Another delivery from Fenwick & Tilbrook, this time Major Tom in Pure Matt emulsion as we ran out of this in claypaint for the modern wall on the landing and it needs at least one more coat. As it is modern plaster we are going to paint over it in the emulsion as it will… Continue reading More colour choices…
Category: Zanna’s Bedroom
Posh copper pipes
Our plumber, Andrew, has returned for a couple of days to work on the new copper pipes to join the new plumbing up to the boiler and water tank. Copper piping and brass fixings. It is a shame this will all be covered up! He has worked out which pipe is which (the old plumber… Continue reading Posh copper pipes
In your face, lime wash!
A frosty, early morning walk for Jasper. It was another cold weekend but a very busy one with both of us up before 6am on Saturday. Cat left for a work reccie and I had to deliver a new bed to the house in London that I manage. I was too busy to take any… Continue reading In your face, lime wash!
Claypaints
More difficult decisions (for us)! We are using the bottom colour for the sitting room and, as we love the top colour and really want to use it, we are going to use this in the study. My reticence is that the study is lovely and light and bright at the moment and, as this… Continue reading Claypaints
Choosing colours (again)
So it’s back to the drawing board with the colours now we have decided to ditch the lime wash and instead use chalk paint. There is also not much going on in the house (nothing in fact) so I shall go into a great deal of unnecessary detail about colours in this blog, for lack… Continue reading Choosing colours (again)
Lime washing ends!
It’s been emotional. And hard work, really bloody hard work. But after trying every damn technique for lime washing and still not being happy with the results, we have decided to cut our losses and not continue with the lime wash. It has taken Cat 3 weekends just to lime wash ONE ROOM and she… Continue reading Lime washing ends!
Lime wash issues
Cat is back for the weekend and is straight back onto lime washing the walls in Zanna’s bedroom. The walls are looking very patchy, more patchy than they should we think. Lime wash isn’t a flat paint finish like modern paints, yet we are not sure we have quite got the technique right. The paler… Continue reading Lime wash issues
Lockdown 3.0
It’s been a very quiet week. Cat’s back in Bristol until the weekend, it’s far too cold for Tom and George to return to finish, I am really suffering with my back still and now the country has gone into a third lockdown. The iced up padlock on the gate today seems very fitting. Not… Continue reading Lockdown 3.0
Lime washing begins!
We have been looking forward to this day for a very long time now, but finally lime washing the walls has begun! Farrow & Ball Lamp Room Grey, a colour chosen that picks out the blue stone in the chimney breast and I think we matched it pretty perfectly (of course… two designers!) The wall… Continue reading Lime washing begins!
Second fix electric
We are both so incredibly tired and quite frankly sick of all things house and just want to fly away to somewhere tropical, but sadly for a variety of reasons that isn’t going to happen. Cat is struggling to keep her spirits up working in the house alone and I am pretty pissed off that… Continue reading Second fix electric