Progress!

Well this week the weather has once again been quite kind to us so progress has been good on the floor slab for the garden room/lounge extension.  The only wet day sent the builders inside to start building the wall to form the snug/TV room adjacent to the kitchen in the old carport. 

The floor slab takes shape

New block wall to form TV room

We have also been taking some of those decisions I mentioned in an earlier post.  The first has been to settle on the kitchen design.  As you can see we are going for a two tone ivory and charcoal grey for a complete change.  We have left the area above the sink free from wall units so that we can recycle some of the lovely wood from the house as open shelves. We are also using some of the original wooden kitchen doors on the island.  We are lucky enough to have a huge walk in pantry so we don't need loads of storage in the kitchen itself. The kitchen is from Howdens who have done us a great deal in their sale....but it has to be delivered next week so a weekend of clearing space in the garage ahead I think!
The kitchen will be one of the biggest changes in the house as it opens up a series of small rooms - laundry and a corridor to give a light open plan space. 

We have taken delivery of some of our vintage furniture from Ebay (Ercol tables and McIntosh sideboard) and I am now looking out for armchairs.

Another decision this week has been the front door.  We wanted to go with the dark purple to match the feature cladding on the front elevation but can't get a good enough match. We have finally decided to go for a charcoal grey that matches the windows.  This door will also be supplied by Olsen.

A small job I have been attending to is changing over to LED light bulbs - finding ones that are dimmable has been tricky but I have some now - all part of our reduce agenda!  All the new lighting we put into the house will also be LED.