FF – Ooh, Aah!
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Mikhael Sublett.
Well, I just hit “publish” instead of “preview”… bear with me… 🙂
Okay, I think I’m there.
Copyright Mikhael Sublett
“Yes! Will you look at that!”
“Perfect. At last, a combined kitchen/diner. Seems weird, bashing down a wall in the house but this is gonna look great for when Billy and Sarah come round for dinner. They’ll ooh and aah!”
“Yep! What do the instructions say next?”
“Let’s see… prepare the area… smash wall with sledgehammer… turn the page, ah, yes… but first, check the wall is not load-bearing. What’s that, then?”
KerrrrrrASH! Cough cough splutter
Ding dong!
“Hi Billy, Sarah, great to see you! Please, come through to our ultra-modern state of the art open-air kitchen diner…”
“Ooh!”
“Aah!”
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I’m one who rarely reads the instructions hahaha! I think every DIYer has had this happen at least once 😀
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My roof is constantly falling in 🙂
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That’s why I leave the real renovations to the professionals.
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Me too. I’m very ham-fisted 🙂
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At least you won’t go hungry.
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Ha ha – they’re remarkably unfazed by their unexpected open-air kitchen/diner! 🙂
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Might as well make the best of it!
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They should invite all the neighbours. Open house!
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A little more open than they’d hoped!
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A unique bit of internal architecture. It’s all down to the way you sell it.
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I can’t help thinking they’re estate agents.
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😀 loved it! You write well!
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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I’ll take this as a warning… how I hate reading instructions…
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Read them, read them! And remember to turn the page!
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Drat, those loadbearing walls. 😀 — Suzanne
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Who knew? 🙂
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How to change a room into a terrace in one easy step.
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Think of all the work it saved!
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OK, I’ve just bashed down all of the walls in here… and it’s still not roomy enough! I guess I’ll start on the outside walls…
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They can’t possibly be holding anything important up…
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They might be a little dumb, but they are fast thinkers.
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They need to be 🙂
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Funny.
You have again inspired my FF story.
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I enjoyed the way you turned around the change to an open air kitchen-diner, while retaining the Ooh! Aah! response.
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They’re quick thinkers! Hopefully the weather holds while their guests are there.
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Who reads instructions? Let’s hope it doesn’t rain before they get their dream building work repaired, besides people will get sick of BBQ’s.
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Sick of BBQs? Bite your tongue, sir!
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Well, yes, maybe a roast hog over an open pit would be very rustic.
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Knowing them it’s probably an accident involving a pet pot-bellied pig and their fireplace, though…
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like they say, it’s all about perspectives. 🙂
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They’re very optimistic 🙂
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I actually know people who have done that. I had a father in law who was a construction engineer, so I learned early about “load-bearing walls,” but I could have been one of them. Ooh. Aah!
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It’s one of those terms you need to learn early on!
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Let’s just call it shabby chic!
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It’s certainly shabby!
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Dear Ali,
That’s creative thinking. Not sure it will work for the long-term. 😉 Funny.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
One thing at a time – first the guests, then the roof 🙂
Ali
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Haha… the rustic look?
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Wouldn’t it be cool if they planted a big tree there?
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Lovely piece – that’s reminiscent of my approach to knocking down stuff sadly so it brought a wry smile whilst reading.
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Measure once, cut twice and all that jazz. Or did I have that backwards… nah 🙂
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I love the way you ended this. Perfect 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Oh my!
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Yep!
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Too funny… my father was told by a contractor he could remove a wall in the basement… Yeah. No. Funny how water would puddle in the middle of the living room when spilt…
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Oh no! You’d hope you could trust the professionals…
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One would think…
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Tee hee ! The house owners seem unfazed by kitchen collapsing. Bet they’d be good participants of a Grand Designs programme on tv. (I never read manuals.)
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They’ll be smiling right up until their entire house collapses…
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😀 😀 always read the ‘destructions’ before beginning work.
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Ha ha! Yep, and turn the page too 🙂
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Hope the weather holds up! Get it? 😉
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Unfortunately someone knocked down a load-bearing cloud 🙂
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Remind me not to ask that couple for help in my remodeling! Enjoyed!!!
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They’re very enthusiastic, though!
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