Decorating in Time for the Carpeting

I had thought of decorating the place myself but the more I have thought about it the less it has seemed sensible so we decided to have it painted by a proper painter - if one was available before 11th March when the carpets are due to be laid!  A tall order but a self inflicted situation.

The answer nowadays lies with local social media - Facebook and Twitter - on which I posted the following at 9am:

Is there a Settle area painter out there who could emulsion newly plastered (but fully dry)walls and ceilings of our extension before carpets go down on March 11th?

 — looking for recommendations

Within minutes suggestions and recommendations were being posted and I made a couple of phone calls.  One was a message left on a machine and the other was a real live but crackly voice.  Turned out he was on 'the tops' between Settle and Malham but the bottom line was "Be with you in 20 minutes".  He came, he saw, he quoted a very reasonable price and he has got the job.  Starts next Saturday!

If all goes to plan therefore we shall have the place decorated and carpeted within a fortnight.  Many a slip etc but the experience does show the huge usefulness of the internet at this late stage.

A weekend of clearing the decks beckons.