I have to admit that the last 2 weeks of the alteration stretched me to my limit. I did find the tipping point where I was exhausted, grumpy and just wanted to get on a plane to a tropical island and run away for a while. The amazing amount of things that started to come together in the last two weeks were fantastic. Tiling finished, plumbing fittings installed, kitchen in and the painting and decorating almost complete. I felt a little sense of disappointment with myself, that I didn't enjoy this more. There were challenges though, I now know you need a white sealer behind white wall paper and old hardware requires quite a bit of elbow grease to remove 75 year old dirt, grime and paint. Then there was the moving in the rain whilst builders finished off little bits, the pressing time of Christmas looming (and the pressures of deadlines) and the effort of unpacking my life again into a new space. To be honest I didn't give enough credit to the amount of energy I needed at the end. However not one to dwell on the negatives, I learnt the value of holidays! This has been stressful, but also so rewarding. I dont regret spending those weekends sanding skirtings and architraves or stripping wall paper. It means that I appreciate the effort and care that has gone into my new space. But time and energy would be the two resources that I will now encourage my clients to be mindful of.