Monday, 1 June 2009

Well, it's getting really exciting now! Some carpet has gone down, it's feeling much more like home and is a lot cleaner now that the concrete floors are almost all covered up. At long last we managed to get Dave back on Friday to continue with the worktop in the utility although he's not finished yet, he didn't turn up on Sunday as promised to fix the missing edging strips and there's still the cut out for the sink to be done, but I suppose we can't expect miracles!

Here's what Bradley did over the weekend, and what a great job he made - very neat and no damage to the new paintwork:

The carpet in the lounge is a sort of fudge colour and is almost a match to the stripe in the suite. We still need a fire and surround, coffee table, curtains and a few bits and pieces to finish this room off but at least we now have somewhere clean and comfortable to relax:











The bedroom carpet is a lovely dusky pink which goes really well with the duvet cover and gives a warm glow to the room. Yes, we're still living out of boxes and suitcases but hopefully we can get around to making a decision on the bedroom furniture next week when Paul is out of hospital and should be home for the week.











The vinyl in the kitchen is a slate tile effect, very effective and a very realistic tile effect. We think it goes really well with the worktop and is a nice contrast with the cabinets. The kickboards still have to be fixed and the pelmet under the wall cupboards needs finishing off too. The piece of carpet in the dining area is just an offcut of old carpet laid over the concrete for now.











The second bedroom, dining area and the hall/stairs/landing will be done in a couple of weeks.

We managed to get out on Saturday and chose some tiles for the kitchen walls. There are three complementary colours but they don't look right. We'll take them back and change them for just the lightest colour which we think will look better.

Here's a couple of pictures of the bathroom now that I've managed to buy the new towels and bathmat, they're a good match for the darker colour in the border tile:











And I added these pictures just because I think they're cute, here's grandson Luke (going through his "I want long hair" phase) and Tilly having a cuddle: