I have not updated in… a month!!
To be honest, I have been distracted with the garden. I don’t mean I have been only working in the garden, but when it comes to blogging, it appears that’s what I’ve been doing.
Of course a lot has been done in the house as well.
Let’s see what I wrote about last…
Floor
Indeed, still going at it. Still a lot left. Less than half, yes! it is a lot of square metres and 3 layers.
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| Aïda sanding |
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| Boxes upon boxes |
Electricity
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| “Parlor” |
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| “Library”. I’ll try to restore this medallion from its atrocious paint “job”. |
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| Entryway. Still doubting between a medium and a dark grey for the ceiling. |
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| That’s a mane of internet cables. |
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| Switch guts. |
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| Holes to add wiring where there’s none. Staircase. |
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| New staircase lights. |
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| Much finishing to do. |
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| Due to the inclined ceiling, at the top of the staircase we are putting the lights on the wall. |
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| Hallway. |
STUFF!
We’ve been receiving several deliveries, stuff for the bathroom: shower tray (enamelled steel plate, but of course) with fittings, shower glass (stripy!), washbasin, bathtub with fittings & the thermostate for the shower. We should very soon receive all the taps, I can’t wait to see them.
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| Bathtub fittings. Drool. |
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| Washbasin on its approximate placement. |
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| I couldn’t find brass fittings that I was sure were going to fit, so I ordered a porcelain click-clack closure made by the same manufacturer that made the washbasin. |
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| It is actually chrome, but you cannot see it when installed. |
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| We found a box of these marble stripes for a steal. |
Here come a few dreadful phone pics:
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| The stripy shower glass. |
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| That’s all you (and I) are gonna see of the bathtub for now. |
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| Apart from this claw. Talon. |
We’ve also decided (that was hard) on the floor tiles and ordered them, this may take up to a month. We have matched them to an edging of antique tiles we bought and will place in the centre of the bathroom as a feature. The colour scheme is white, pale grey & sage green with brass hardware and medium oak furniture. This is all I have for now, a phone pic taken at the shop:
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| Top and bottom tiles we already have. |
Since we finally chose tiles for the floor, we have to reinforce and straighten the beams, which will be a lot of work. Tiles will be a lot of work too, but we want it to be well done and functional, so we discarded the idea of wood in the bathroom floor.
The bathroom is still a bit of a battlefield:
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| Pipes and more pipes. |