The spirits that I called, or, the joys of renovating

My beautiful, clean house has turned into a dusty, dirty, messy space.

After discovering that the healing room ceiling had been eaten by termites, we went into the roof (a 60 cm high, hot, dusty, dark crawl space).

Over the many years of its lifetime, the parapet walls have started to disintegrate, and the low space under the roof is filled with dust. That dust sprinkles (and occasionally rains) down on us through the wooden ceiling.

So for the last couple of days we have been up there, cleaning, vacuuming and getting very dirty. As has my house...

It looks like the dust has just been re-distributed, from upstairs to downstairs.

At least the termites seem to have left. If anyone needs the services of a termite whisperer, let me know :-).

The only room in the whole house that is serene, clean and beautiful is the healing room.

I can't wait for the house to get back to a liveable state. Also can't wait to spend my free time blogging and drinking tea instead of renovating...

Here some healing room impressions (there were some questions as to why the space is called 'healing room', I work as an energy healing facilitator and this is my work room :-) ).

My friend Esther crocheted and starched some beautiful bowls.

I took a short-cut to something similar by starching an old doily. I also sewed some doilies onto a wool blanket:

Then we built a little shelf out of two boxes and some pallet parts:

I also took some thick rope and embedded fairy lights into it. To do that, turn the rope open with both hands and press the cable of the fairy lights in the opening. I saw this idea some time ago on Pinterest, but couldn't find it now and can't remember where it came from:

And now for the other 8 rooms...

Have a gorgeous, dust-free Friday!

Lots of love,