It really makes a difference to the wall area...once Adrian and Ash leave, they will take their TV unit which is currently residing in Kells room, so then we will be able to reassess her space and finish off the sitting room properly.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Kelly's Rm.....
Kelly received her wall art on Monday in the post...she had ordered a 5 piece set off e-bay...it had to be framed before being sent....all up it was supposed to take just over a month, so you can imagine her delight when it turned up after 10 days.
It really makes a difference to the wall area...once Adrian and Ash leave, they will take their TV unit which is currently residing in Kells room, so then we will be able to reassess her space and finish off the sitting room properly.
It really makes a difference to the wall area...once Adrian and Ash leave, they will take their TV unit which is currently residing in Kells room, so then we will be able to reassess her space and finish off the sitting room properly.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Dining Room....
It has taken us 3 days to get the Dining room done....the biggest job was emptying the Buffet of all the glassware.
The first thing we wanted to do was to to put up the mirror that i bought off my step-brother nearly two years ago...for all this time it has been at my mums.
Suprisingly it wasn't that hard to put up...not when you consider that it is 8' long and about 3' high..darn thing weighs a ton too.
I must say...love. love. love the way it looks :)
So, while the buffet was out of the way I painted both the window wall and the sliding door wall, both in the brilliant red that i used in the family room... ( I mean, what else do you do with left over paint?)...this required 3 coats...so it was a bit time consuming...but, teamed with the dark grey/black blinds it looks stunning.
What did i hate the most...putting all the stuff back into the buffet...
I also used the opportunity to move the wine cabinet out of the dining room and into the family room. Looks much better.
The first thing we wanted to do was to to put up the mirror that i bought off my step-brother nearly two years ago...for all this time it has been at my mums.
Suprisingly it wasn't that hard to put up...not when you consider that it is 8' long and about 3' high..darn thing weighs a ton too.
I must say...love. love. love the way it looks :)
So, while the buffet was out of the way I painted both the window wall and the sliding door wall, both in the brilliant red that i used in the family room... ( I mean, what else do you do with left over paint?)...this required 3 coats...so it was a bit time consuming...but, teamed with the dark grey/black blinds it looks stunning.
What did i hate the most...putting all the stuff back into the buffet...
I also used the opportunity to move the wine cabinet out of the dining room and into the family room. Looks much better.
Mirror with Buffet...we had the buffet build longer to accommodate the mirror
the finished dining room
Family room
Sunday, July 10, 2011
More painting............
I have had a productive week this week painting feature walls in the Ensuite and Family rooms, while Kell did her rooms.
I am soooo pleased with the outcome of all rooms, tho the family room wall needs tizzing up.
Kelly had no trouble at all picking out two purple shades for her rooms....on the other hand it took awhile, a long while to find a suitable red for the family room...in the end i took a scrap of cardboard off a coke box and took it with me to Bristol....all the reds we had seen have been a brown base...in the end we ended up with a Tint base...so when i say i am pleased with the way it turned out it would be an understatement.
As for the Ensuite i knew i wanted a very pale shade of blue, some of them looked great until you put the swatch up on the wall and they turned out to be too dark.
Eventually the hall will have its major wall painted yellow to brighten it up....eventually.
Also after finally getting my plants from my mums, where they have been for nearly 2 years, i got around (with a little help from the family) to planting the gardenias in front of the study window....i underplanted them with the dwarf Hidecote lavanders from the driveway bed....it will look stunning in the spring :)
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I am soooo pleased with the outcome of all rooms, tho the family room wall needs tizzing up.
Kelly had no trouble at all picking out two purple shades for her rooms....on the other hand it took awhile, a long while to find a suitable red for the family room...in the end i took a scrap of cardboard off a coke box and took it with me to Bristol....all the reds we had seen have been a brown base...in the end we ended up with a Tint base...so when i say i am pleased with the way it turned out it would be an understatement.
As for the Ensuite i knew i wanted a very pale shade of blue, some of them looked great until you put the swatch up on the wall and they turned out to be too dark.
Eventually the hall will have its major wall painted yellow to brighten it up....eventually.
Also after finally getting my plants from my mums, where they have been for nearly 2 years, i got around (with a little help from the family) to planting the gardenias in front of the study window....i underplanted them with the dwarf Hidecote lavanders from the driveway bed....it will look stunning in the spring :)
The colour is Icemist
The wall looks lonely
Red tint base...love it
The colour on the archway believe it or not is the same colour as the wall in the other room
The archway and wall in the other room
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