Things are shaping up inside.......

This week things have really started to move inside the house as our great team of plasterers get to work. 

First view of the newly plastered master bedroom

Master en suite - second fix electrics begin

This has meant that we have had to really accelerate our decision making so that we don't hold anyone up.  So, we have been looking at, and finalising, bathroom fittings, flooring, wood burning stove, tiles and electric and light fittings.

In the kitchen, back and front hallways and the bathrooms we are going back to a 60s feel and using Marmoleum tiles.  These tiles fit with our attempt to re-use, recycle and reduce because they are made with 97% natural raw materials, 72% of which are rapidly renewable and a 43% recycled content. They should be warm underfoot and practical for the dog and in high traffic areas.

Image taken from the Internet showing marmoleum in use

  There is a fabulous range of colours available and we aim to have a checked pattern using chartreuse and mercury (a light grey/white) seen in the photo below.

We have also been looking at fabrics for the window seat in the kitchen and for the two Ebay armchairs which I am going to try and recover myself.  These Sanderson fabrics have the right look - the red and green for the kitchen window seat and the blue/green for the armchairs. But I also love the grey one with the circles on... decisions, decisions!

I am stalking some G Plan bedside tables on Ebay too - such a great source of vintage finds.  According to my spreadsheet, we now have all the light fittings ordered, the tiles for both bathrooms ordered, the radiators ordered and all the bathroom fittings ordered!  Spreadsheets are essential!!

Today we had a site meeting with Aga to plan next week's installation so it is full steam ahead in the kitchen now so that they can fit it on Wednesday.  We also had site meeting with some cladding specialists as we have some issues about the main cladding we plan for the house.  More about this, and pictures of the great work that is going on fitting the larch cladding, in my next post.