walked through the Dean Gallery today – this was looking good against the December Edinburgh skylinethe middle room on sunday, if only we had no possessions
Just a quick post this evening to show you something that always catches my eye and to show you how the middle room is coming on. I’m sitting at that desk right now and it is looking pretty much the same. The room seems so big and so calm now, selective restocking of the shelves is required this weekend. But what will we do with everything else? There’s no radiator in here at the moment so it’s bloomin’ cold – sitting with my coat and boots on. Brrrr.
More information about the installation at the Dean Gallery is here. It is a favourite of mine.
So, there you have it, the final colour choice for the hall was the dark one. All day at work on Thursday I was worried that I had made a dreadful decision and that I would get home to something I could not live with. Gladly, that was not the case but I do kind of wish I had a shinier finish than this very matt one which only has 5% sheen. As you can see, it really catches the light none the less. Out of all the decisions, this is the one I have agonised over the most, thanks to everyone who listened, you’ll be glad it’s done too, I will stop going on about it, I promise. C and I have spent far too long analysing the floor and whether it has a pinkish hue in the artificial light of the evening. Now we need to get real, look forward to it looking a little less new; with our gang that won’t take long. Once the woodwork is painted it will look amazing, it spoils it having yellowy skirting at the moment but, we’ll get there. (one day)
We have started putting the study/music room back together and so far, so good. The skirting has been done to the best of my ability, not sure how I kept managing to paint the floor too. Luckily it wiped right off, phew.
(Nearly)Birthday Girl’s Party
I thought you might like a wee peek at the scene before H’s guests arrived for her party, the back room looked great with the bunting and balloons, not sure if you can make out the ‘Happy Birthday’ on the window above the table. That feeling of anticipation before the event is brilliant, isn’t it.
The Garden Room – before the 6 year olds took over
Kiss the Fish came along with decopatch creatures to be decorated with lots of brilliant choices of paper, check out the before and after shots. Everyone loved doing the painting and sticking, the googly eyes and glitter are always the highlight of the decoration process. Sadly, Kiss the Fish does not have a studio any more but they pop up at craft fairs and lots of other events round Edinburgh and I would highly recommend the party, Rhona has it down to a fine art, excuse the pun.
All ready for decoration, they love choosing who they will decorateall done, ready to be varnished
Well, that’s another weekend gone. December is here and the countdown to the Festive season is upon us again. Not long until the decorations are up and the house feels extra special. We’ve only spotted one tree up so far, bet that will change over the next few days, let the sparkly season commence, yay! x
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
Regeneration 