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CharlesdeGaulle said:
That radiator is pretty awful, but could you not simply replace it with something more in keeping and characterful?
We will eventually. At the moment though that radiator is directly connected to the one on the other side of the wall in the living room (another bodge ) that we will be moving to under the window. That's a fairly big job so, in the meantime, we're going to hide it Ace-T said:
A quick update to the hall situation. We were utterly lucky as the water was mostly held in the en suite and it only overflowed a little bit into the bedroom ....
We still need carpet on the stairs and are waiting for a cover to hide the hideous radiator but it is so much nicer a space now. brighter, more relaxing and just 'ahhhhh...' rather than 'ewwwww...' It's deliberately neutral yet warm as we want the floor to be the star of the show.
We chose a Farrow and Ball colour called Old White with a complimentary white called Slipper Satin. The Old White changes colour as you go through different parts of the hall and through different light: a mushroomy stone downstairs through to a pale sage upstairs. Odd but good.
The front door is at the joiners getting fixed now. We have chosen and ordered the new stained glass for the door and fanlight and it is in progress too.
Looking good, much brighter than the pine, good call in my book. The floor is bloody lovely, very jealous of that!We still need carpet on the stairs and are waiting for a cover to hide the hideous radiator but it is so much nicer a space now. brighter, more relaxing and just 'ahhhhh...' rather than 'ewwwww...' It's deliberately neutral yet warm as we want the floor to be the star of the show.
We chose a Farrow and Ball colour called Old White with a complimentary white called Slipper Satin. The Old White changes colour as you go through different parts of the hall and through different light: a mushroomy stone downstairs through to a pale sage upstairs. Odd but good.
The front door is at the joiners getting fixed now. We have chosen and ordered the new stained glass for the door and fanlight and it is in progress too.
How come the paint changes colour, not sure I get why that would be short of not mixing it well enough?
Can't help on the curtains other than I expect they will calm down with use. Good news in the door.
I've also got super lucky with a burst flexi in th last house. Got home lateish one Sunday to the sound of spraying water and the lights not coming on. Knowing the house has been empty all weekend I feared the worst, but it must have just gone, got about a bucket of water off the middle of the apparently slightly convex kitchen floor, now damage at all. I had spotted they looked crap, bought new, but not got around to it! Always the way.
Daniel
Ace-T said:
Although if anyone has a trick for making quite thick curtains hang properly, I would be grateful for the advice. They currently stick out and look a bit odd.
They might hang a bit better & less sticky out if they spend some time being 'dressed', & potentially a few more rings per curtain panel would also reduce the forwardness. To dress them, fold them how you want them to sit which should be so they come forwards between the 1st & 2nd ring, back in the next gap & repeat for the whole width, tie at several intervals along their length with a strip of soft cloth or ribbon (toilet roll might work) & leave them tied like that for a week to train them into those folds. If they don't play ball try steaming them also.The door glass is beautiful!
dhutch said:
Looking good, much brighter than the pine, good call in my book. The floor is bloody lovely, very jealous of that!
How come the paint changes colour, not sure I get why that would be short of not mixing it well enough?
Can't help on the curtains other than I expect they will calm down with use. Good news in the door.
I've also got super lucky with a burst flexi in th last house. Got home lateish one Sunday to the sound of spraying water and the lights not coming on. Knowing the house has been empty all weekend I feared the worst, but it must have just gone, got about a bucket of water off the middle of the apparently slightly convex kitchen floor, now damage at all. I had spotted they looked crap, bought new, but not got around to it! Always the way.
Daniel
Thanks Daniel, the floor was one of the things that sold the house to us, though it does need repair and cleaning but we will do that when everything else is sorted.How come the paint changes colour, not sure I get why that would be short of not mixing it well enough?
Can't help on the curtains other than I expect they will calm down with use. Good news in the door.
I've also got super lucky with a burst flexi in th last house. Got home lateish one Sunday to the sound of spraying water and the lights not coming on. Knowing the house has been empty all weekend I feared the worst, but it must have just gone, got about a bucket of water off the middle of the apparently slightly convex kitchen floor, now damage at all. I had spotted they looked crap, bought new, but not got around to it! Always the way.
Daniel
The paint colour changes depending on the light: the time of day and aspect gives the paint subtly different hues, it's really noticable when you move from downstairs up, the colour gets greener, which I really like.
Your burst sounds so similar! Horrible to encounter but you thank your lucky stars after! We had another small central heating one last weekend. Another bodge where they had joined 2 bits if central heating pipe with a broken and superglued back together T piece. Caught and repaired but it did mean draining down the whole system, which was fun as they haven't put the drain point at the lowest point of course.
Thanks for the top curtain tips Trixical, will try those.
Appreciate the kind words re the glass folks, we were a bit nervous about doing this. They are turning up today so we will see!
BTW Harry, we still need to sort that stuff if you still want it. Apologies for the delay, getting boxes big enough has been slightly tricky.
Today we have had the new but old door fitted. After finding the original 1906 door in the shed and our brilliant joiner saying it was good, we designed and ordered the glass (thanks for the recommendation Harry ) and let James do his thing.
Upvc with 90s bathroom glass
Big hole after old door removed!
New frame going in
Door fits
Now for the glass
All done
The grey is primer. Need to decide on a colour.
From inside
Upvc with 90s bathroom glass
Big hole after old door removed!
New frame going in
Door fits
Now for the glass
All done
The grey is primer. Need to decide on a colour.
From inside
Edited by Ace-T on Thursday 21st November 21:27
Edited by Ace-T on Friday 22 November 08:49
Thank you all for the kind comments guys. We are incredibly chuffed with it, validation from strangers on the internet is the cherry on the cake.
We are going for a gloss black/blue colour called Railings by Farrow and Ball. Though the primer colour does look good, we think a stronger darker colour will make the glass jewel like. Sort of like diamonds on black velvet iyswim.
We are going for a gloss black/blue colour called Railings by Farrow and Ball. Though the primer colour does look good, we think a stronger darker colour will make the glass jewel like. Sort of like diamonds on black velvet iyswim.
Look at F&B Green Smoke for the door, to pick out the green in the glass, and also work well with the red brick.
This is it in our living room.
Hamptons2 by baconrashers, on Flickr
This is it in our living room.
Hamptons2 by baconrashers, on Flickr
Harry Flashman said:
Look at F&B Green Smoke for the door, to pick out the green in the glass, and also work well with the red brick.
This is it in our living room.
Hamptons2 by baconrashers, on Flickr
Our second-but-almost-first-choice (it was decided on the toss of a coin!) was Studio Green. I suspect there will be some changes of mind over the weekend once get to have a proper look at the door in daylight.This is it in our living room.
Hamptons2 by baconrashers, on Flickr
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