beach cottage two summer room painting progress
Rightio, here we are beach cottage two diy renovation in the summer room, me oh my this room needed some serious love..I know one may criticise moi for perhaps too much foofing, too much whitewashing in life, but this room was crying out for beach cottagifying – or indeed any kind of cleaning and painting to be honest, mine or anyone who is not a surfing solicitor really could, with a little bit of work, make this room smile. Summer Room before pics and the beautiful tiled floor are over here if you want a look.
Just like the garden area sitting outside it the inside was grubby, unloved and really a bit lost, a nothing of a room, which with a pot of filler, a good lot of sanding and a couple days of painting will now be living a very different life. We are also considering re-pointing, it’s needed but that may have to wait…
Of all the rooms in the house this one is feeling like the one which will heave the biggest sigh after some paint love…I get the feeling it hasn’t been used as a room for a long time…when we viewed the house I thought with clean walls and sprucing up the original tiling on the floor it would be a lovely place for a sofa, a couple of lamps and some books…it’s tucked away at the back of the house, it’s quiet and calm…it seems though it will lend itself nicely to a desk too, I wasn’t sure it if would be big enough but there’s more than enough room for a sofa, an easy chair (I’ve got my eyes peeled for a wingback) and a desk…
Now, let’s talk about the coloured window panes….there was something about them I wasn’t liking and I now know why after getting up there on a ladder having a look and standing outside for a long time gazing…they aren’t original and the coloured bit is a kinda spray that is over the top of the glass and it’s so not right….we’ve discovered the windows are not original and the glass it seems was replaced at the same time…the colour – it’s too bright, if it were original it would be more faded…
Soooooo, they are toast those coloured squares, don’t gasp, there is no room, even if it is by way of small glass panes in the summer room, for orange in my life…nor bright green for that matter…don’t do orange, green or early mornings, signed that in my marriage vows…
The ceiling, the clad walls, I don’t need to tell you about those…you know I’ve licked them right?
Happy Friday lovelies, been to the library today, wish could tell you am literary scholar and have weekend of furthering mind reading ahead while listening to classical music via violin, but in reality have three easy reading books including a saga set in 1913 and a fourth the story of the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper – suppose really don’t need, at this age, to worry about literature – is just good to keep brain ticking alive and away from white paint…
Sarah x
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