…possibly. For the first time in 8-odd years of having this flat by the sea I’m investing in getting some work done. Sure I’ve painted (up to a point, as you can see from the door frame discrepancies in the image below) and I’ve replaced a boiler. But this is the first time I’ve forked […]
…so I’m taking the decorating obsession outside. Specifically, out front to the only bit of garden that’s south facing. You know how in those movies set in the deep south people are out on the porch being all hot and sociable with a drink in hand and some jazz playing? Well that’s the inspiration. Minus […]
Why is it that whenever I get obsessed with even the simplest thing for my home, it turns out to be a can-of-worms, hard to get hold of, very expensive, or all three? In the house in Margate there is so much to do – fixing damp, repairing the windows, sanding the floors and more. […]
It’s done. The kitchen has a few blue-black walls and units. It looks pretty good I think and Farrow & Ball’s blue black is a gorgeous inky colour as Ros flagged up before. Though heads up when it’s wet it looks like teal – totally different to the blacker finish.
Can of worms isn’t it? You start going over things, you want to keep going. Everywhere you go there’s a new alluring colour combination that needs to be found room for. The kitchen was fine as it was. The windows were replaced though owing to security-threatening rot of the old ones, leaving behind bits of […]