I was sitting in the conservatory yesterday (as you do when you're stuck at home - if you've got a conservatory of course), and noticed that the roller blinds were looking a bit, shall we say, in need of a clean. Actually they were manky.
Couple of points here for context. Our conservatory (built before we moved in), was built by cowboys. For one thing it had a laminate floor, laid straight over some joists above a 5"-6" void. That meant walking on it was like walking on a trampoline. We fixed that. The conservatory frame itself (uPVC) looks like a 5 year old had built it out of spare bits from their lego box. It's OK, but it's got gaps where there shouldn't be, and the overall handiwork was, erm crude. Still we stuck with it (it's a lot cheaper than pulling it down and starting again, although in hindsight...). The roller blinds themselves, and they're pretty bog standard blinds at that, have faded over the years. Anyway, this all means that it's not the poshest conservatory in the world, but it does a job. But after a damp and dingy winter the blinds were beginning to look a little grim.
So I took them down, unrolled them, checked them in the bath one at a time with a washing machine tablet and a large dose of Vanish. A good soak and rinse later, and a dry on the line they look remarkable better. Not brilliant, as they'e slightly two-tone - they were probably once cream, but having spent most of their life rolled up the bottom bit tends to be more sunbleached, but at least the grime's gone.
Maybe (probably) I should have done this every year since we've lived here, but the reality is, at least in this house, a lot of these sort of jobs just don't get done, until that moment when you have a little more time to reflect and think..."Oh dear, that needs looking at...."
Still, I suppose that's what lockdown and retirement's for......
Until tomorrow....
#isolationlife
#stayhomesavelives
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