The house that comes with my husband’s job is a typical Victorian vicarage. It has lots of space – high ceilings and even higher heating bills, you know the sort of thing.
When we first visited it, it was showing its age. It hadn’t been substantially decorated for about twenty years and the rooms looked tired. Many of them had not been used much of late, as the previous vicar was single.
The PCC kindly agreed to completely redecorate the house for us before we moved in, and I had to swiftly choose the colours as the team of decorators moved like locusts through the house. With the size of rooms we have, we don’t have to be afraid of colour.
Obviously, the Queen needed a pink room and she’d picked out a set of bedlinen and curtains in the Next catalogue. Her main motivation for choosing the design was a gorgeous sticker set that came with it.
We’d been moved in a few days when Icklesis came to visit. I’d been putting off the Queen’s request to apply the stickers. And a good thing too:
-
- Putting up the first curly whirly piece. Much stress for the grown-ups. That stuff sticks to itself.
-
- Cutting out the pieces
-
- These pieces were really pesky to handle. You need at least three hands, preferably six.
-
- The Queen showing mid-way progress
-
- The Queen with the finished article – cool, huh?
Looks lovely but definitely a team activity. Thanks Icklesis!
The Vicar's Wife 