HALF AN HOUR A CHAIR AND A 1/4" OF PAINT USED!

VALSPAR paint B&Q

FEATHER GRASS

GREEN ENERGY

CROWN OF FETHERS

OCEANARIUM

wow! the paint is going to paint a dozen chairs let alone one.....

left: has painted a chair, right: not touched yet

4 done this afternoon, about half an hour a chair with cleaning the brush between colours.

They will need a second coat and then matt varnish but loving the colours so far...

WORKSHOPS: Making great progress on work room makeover

Chair painting today and the next couple of days...8 to paint and I took 

8 SHADES OF WOOL into B&Q 

to get matched paints, close to the chosen 8 colours. 
colours like..... Warm Pink Suede, Hot Shot and Green Energy.

VALSPAR MATT INTERIOR PAINT

just a large match pot, 2 very helpful young men helped me search the hundreds of shade cards to find the best match. 
I'm hoping each pot will be enough to paint a chair, if not back for a second one and at £3 a pot with my 10% discount on Diamond Wednesday it's a great deal, even if i need a second pot for each chair.

It was far too expensive to buy 8 colours of chalk paints and have loads left over. 
So a mat varnish will be added to seal the emulsion paint.

8 of the chairs in the work room will be painted this week in readiness for the work shops.

Also found the giant floor cushion cover in one of the boxes this morning from Book 2
Granny Squares and Shapes...

 2 different colour ways one for each side

Lunch and then the chair painting will start....soon know if one match pot does the chair

NEW CROCHET FRIEND...
Had a visit from a lovely new hooker Martha, not long moved to Shropshire and only lives a few minutes away.

 I do hope we will become firm friends, she has changed my life already, telling me about decluttering and getting rid of 10 items a week to be clutter free.

I cant stop, doing 10+ items a day to kick start the declutter. I've have already done the kitchen cupboards, airing cupboard, make up draw and my tights draw...shoes and wardrobe will be getting the same treatment.

 I'm using the 15 Minute Rule to do it too so not eating into my crochet time at all, the space is amazing just by removing 10 items and the you feel, light and free each time 10+ items go. Brilliant way yo declutter.

NEW KITCHEN FIT DAY....

Not bad progress with the kitchen fit yesterday, one unit we found wasn't big enough, even though the plan said it was correct.....ooops!

So a new unit was ordered and will arrive Thursday, righthand side of the cooker hood, gaining a bit more storage as it was a 300 that needed replacing with a 400. 

Some end panel we decided wouldn't work on the island.... £300 saving there then, fabulous.

All carcasses were made up in 2 days, well done Phil.....still a huge number of unopened boxes thought.

Yesterday Andy fitted almost all units and 2 doors on....what a fabulous piece of equipment he used too a Laser spirit level, it turns corners, does up and down at the same time, amazing thing.

All the wonderful fancy pull down and pull out guts to add today, cant wait. 

All the easy release and soft close doors, door handles are first on the list i think today....these will make the biggest impact i feel.

Gas pipe was moved by the gas fitter so the cooker can be relocated in its new position.

Then Andy can work his magic on the fabulous chunks of wood and we will have a beautiful new wooden worktop and sunken sink and the old tap will be refitted...lots and lots to do.

Then my input and I can get all the stuff that is all over the house at the moment can be put back in the wonderful new cupboards. Then we can make the Island...cant see it all happening today can you?

BUT...the mess every where i cant bleileve, on the stairs, in the lounge and outside too.....let's hope by the end of today it will look at least a lot tidier

wish us luck and i do hope it all looks a lot better by tonight ?

We have the beginnings of a floor....

Patch up of the kitchen floor after wall removal

Looking great this morning Andy!

and

The Oak Larder Unit arrived yesterday from Cotswold Company a big beastie. 

It holds an enormous amount of stuff too. love it lots. I've cleared away a lot of stuff that's cluttering up the house at the moment. 

New Kitchen white hi gloss units ultra modern from B&Q,  with wooden work tops,

for the opposite wall won't arrive until 24th May so it gives us plenty of time to complete all the little jobs, like the new floor....

 First choice would have been to replace the same tiles but we tracked down the company in Spain but no answer so went for a quick option found a similar but lighter colour tile and some mosaics that will fill the space like a rug in the middle of the floor, Andy is doing a fabulous job so far back today to finish off and do c couple of other jobs too

Thanks Andy 

UPDATE: Saturday saw a fabulous floor finished with the skirtings completed too....

Long Haul Kitchen make over

Never is quick is it? 

Hope to decide on the kitchen today...this one is a top contender so far B&Q

with a grey Island and wood work tops 
also like....

IKEA 
and Wren Kitchens In Chester 

One thing i was sure about was a free standing Larder/pantry unit in Oak for the side of the kitchen we have the oak sideboard

so this has been ordered 

can't wait for it to arrive...

Cotswold Oak larder

right now we still look in a bit of a mess
the hole in the floor grew to 4 times the original size because of cut tiles around the wall but tiler here today to level floor so hopefully the messy bits will soon be completed 

But the en suite is looking great now with the new p shape shower bath 

and new floor and safe joists

need for this to be finished soon