The 1st was a success.
Before:

After:

Toast and cosy

The second was... err..... less so
Before

During


After

Decorators are back in next week and Wendy and me will head off to TK Max for a couple of jumpers

Not sure of the technical terms but the gist of it is that the fireplace and chimney, which everything pointed to being there, wasn't there. Bit of a bummer all round really and not quite what either me or Euan was expecting.