Christmas day in the bathroom

Well the bath is in the bathroom, but the cast iron feet are on the window sill having been painted gold -very festive. We have had no one in the B&B for 3 weeks, so the other bathrooms have been getting a facelift. The  west wing bathroom has been repainted and the curtains washed and ironed and is awaiting its yearly regrouting. Our shower room needs a touch of paint and regrouting, and the lavender shower room needs new sealant, so Dave is concentrating on the maintenance jobs for now. Dave bought me a book on bathroom ceramics and water supply for Christmas, and I bought two William de Morgan tiles to go among the plain white tiles for the sink splashback. Its funny how you search for tiles for ages, then they appear on an antique programme and everywhere you look you start to see information on them For those not familiar with the Arts and Crafts era, de Morgan was to tile what Moorcroft is to tube lined vases. Antiques are the original recycling, and I have a bottom drawer full of bits and bathroom books I collected to go in the bathroom. I also managed to get a white wood corner shelf unit for 99p last week so I would have somewhere to put them all. If the weather stays fine I will have to get the garden tidied up, but once Dave has finished putting the electrics in the bathroom I will be able to get the filler out and get the walls above the dado rail painted, and the Heath Robinson print of the first railway carriage bathroom hung on the wall.