Lekaro

But no picture just yet, I’ve got to get rid of a old cupboard and do some painting first. And it seems it will be a little while until I’ve got that sorted.

But I’m getting there

I decided a few weeks back that I needed to do some changes to my kitchen. Get it a bit brighter. And I found that getting some mirrors on the wall should do the trick.

And today I’ve got the first one up, and the second should be along shortly. This one needs a bit more work, got to do some painting and replace some old cupboards on the wall. So I guess I’ll return later with the result on that one.

But here you can see the before and after of my first wall at least

I hope you see which is which. I struggled a bit with the after image since my camera go a bit disorientated on where the focus should be

And a long one as well

On Friday i got up early and went up to Lamberseter to play there and then we went down to Slurpen where we spent a few hours before marching the city center to be part of the 1st of May parade. As I was busy doing that Susan and Alwyn arrived in Oslo.

After we finished playing i went to Traktørn a small pub just up the road. I was supposed to have one beer and then go to meet Susan, but as everyone know .. there is no such thing as one beer .. so I ended up having two before I left.

Then I meet Susan and Alwyn at the central station, and we went home to my place and did a quick change around before going back into town.  We went to Aase and Jeanettes place at Frogner, where we meet up with some of the other people from my band. All in all i thing it was a good 1st of Mai.

On Saturday the weather had deteriorated some but we still decided to go to Kjelsås and do the walk down by the Akerselva. And with only a few drops of rain on the way down i guess we should say that we were lucky. On the way down we also dropped in on the market at  Olaf Ryes plass where we got some lunch.

We then went to Majorstua and took a stroll through Frognerparken and had a look at the statues by Vigeland

Then we went back home for dinner and spending the rest of the evening just relaxing at home.

Susan and Alwyn flew back to the UK today but we still managed some sightseeing. We took the boat out amongst the islands from Vippetangen, jumping off at Hovedøya where we had a look around. Then we went and had lunch at People & Coffee in Rådhusgata. I’ve been there before for coffee and not been to impressed, but now the place has changed and I enjoyed it a lot. I’ll most likely end up there at other occasions.

After lunch we had a stroll on Akershus fortress before walking up to the Castle to see if the king was home. And judging from the flag he was

Then it was time for Susan and Alwyn to catch their bus to Torp and the end of their Norwegian adventure for this time. But I guess they’ll be back to have a proper look at Norway later. Meaning going up north I guess. I’m just pleased that they seems to have had a nice weekend here in Oslo and that the weather Gods seems to at least partly be playing along.

Where I live we have a washing room for laundry, and a system were you put a padlock on a day and time slot to book using the washer and dryer.

Lately some fucker keeps stealing my time, either by starting the washing before i come, which is fine cause then i just chuck it out. But even worse. They have started to take my half washed or dried clothes out, and putting in their own.

Next time it all goes in the bin !

It’s that time of year again and I’m now at my parents place. It’s nice to be home and it’s been a while since the last time. I came home last night and today has been a nice and slow day And I guess the next week is going to be most of the same.

But I should really start charging for computer fixes

Guess it’s that time again.
The time to finally put something new up here.

Fixing up this place goes slow and steady, slow being a keyword it seems. But at least something is happening.

A few weeks back I had my parents here and me and my dad finally got to fix the horrible tiles in the kitchen area.

I’ve attached a before and after image, I think if came out just great

What do you think ?
 

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The next project now will be to build a shelf for my stereo and mount my TV on the wall, at the moment it’s just standing on my loudspeakers

Then I’ll need to make a shelf up by the ceiling where I’ll but my DSL modem and router, and run cables up through the ceiling and to my computers. It’s starting to get a bit crowded in the air around here so I don’t get the speed I would like from my wireless connection. I’m also planning on running a coaxial cable around the same way so that it isn’t showing in the room.

But that’s all in the future, right now I’m going out

Guess I’m not to good at updating this blog but here goes.
I’ve no started putting the kitchen together finally.
Last weekend my parents came by and we managed to raise my bed and make a drawer underneath and put up some of the kitchen.

We managed to get all the cupboard that’s supposed to hang on the wall up and to finish the part of the kitchen where the sink goes. Or almost finish. Today I’ve fastened the kitchen top and filled the gap between it and the wall. I guess the people back in the 60′s wasn’t that worries about getting the angles right so there where a gab between the kitchen top and the wall at the end.

I saw some of the same problems on the cupbords that I’ve hung, the last one is slightely lower than the rest to make it fit right. Guess that is just part of the game.

This week I was hoping to get the rest of the kitchen together, but there is a lot of other stuff happening and I’, only able to do work on Tuesday ( today 9 and Thursday. And then just between around 1800 and until 2000 when it’s supposed to be quiet in the building.

Below are two photos of how it looks right now.

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A long overdue update coming your way.

Things have changed, but not by much

I found there were quite a big problem with the wiring for my stove, there were none !

So my kitchen is still located on the floor in the living room together with all my other stuff. But I have moved in and got my bed up and my PC working. So then I’m saved for now

Next Tuesday I’ll have an electrician over to fix the wiring, and then my parents are coming on Thursday. Hopefully we’ll be able to do quite a lot while they are here. *fingers crossed*

Today was my first day actually doing something in my apartment. I started out removing the shelves which I’ll use somewhere else after I finish with the rest of the kitchen.

Then I removed the freezer underneath the table and started deicing it.
I was hoping that it was in good order but it seems a bit shabby, so I’m unsure if anyone  might want to have it, but I’ll have to give it a try.

Then i started on the table, sanded it down and stained the table with dark stain. I actually managed to stain it twice so I hope it turns out good.

I’ve uploaded a before and after picture, it’s not the best since the lighting on the two photos are very different. hmm perhaps I’ll make a better one tomorrow.

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I’ve finally managed to put together my new kitchen and spent last evening trotting around at IKEA collecting all the bits and pieces. This is one giant puzzle

Today I’ll have to go to Maxbo again and order the counter top for the kitchen, I didn’t find any I liked at IKEA.

Below is a few sketches of how it will look.

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