It really is a house now! The internal paint is mostly complete and I am really happy with the colours. The pool arrived and is in position, the tiling is done, the dishwasher is in, the oven is in, the fireplace is in... oh I am just over the moon!
We went up last weekend to lay out the position of the living room tiles (in front of the fire place)... I wanted to make sure the tiles, which are individually patterned, were laid in an “artistically random” arrangement. The tiles are absolutely gorgeous and once we set them down we decided (well I decided really, unfortunately for Benji) that two rows looked not quite right and that three rows would be better. So poor Benj had to go into town and buy some tile underlay and nail a rather long strip of it down for the tiler. It took quite a while with a hammer and he now has a new appreciation for nail guns! However, while we were waiting for him to finish, I had a moment, watching S playing in the dirt with his toy truck and wandering up and down the verandah with P asleep in the Baby Bjorn, where I could just feel what it will be like when were living there. It really feels so right! I just can’t wait! The tiles, by the way, are now complete and look amazing. I love them!
There really is only one thing I don’t love. And I wish I would stop thinking about it – but I can’t. (And I feel like a spoilt little brat!) It’s the pantry and the open shelf in the kitchen. I didn’t really notice it before but now that I have...aaaaauuuggghhhh! The shelves are not solid but adjustable! I didn’t realise in the planning stage that this is what we were getting. So ugly! So un-classy! So tacky and cheap and shit looking! I feel like they'll break easily and get knocked out of position. They just don't look like the result of good solid workmanship...like they belong in a crappy kit home and this is completely incongruous with the rest of the house, which is just pure class! The pantry I can live with (maaaaaaybe), because at least I can shut the door... but the open shelf is visible ALL the time. It’s too late to get the cabinet makers back (too costly) but I think I will change them at some stage...especially that shelf. Damn! I wonder if I could do it myself.... now that could go badly!
Anyway... I’ll just try to focus on all the good stuff. It really is going to be a lovely home!
Not sure about sealing the tile to the vanity... don't know what the other option would have been... tiling the whole wall beside/behind the vanity? Oh well I can live with it.
Here they are...the ugly adjustible shelves. I have to get rid of these. So ugly!
