Easter Weekend

Easter is here earlier than usual, I have had 4 days holiday so it was  good opportunity to have a clear run at getting some jobs done without having to stop and start. Liam and Daels bedrooms have been a major focus of late with both of them at a stage where some final painting could be carried out. On Saturday, her ladyship and Adon were despatched on a mission to source the paint, brushes, rollers, trays and radiator paint, with a clear brief from the boys of what the colour scheme should be, blue and grey for Dael, mustard and a grey for Liam. 

Later that day the mission to paint commenced starting with Daels room, starting with a finish white coat on the ceiling and coving and then onto the walls with cutting in with a brush followed by 2 coats of emulsion, the blue was perfect and brings out the white of the the decorative coving and ceiling, however the grey was thought to be a little on the dark side so a a quick mix with white toned the effect down to a more pleasing finish giving a real modern feel to the room. The door frames were sanded utilising almost every power tool in my armoury to get the finish we required ready to accept the wood prime coat, I have to say this is time consuming and requires a great deal of patience getting into the decorative woodwork but well worth it when you see the final result, brilliant white complementing the rich colour scheme of blue, grey and dark walnut skirting.

Liams room was the same, a finish coat on the ceiling and then onto the colours, very brave to choose mustard and the darker grey, but again it works, a contemporary look in an old house, quite stunning really. Again the door frames were completed with patience and care, and again looking good painted white, we still have to finish with high gloss paint which will give the finishing touches to these beautiful rooms.

Nobody has yet decided on what type of radiator will complement their respective rooms (I don`t think they`ve even looked!) so for now the existing radiators will have a spray coating of gloss white radiator enamel.

What will the carpet be?