proudly next to a large mechanical counter on the wall labeled "Burrow Office Sales". The counter displays a giant number 1. Green enters the room, rubbing his eyes sleepily.]
Green: [yawning] Dave, what the heck is that?
Dave: [beaming] It's our Burrow Office Sales tracker! Isn't it magnificent?
Green: [squinting at the counter] Wow.. .. We sold one?
Dave: [sheepishly] Well, you see, I was testing the machine...
Green: [sighs] Let me guess, you can't get it to reset now?
Dave: It's not my fault! These mechanical things are so complicated.
Green: It probably has a button on the back.
Dave: The back? But it took me three hours to fix it to the wall. How am I supposed to get to the back of it?
Green: .. How did you fix it to the wall?
Dave: Glue
Green: Not, just a screw or something?
Dave: I've not got a screwdriver. It's ok, though, the glue said it was super.
Green: Well, super.
Dave: Anyway, it doesn't matter. We'll just have to remember to take 1 off of the millions we sell. This counter is going to motivate us. Just you wait, soon it'll be spinning faster than a squirrel in a hamster wheel!
[Scene Two]
Int. Dave's apartment - Afternoon
[Dave is frantically trying to reset the counter while Green watches from the couch]
Dave: Come on, you stupid thing! Reset!
Green: I thought we were going to remember to subtract one.
Dave: Nope. Isn't going to work. Once this thing hits 10 million, I want to be able to shout "Ten Million!", not "Nine million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine!"
Green: Of course. Sorry.
Dave: Maybe we should call that comedy club again. Once Burrow Office takes off, I'll have some new material for my triumphant return to stand-up.
[Scene Three]
Int. Dave's apartment - Evening
[Dave has glued together several credit cards and is whittling them around the back of the counter]
Dave: I've almost got it, Greenie! Just a few more adjustments and we'll be back to zero sales!
Green: I dunno, Dave. The minus figure's sounding about right.
Dave: Don't be so pessimistic! You need to think of the big picture.
Green: And the big picture is...
Dave: [triumphant] Aha! There. Zero!
Green: Honestly, Dave. You could've coded something to do that. You literally just coded a Spreadsheet utility.
Dave: Yeah, but that's only a tiny cell on a small screen. This is a BIG number on a wall! It's WAY better!
Green: And now it's a big fat zero.
Dave: Yay!
[End credits]
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