New Piggy Palace In The Making - I Won't Be Around For A Couple Of Days

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We have been wallpapering and redecorating like mad for the last few days in order to get the new piggy side of the living room ready in time for the arrival of some large furniture for the new human end, which is going to be extended a bit in a few weeks' time.

Anyway, we need to get all the painting and last touches finished today, so that tomorrow I can move two dozen piggies in five groups with all their stuff from one end of the room to the other and reconfigure their pens and grids in their new spot on the other side of the lounge. Talk about a logistic nightmare!

Tag me if there is a real emergency, otherwise see you again on Friday!

Wish me luck!
 
Wow :eek: you are going to be a very busy bee! It's taken me two days to figure out size, shape, how many grids etc for my girls new set up. I don't envy you one bit! Hope all goes well and we get to see pics :D
 
Winifred said:
This will be my new piggy room but we have a fair bit of work to do yet. Hope it makes you feel better :eek:View attachment 14182
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We have had the builders work on the small extension on the other side of the lounge now (just so we don't only look at neighbour's big extension wall anymore), and we are coming up to the messiest bit this week - breaking through into the and taking back the old house wall/sliding door as soon as the new outer patio doors are put in...
The piggies are facing exile in the kitchen in the lawn runs and hospital cages during that time!
 
PiggySmitten said:
Have fun piggies exploring your new temporary quarters- at least they wont be bored!
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They know the drill from when I had to move the whole setup from one end of the room to the other in September. Here are the Tribe girls waiting to get back into their cage!
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Lol. Love the look on the little ones face that's stuck between the two piggy bottoms. So cute. (Think those 2 are in a huff) lol. It will be worth it in the end piggies.
 
More piggies in exile today (and for the start of next week), as we are currently in the critical phase of connecting the new extension to the lounge.

Three weeks ago, our house looked like this after a major mud fest (not for the faint-hearted!):
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We have got as far as this now with the old patio doors coming out today:
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Which means that the piggies had to move away from the dust and noise and out into exile in the kitchen!
(We just about have access to fridge, water, coffee machine and the microwave...) :mal:
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Wow, it must be like a full-scale military operation (and that's just moving the piggies)! I bet you can't wait for everything to be finished :)
 
This is why I am not around much at the moment... my computer is on the other end of this room, firmly sealed off by a sheet of plastic! The piggies are still camping in the kitchen, so not much in the way of cooking, either! Hub needs the lap top for work during the day, so I can only use it if things are quiet... :(

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Wow, I really can understand what you are going through! We have just had the actual building work finished on a large extension and loft conversion. We still have to have the downstairs loo put in and the new utility room needs plastering, but we have halted works till after Christmas (I need a break from workmen and I'm exhausted).

We have bare plaster walls in most of the rooms downstairs (we moved walls around as well as extending) and bare woodwork etc. No carpets downstairs anymore either!

We employed builders to do the actual building but all the decorating is down to us, and I'm really struggling to keep motivated to finish! I'm actually getting used to the bare plaster walls ;)

We have lots more piggy space now though! Yours will be lovely and you will be so happy when its done. Your garden still looks nice too - our builders turned the top part of ours into a mud bath and destroyed my herb garden which I had virtually watered with my tears :(
 
Goth Mummy said:
Wow, I really can understand what you are going through! We have just had the actual building work finished on a large extension and loft conversion. We still have to have the downstairs loo put in and the new utility room needs plastering, but we have halted works till after Christmas (I need a break from workmen and I'm exhausted).

We have bare plaster walls in most of the rooms downstairs (we moved walls around as well as extending) and bare woodwork etc. No carpets downstairs anymore either!

We employed builders to do the actual building but all the decorating is down to us, and I'm really struggling to keep motivated to finish! I'm actually getting used to the bare plaster walls ;)

We have lots more piggy space now though! Yours will be lovely and you will be so happy when its done. Your garden still looks nice too - our builders turned the top part of ours into a mud bath and destroyed my herb garden which I had virtually watered with my tears :(
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We've been through our big kitchen/office and downstairs loo extension 6 years ago... Having to camp in the living room with no running water downstairs...
The piggy side of the room is already done; this is the human side, so we don't just look at a wall to the left and a wall to the right. The upper part of the lawn is a complete write off, too, and so is part of the flower bed. We want to crack on with the decorating as soon as the builders are done (they are running about 3 weeks later than original planned), so we are done before Christmas and leave the garden until next spring.

I really feel for you living in a half way state, @Goth Mummy! I am exhausted too after having to work through 6 months worth of building noise and dirt, no thanks to next door and my workplace facing the adjoining wall!

We now just want to see the end of it and be done! Hopefully, the worst is over by the end of the week and we can start with papering the ceiling by the weekend after next.
 
Goth Mummy said:
Wow, I really can understand what you are going through! We have just had the actual building work finished on a large extension and loft conversion. We still have to have the downstairs loo put in and the new utility room needs plastering, but we have halted works till after Christmas (I need a break from workmen and I'm exhausted).

We have bare plaster walls in most of the rooms downstairs (we moved walls around as well as extending) and bare woodwork etc. No carpets downstairs anymore either!

We employed builders to do the actual building but all the decorating is down to us, and I'm really struggling to keep motivated to finish! I'm actually getting used to the bare plaster walls ;)

We have lots more piggy space now though! Yours will be lovely and you will be so happy when its done. Your garden still looks nice too - our builders turned the top part of ours into a mud bath and destroyed my herb garden which I had virtually watered with my tears :(
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I feel your pain with the distroying herb garden. I can get very annoyed as soon as I suss out something has moved!
 
Oooh that looks stressful but your piggies look cozy and contented in their temporary accomodation [nearer to the food supplies?] It'll be great seeing it all finished! I must say that you have a lovely view of fields beyond your garden..... I am most envious!
 
I was close to crying yesterday when faced with the total mess in the living room (it really looks like bomb site and the dust in the air is catching badly in the throat) and yet another day of camping in the kitchen. Running several days late now (four days this week instead of just two) and not helped by the fact that I really to start baking for the Rescue Fair in Kidsgrove/Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday...
 
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