I've spent the last day or so clearing out our study and moving the indecent sized collection of books into the dining room - I think they must breed when I'm not looking: how did there get to be so many?! A carpenting friend arrives in half an hour to deliver and build a built-in bookcase which (we hope) will solve all our bookish woes. A couple of months ago he put one up in the guestroom which looks gorgeous now (having been painted by my own two hands), but this one is rather larger.

Oh joy! Thankfully, we're sharing Christmas celebrations with friends and family so the state of this house doesn't matter.