Day 367 - Awesome paint colour

I took this photo in an attempt to capture the wonder of the paint we finally chose. It may have taken no less than 34 sample pots (over 5 litres of paint) to find the right one - oddly the colour we chose was the only one I had bought 2 samples of - but we are so happy with how it turned out. The colour is modern, neutral but not bland and changes wonderfully with the light.

This picture is an attempt to show that - each of the three walls you can see (left, right and the sliver through into our bedroom) are the same colour but look pleasingly different.



Now, what to do with those 34 tester pots?! My gut feel is mix them all together in a big tin and paint Ern's kitchen with it!

Oh and notice the Day on the post title - we tipped over a year!!

Day 385 - Loft Shelving

Look what Ern made!

Fab shelving into the eaves in the loft


These *may* be used to store some of my magazine collection

Day 347 - Carpet Fitting Still Life

You may have noticed lots of bits on the flooring pics - it seems when new carpet is fitted you're left with all these little bits - I found them strangely compelling

Day 347 - We have flooring

Today and tomorrow the flooring gets fitted - laminate in the hallway and kitchen/diner

Midway through fitting here


Vinyl in my study


Carpet on the stairs...



Laminate under the stairs - which was previously just concrete


Kitchen/Diner


Upstairs Hallway into the main Bathroom


Comparison of the two carpet colours upstairs - we have darker in the hallway/lounge and slightly lighter in the bedrooms.  Yes, they are quite similar!  I prefer to say toning!


Main Bedroom


My mini walk-in closet


Utility Room - same vinyl as my study



Where three floors meet...

Day 347 - Garden guest

Found this fellow in the garden when I went to move the skirting boards I was *storing* there



Over the years we've seen several frogs in the garden - seems strange as there's no water nearby. And I don't think he's big enough to eat slugs.

Day 345 - Flooring prep

Before the new floor could be fitted we had to take up the old floor in the Kitchen/Diner.

So here's some pics of how it looked


The boxing in around the kitchen unit was fitted on top of the old flooring so it had to taken off.  Another job to add to the carpentry list
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Day 343 - Bathroom roundup

The en-suite shower is working!  I know you can't exactly see that in the picture - but just take my word for it!

And the lovely rust proof but expensive chrome plated brass storage got fitted



The above mirror lights have been moved so they're at the same level (don't ask)


The loo roll holders have been fitted (using the special water cooled drill to cut through the tiles)



And we have a flush on the toilet!