Its been a while since I posted anything. It’s not that the
builders have not been beavering away but first fixing is not very photogenic.
Lots of wiring, plumbing and noggins have been going in, never to be seen
again. Because of this we have been summonsed regularly by Peter the Joiner or
Bob the Plumber to make sure everything was going where it should or to agree
a minor change because what was planned didn’t quite work.
Much worse for us we are having to make final decisions
about finishes – colours and textures of tiles, flooring, banisters, doors –
which means going out to Tile Depot or
Howdens and finally making our minds up. We are trying to keep a balance
between simple and modern as the house probably needs and not wanting it to be
too bland. On the other hand we have so much in the way of pictures, bookshelves
and trinkets from foreign parts no one will see the decorations anyway!
Most noticeable of the changes have been the bathrooms and kitchen with the kitchen in particular looking very much like the finished product and thankfully looking just as we wanted it. You can never be quite sure until it is actually there.
We will be finishing off the loft space ourselves though it is intended to act as a study (no longer separate studies! How will that work?) but already, now it is fully plastered out, it looks like a great space.
In fact, all the rooms are looking quite spacious and - prompted by the cost of storage of baby grand pianos - we are re-considering if in fact we can fit it in the living area, at least until our aspiring Liberace has enough space to take it off us.
On Monday the painter comes in, so more decisions this weekend, but it will really begin to look OK. We have also had a quote for the Juliet balconies - more than we expected but, as the old saying goes - 'don't spoil the ship for a happorth of tar' (translation available on Wikipedia for those not from a nautical background)
