A few lengths of water pipe, a beanbag, and a bedsheet later we are wagon'd up

All that and more!

This was a free gift ("I can't find the keys so can't get into it, would you like it?") when we picked up a chest of drawers. Got us a walnut cocktail cabinet!

What are the colourful things that look like giant map pins?

I'm going to make the bottles I put in it empty. Beyond that, as is. Might rewire the light because it terrifies me, and I would rather die by own shoddy work than someone else's.

Now all I have to do is see these poles through that ripstop nylon. I don't even know if that is possible

Did you sort this already? A long channel for each pole is likely the most best solutiong if those hoops aren’t welded on at the bottom. Glue will likely fail at some point and attaching it with loops will create stress points where the loops/toes are when it’s hit by wind.

Why are you going to put empty bottles in it? There are some nice little automatic lights you can buy that are battery powered or rechargeable, that come on when they sense movement, so you could have them auto-on when it opens.

Well. That’s a way of doing it.

I'll put full bottles in, then drink them.

Is that the chair from IKEA? Jem always says she wants one of those whenever we go.

Relatedly, but not an armchair or indeed from IKEA, we've just bought a(nother) new sofa. Got fed up of the cat and dog hair collecting on the fabric sofa we have so we've gone for a full-leather jobber that should be easy to wipe the hair off and clean.

I hope you’ve got a burgundy smoking jacket, Kern. I think you’d carry one off very well. Also, you need a pet jackdaw.

Cheap cotton antimacassar. Went for a light green to contrast with the deeper green of the chair. Didn't want anything too frilly, and I think the railway company would object if I swiped one from a first class carriage.

Got a standing desk at last.

That's brilliant! I don't think the novelty of pressing the button to make it go up and down would ever wear off!