And then two come along at once....

One update after another ! Well after the tiling update from last night, I thought I'd carry on whilst I was on a roll (there were crumbs everywhere..)

Painting on the inside continued recently with the help of some friends and family. We managed to get the hall, landing and two bedrooms done. Followed a couple of days later by a second coat so they are now ready.
Next up on that front are the girls bedrooms. After I foolishly suggested they could have something different, I have been out and marked up Charlotte and Amalie's room for the stripes they want, so that's my next job which should occupy me in a few days.

Last Monday also saw the fireplaces going into the house which really seem to make the rooms look much more homely.
This is the family room off the kitchen....

This is going to be complemented by a matching mirror and they are supposed to go back in and carve out a celtic knot design in the centre to finish it off.


This is the one in the main sitting room. A more chunky design but the room is bigger so it helps. We aren't going with the matching mirror in here, instead there will be some sort of picture that we have yet to decide on !
You can see my work laptop in the side of this shot, I had to work out there one day when the local electric board took the power down in the house here all day one day. Glad to say it works a treat. That's going to be the actual place of my desk too, although I may treat myself to something more suitable than the school desk you see here.

In terms of the legal side, we are just waiting on the mortgage cheque now that is coming from the bank and should be with our solicitors by mid week. Then they have to pass it on to the builders people and then we get the keys ! So, even though some people seem sceptical (!), we should have progress in the next couple of weeks.

Watch this space !

A long overdue update

Firstly, sorry for the delay since the last update but I've been busy at work of late and haven't spent much time outside of that on the PC. We have been making progress though since I last posted though.
As I was talking about tiling on that last occasion, here's what has developed on that front.

This is the kitchen detail prior to the grouting which was completed shortly after in ivory.

The bathroom tiling is also now completed following the protracted delays in getting the tiles shipped.



Here you can see the mosaic splash back in the bathroom that runs from floor to ceiling. The rest of the bathroom is just tiled plain with these tiles.

This room is more or less complete now, just needs a floor laid and the skirtings back on.

Next update, hopefully tomorrow, will be about fireplaces..

Until then...