As a Seventh-day Adventist, we celebrate Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. This means that many SDAs spend Friday afternoons preparing for the Sabbath by cleaning their homes, taking out the trash, pre-preparing casseroles and other food for Sabbath dinner so that they only need to be put in the oven and baked, and doing any necessary shopping. If you actually work for the church, you usually work longer days Monday through Thursday and get off at noon on Friday to allow for this. Here's a funny video a friend shared with me about what it can be like 5 minutes before sundown on Friday in an SDA household. http://youtu.be/7qSPiUUuuXI

This really could be a dream weekend location as they have started doing holiday lets in the beautiful granary that overlooks the Brede Valley (and the award winning gardens of course!)

Hiya Jill, thanks for sending those images over. In response to your first question about your bedroom, I can think of a couple of solutions that may work. The first is the same solution as my previous French window answer to @montbray and fit something that moves with the window, either a Pleated or a Venetian which operate under tension and open with a thumb tab rather than a cord. Alternatively, it would look quite nice if a blind, particularly a Roman blind was fitted right to the top of the wall above the window, at the ceiling. This will allow the blind to be ‘dressed’ to form a valance effect above the window when the blind is open, giving full view from, and use of the window and when it is closed, it will give the illusion of the window being taller. In the case of your bathroom blind, you might like to try a waterproof Roller blind made from PVC fabric. Alternatively, Faux wood blinds are a really great idea, as they have all the look of traditional Wooden blinds, but won't warp in wet or steamy conditions. Admittedly, it is a difficult window to dress and there are not a lot of options, but hopefully, these will give you some ideas. Sarah

My wife loves cooking and is a fabulous cook so I'm lucky, she can cook any meals. Previous experiences mean we never order in and because we live out in the sticks I'd doubt anyone would deliver this far out.