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The first job

So after having the dolls house sitting in the den for a week or so looking pretty, we decided it was probably time to move it. So Phillip and I prepared ourselves for another move. This time taking the doors off of the dolls house to avoid unwated slaps in the stomach from the doors. 
Out the den, 
up a step, 
navigate around the couches in the lounge, 
through the kitchen, 
out the laundry, 
STOP!!!
we nearly forgot our gumboots,
gumboots on,
down a step,
across the driveway, 
up a step,
into the dry garage.
Whew we made it!!
And then back to the house to get the rest of the dolls furniture.

Right, so the dolls house was now where we wanted it. And it looked good there, but today wasn't the day to start on it. 

NEXT DAY: A beautiful sunny day, which meant we had lots of power. Phillip and I went into the garage, reeled the doors up to let in the beautiful sunlight, got our camping chairs out, sat down and looked at it. Where the heck do we ever start?!
We decided firstly that hand sanding the inside was the way to go. We got our dust masks on and started off. It was hard work, and we felt like we were going nowhere. Remembering that we had this lovely power tool in the garage that could sand it while we just moved the tool around became a very convincing idea. 
Renovater out, sanding paper on to it, and off we went...well off Phillip went....I hand sanded and then we swapped. I think we spent about two days sanding it before agreeing that it was smooth and good enough to start priming. 



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