The big push!

The first few weeks of May were a whirlwind. We decided to do a big push before our holiday to France as Katy was coming to stay. Kitchen in, kitchen worktops on, and carpets down on the last Friday!  It was exhausting but we did it.  No bed yet though...

Tiled Bathroom!

The Bakers come to the rescue again with the ensuite tiling. What an amazing job! My renaissance bathroom is on its way...

Tiled floor!

Finally the tiles arrived! Unfortunately a lot of them were broken on delivery but we got replacements delivered. Nick and I had a long conversation about which way the tiles should be laid, and Nick won!  As his prize he got to seal the floor with linseed oil.  And then wipe it all off with turps when it went all sticky. Unfortunately we left a sponge soaked in linseed oil overnight in the kitchen.  Would you believe it - it spontaneously combusted in the early hours of the morning! Luckily we smelled it before the house set on fire!

 At last we were nearing the stage where we could move into the kitchen.

Mum and Dad come over and Dad fits the utility sink!

We have decided to paint the wall a bright orange colour.
This is going to be a sort of 50's mid century modern weird throw back room with nostalgia from my early childhood and pop art tin can folk decoupage decor...  hummm.

Painting party

Hurrah for my lovely church friends who turned up to help get a base coat on the kitchen-diner!

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"Fresh and Pretty" is what I'm trying to go for.....

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Scaffolding down, plaster up!

Wow, it really does feel like we are coming in to land (finally!!!!)

The scaffolding came down this week! The railings are up and you get to see what we have built in all its glory!

Also the upstairs is plastered, and we are starting to paint!

The ensuite has been the priority this week. We bought some paint and after spending a fortune on tester pots I thought I had what I wanted. Then when we bought £40 worth of paint we started rollering on the walls and Nick said "Oh my goodness it is pink". Now my dear husband is colour blind and not normally a reliable judge... but in this case he was absolutely right. So I had to reach for my acrylic artists paints and started adding "yellow ochre".... oh dear we could end up a real pickle! Fortunately we managed to coax the colour towards the peachy end of the spectrum, which isn't quite what I was going for, but I think we will get away with it.

The plumber has been here the last few days and now the towel rail and bath are in! They are even operational. Nick and I had our first bath in the new extension tonight!!! Ok we did have to tiptoe round the power tools but it was so exciting. We are actually using our new extension!