while the cat's away

 

Before my husband went away recently

I asked him very nicely to paint over the mustard and blue

in the lounge room with white.

Oh and while he's at it why not those daggy brown bookshelves!

After all my husband is a housepainter I'm not just a nag.

 

He was not out the door ten minutes before I'd

mixed up some cornflour with a bit of tap water to make a paste.

 

I then boiled the kettle and mixed the boiling water

into the paste until it looked like this.

Thick but not too thick.

 

I trimmed one of my favourite vintage sheets.

 

Then I painted the back of the shelves with the cornflour mix

and put the cut pieces of sheet on the wet mix.

 

It turned out a treat!

 

I am so very happy with the result and

because it was so simple I'll be doing it again.

 

Now I just have to sort the books and load them back on.

 

But I think I'll take my time with that because I just like

looking at my new shelves just the way they are.