Ann’s Home

 Bouts of creativity, punctured by bouts of despair, characterised Ann’s life. A Home in need of  modernisation and unfettered by any competent DIY became Ann’s canvas. The bungalow was painted pink on the outside. The garden grew wild.. inside Ann painted each other doors a different colour of the rainbow. Ann was not a competent painter and lacked patience. Each door sported a variety of colours.. Ann laid a green carpet on the concrete floor, and hung a lampshade in the style of a hot air balloon coloured, like, the sky with a blue sky and clouds, from  the ceiling. A lot of the time Ann lived in a fantasy world.. this world most populated by two teddy bears. They were named Bob and Ben and had been made by her mum. Ann Put up pictures on the wall 2 feet from the ground as these are where Bob and Ben would have put up their pictures have they put them up themselves. All of the walls were white washed.. and all of the floors, except the green carpet, were covered in cheap plastic tiles many of which were broken. Many of the ceiling lights had no kind of shade, but were instead of single bulb, hanging brightly from the centre of the room. Ann enjoyed tapestry. And studied part time for a degree. The homes washing machine was in the shed across the yard from the kitchen. Kitchen held appliances that were randomly placed. There was a fridge in the hall on the green grass carpet under the blue sky, hot air balloon and facing the picture 2 feet off the ground that had, she said, been put up by bob and Ben, the teddy bear men.