Hurrah for my lovely church friends who turned up to help get a base coat on the kitchen-diner!
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Monday, 5 March 2012
Friday, 2 March 2012
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!
Monday, 13 February 2012
Wrought iron railings... one for you dad!
Dad, mum says you love all this blacksmithing stuff... get a load of these then! My new railings for upstairs! I didn't just want straight bars because it would feel like we were in a prison or something. The guys doing it were nervous wrecks by the time I popped by- apparently it was really hard because they cant have any gap that is more than 10cms because of building regs. I think they have done a really good job. The only thing I asked them to change was the final bar on the left- to upend it so that the outline was symmetrical. Otherwise it looks a bit drunk.
Happy customer :)
Monday, 6 February 2012
Week 25 - Knock throughs and the dust of doom
They have knocked through. It has happened! The building projected has burst out of its neat little hiding place and is now invading our lives!!! It's a bit like some weird Dr. Who phenomenon where you open a door to another dimension and then shut it again totally confused about where you are!!!
This is downstairs...
This is downstairs...This is upstairs.... what a hike to get up to the new bedroom!
Now people warned me about the dust. I thought I could cope with a bit of dust- but its the smell that I wasn't prepared for- the breathing it in- this musty dry peppery smell. Its driving me up the wall and hoovering just seems to make it worse!
Of course we are only at the beginning of the craziness- in a few weeks time they will be knocking walls down in here. I think we may abandon ship for that part...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Week 24 - Shades of Yellow and the Roof is On!
Well, winter has arrived, (-4 tonight) fashionably late, and we have made it by the skin of our teeth. The guys are out there now putting the final lick of paint to the barge boards and most of the scaffolding will come down tomorrow.
The slate is Welsh, and the ridge tiles reclaimed. The Velux stream light into the building, especially in the ensuite upstairs which I'm now feeling really positive about! Our bath and shower has arrived and Nick and I did various exp
eriments at the weekend and I think there will be plenty of room in there after all - joy! :)
My friend Joe Woodcock turned the finials for me- don't they look fab? Here is a picture of one, alongside the block of wood he turned them from, and the old rotten thing we replaced.
I had to get some more yellow paint to match the existing woodwork. Our yellow bargeboards are a love or hate it thing, I know a lot of people cringe a bit as it is hardly subtle, but if I'm honest I love it- I think it was subconsciously one of the reasons we bought the house. The colour is quite close to custard powder - I found an old tin in the garage- it is called "Golden Rambler". Its been quite a yellow week :)
Monday, 16 January 2012
Moroccan Inspiration
Some of the goodies that survived the journey back from a Christmas in Marrakech!
The lantern and mirror and lantern opposite are for the downstairs cloak room.
This is definitely taking on a bit of a Moroccan theme... I have even challenged James to do some coloured plaster work! Whats the worst that could happen? I can always paint over it!
This is to accompany the copper sink I bought and the lovely chunky wall mounted taps.
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