Paintin'

Looks a lot more 'smell the cawfee' here than in real-life.

I think anyway?  I hope so?  I hate being more beige than I feel...





All systems GO atm .. AB popped over this morning and there was a million people
there apparently.  Which is good, as we need to move back in about 3 weeks time?

- The painters worked all last week and there's only some touch up things to do.

- Our lovely cabinetmaker got very ill, but apparently our living room/tv cabinetry
  goes in today

- The tiler will be doing my splashback today. 
  Just realised no-one asked me about grout.  Bugger.

- The builders have been working on a little deck thingy off the laundry
( previously there was some concrete steps, but they got demolished - aww, so sad, too  bad )

- I think lighting goes in today too

- Tomorrow the sanders come, and I think they oil on Friday?? 

- The WIR configs arrived, but there's something wrong with them or something (?) -
   I did noticed a chunka-hunk out of the back of one of the drawer stacks - dropped perhaps? 

   They also have tres ugly handles on them ( apparently no-one cares what drawer-pulls look
   like in a robe where no-one will see them - um, hi, I do ).  Knew I was being a bit precious,
   but the drawer pulls I like cost $4 at Masters and their horrible ones $6. 

   And when AB saw them, he unprompt-ed-ly said "what's with the ugly old lady handles?". 
   See?  Justified.  Hello peeps, just ASK.  Choice of two even - you like this ... or this? 
   Choose.  Give people a choice!  Anyway, not a biggie, I just get miffed when not consulted..



 
What else needs to happen? 
Organised carpet this morning via the lovely peeps at Carpet Court.


We are SO ready to move in now.  Sick of the tiny flat with the mess everywhere as there's
nowhere to put the dirty washing, or the sports gear, or the kids...  Tired of having to do
cold-water washes over at the other house on the weekend and hoping it's a fine weather day..
and of course, we just want to be back.  The cats are desperate for some outdoor romping,
and i'm sick of the no-fridge limited cooking/lunch packing. 


And of course, I hate myself for complaining.  It's small stuff, don't sweat it etc ..
I think we're just eager to get moving, get back. 


Now there's an end in sight, we're restless and impatient and excited.

Not long to go now!

xx

Paint/Tiles Paint/Tiles

Because i'm a fussy beast, i've found and decided what I want, but keeping my options open
with a couple of new tile places suggested to me that aren't over the other side of town.

I loooove the bluestone, but i've found something even prettier I haven't seen in store yet. 
Still natural stone, still blue, but with the added interest of autumn tones..

Autumn, my favourite season ♥

Anyway.. we'll see, the race is on...



^^
this is the kitchen/living/pantry to date ..
not much visual change besides the fireplace is in place.
The stonetops are in now too, but the template remains as a protective cover, and it's
heavy and dusty, so i'll leave that reveal for another day..



In other news, i'd decided paints and was quite smug and confident.. except the painters
uh-oh .. undercoated some internal doors I think my husband was hoping to sand back
and restore.  Because we were never sure/decided on this anyway, we've decided to let them
get on with it, and if it sucks, we strip them back and start again later on down the track.

But I don't have colours for doors.

What I do know though is that I love hi-gloss enamel on doors and trims, so keep in mind
the look will be glossy.

And maybe a blue-grey.  Kinda like the bluestone I seem so fixated on ...







The main paints are:
WALLS: Dulux White Duck Half-Strength ( more a light beige )
TRIMS: Dulux Vivid White ( as name suggests .. )

DOORS: Well, as of yesterday ( armed with a dozen grey swatches .. my favourite being
Mallard Grey - it's a Mallard!  It's a duck!  Get the connection! .. but it was too red/purple ) ..
I ended up with something called Monk Grey ( it's the middle colour above the door-handle up there )

Again, I have a thing for contrast.. but am wondering if I should just keep them in white?
They look good in the pics white, but .. in real-life?  Not.so.sure.







I have a similar blue-grey on the roller blinds, which you can see a bit of, and of course,
there will be a bluestone splashback ( 99.8% sure ) and i'll be continuing those over at the
fireplace fascia..

BUT!  Will it be too dark?  And where do I stop - should I make ALL my doors dark grey,
or just those in the original end?  It seems I really am bad at decision making ;)








In fact, the more I look at these, I totes think dark grey is the way to go.
Opinions, both good & bad, always welcome..

xx
Lea