The chosen one – woodwork has not been done yet, obviously
Well, here’s the new colour in the middle room, after literally hours of staring at the different coloured samples on the wall, and discussion, C chose this one. Our lovely F hates it ‘more than white’, but what does he know, soon he’ll only see the desk and the computer in there. This colour is from good old Farrow and Ball, it has the usual ability to look different dependant on how the light is hitting the room.
Most of the room was painted on Monday but, being this time of year, I had not actually seen it in the daylight until I got home from work today. The final cutting in at the cornice was done today and I must say that I am quite proud of my work. Sure, there’ll be a bit more finishing off to do tomorrow, up the ladder. Then it’s action stations on the hall. By Monday it will be painted, all we have to do is decide on the colour…..simple. It definitely won’t be red as F suggested, that’s for sure.
This amazing Acer caught my eye when I went to check up on the guinea pigs this morning, the colour has changed to the most vibrant bright reddish pink almost overnight. It’s in a pot and has had a couple of ropy phases since the bad snow years, so glad to see it in full magnificence again.
The Regeneration
The ‘middle’ room is to get the floorboards done at the same time as the hall and, since it’s empty, we have decided to go for it and change the wall colour too. When the sun is shining it is a beautifully light room and those windows are amazing, they let light all the way through to the hall. It can be quite dark though because of the green damask print wallpaper which I quite like actually but it does not fit with the way I’d like it to look. Light, bright and fresh is what I’m thinking with an array of colours coming from our belongings on the shelving.
Here’s how it looked last Friday before the mission to clear it out started, it had become a dump. We all have our own little visions for this former dining room. Playroom, study, music room, library, snug or games room, it is my goal to make sure it stays a bit more organised and pleasant to visit, whatever it is used for.
no idea how I got this effect – this is how full the room was last weekend
This is how it looks right now, as I type. Imagine me sitting on that hideous red chair, which will not be coming back in, if I can help it.
Friday 15 Nov 2013 – note the stain samples
There should be a new version to show you on Monday, this weekend is painting weekend, once we decide on a colour. There is a beautiful blue in my mind’s eye but who knows what colour you’ll see in the after photo.
Friday Treat
Friday make – chocolate crispies
My promise to H yesterday was that we would make chocolate crispies with her friend when she came to play. Yum, hope there’s one left for me.
Well, I wish you a super weekend, think of me in my painting gear doing my stuff (and procrastinating no doubt), x
As I might have mentioned, I’m on floors at the moment. The old house had wooden floors, the colour was great and they stood up well to everything we threw at it, often literally with all three of the children being little there. The whole ground floor was done at once as the last stage of the renovation, it finished the place off so well. The house had four rooms, a bathroom (in pink and black) and a kitchen when we moved in. We added two bedrooms and a shower room upstairs and bashed a few walls about downstairs to end up with a brilliant kitchen diner leading straight out to decking and a fab garden. We probably would have put a room on the back had we stayed, we had good times there, the decision to move to the bungalow once Dad died was a tough one but we made the right choice, definitely.
At the weekend I was looking back through the images used for selling the house, to remind myself the look of the old floors. I realised you may like to see them too, have a look. I do have to admit this was the day the house looked its best ever.
I love white houses, it just wouldn’t work on the new place at all, shameyou can see the floor colour well here, that is it after about 8 years, it did pretty wellthe front bedroom upstairsmy beloved old kitchen- it was the best – especially the way it opened onto the deck, I really miss that here.
The Regeneration
The next stage here is well underway, we cleared the middle messy pit of a room and, since it’s now empty, the decision is whether to just go for it and redecorate it before the floors are done. I’m for white in there, what a surprise, and C really fancies some wallpaper. Although I like a bit of white, I saw a great blue colour today that could work, the sample’s reserved to be picked up asap. One thing that is for sure, we’ll get rid of the light fitting, photos to come of that soon. This is the room that C has allocated as ‘his’ and he is thinking that a new Gibson ES-339 would be the perfect accessory for it. There’s a lot of chatting to do I fear. I’ll keep you posted.
Regeneration 