You must be so relieved, Dove. Sorry you (and he) had to go through all that unnecessary hassle.
Nice window, Busy L. It'll be lovely and light in there... I wonder if I'm to much of a stick-in-the-mud for a white, shiny kitchen, though I admire them in a modern house. I've always loved wood, however old-fashioned it may be...
Our flagstones are getting very slippery, Flumpy, which is my current excuse for not going out into the garden to clear the leaves... I know pressure washing works to get rid of the slime, but I don't have a pressure washer. I haven't had very good results from that algae-removing stuff you can put on. My neighbour uses bleach, but it's not very environmentally friendly...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Ooh err missus.... What good is a manager that doesn't manage..... BL - daughter has given me her sore throat/cough/cold. Dosing myself up with all sorts We did cream gloss rather than white at last house. I loved it and would change the doors here, but it would be quite expensive, even though it's not a big kitchen, and I don't think it's worth it. It's a good kitchen but wooden doors, and with all those little frames round them to catch the dirt. I like a smooth surface Now painting. Why does it take longer to put the masking tape on than it does to paint the skirting? Very fiddly as it's the shower room. Would have been better if they'd tiled right from the floor up instead, but I wasn't there to say so. I can't get too worked up about it though, because I don't really care!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks, Obelixx. That's probably the way to go... will have to borrow the neighbour's outside tap, but perhaps I can clean his flagstones to say thank you
We inherited this kitchen, which is just a B&Q one, but has solid light oak doors. They still look good after - probably - 18 years of use.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Our last house had a lovely 'pine clad sauna like' kitchen Obelixx. I think it had been put in in the 70s, complete with strip lighting and nasty laminate floor. It was hideous. It was also filthy
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Snap Fairy - think we had exactly those units at our last house too. They were there when we moved in and we never changed them - but had a tiled floor and an ordinary ceiling, so the overall effect wasn’t too woody. Got wooden doors now too, but we have a country house and needed a country kitchen to go with it. I love it, and still think of it as my new kitchen, even though its 10 years since it went in. Time flies 🙄
Ours was a Victorian house, but had a modern extension at the back. We did a bit of rejigging, as you went through the kitchen to access the rest of the house. Totally revamped it, including making a proper rear hallway to link with the main one. Oak doors and flooring, and modern kitchen units. I like mixing old with contemporary, and the vaulted ceiling became a feature, rather than being oppressive.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like that kitchen and the vaulted ceiling but not the pine cladding which is precisely my alpine nightmare. Every room in this house has tongue and groove pine on the ceiling except the bathroom where they used whte plastic. They have, at least, softened the pine with a white woodwash but I've come to the conclusion that all the remaining rooms I paint will first get another lightening treatment on the ceiling before I tackle the walls. That'll be fun.
Liri - good decision. You'll need wellies and waterproofs tho as they don't half splash. It's a bit like pruning too - once you start you just see more and more that needs doing..... Stone walls, sleepers, steps, cars.......
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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The trouble with pine is that it becomes orange. Much as I like orange, I don't want to be surrounded by it. Like being in a sauna We plasterboarded the pine ceiling and it was painted. Had two feature walls in a petrel blue/jade, which we carried on into the hallway in a little alcove that had been the utility room door. We'd knocked that through to make the kitchen bigger, and put a utility in the giant porch instead, which was all wasted space. It totally changed the rear of the house. Shame I didn't get a chance to enjoy it
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Nice window, Busy L. It'll be lovely and light in there... I wonder if I'm to much of a stick-in-the-mud for a white, shiny kitchen, though I admire them in a modern house. I've always loved wood, however old-fashioned it may be...
Our flagstones are getting very slippery, Flumpy, which is my current excuse for not going out into the garden to clear the leaves... I know pressure washing works to get rid of the slime, but I don't have a pressure washer. I haven't had very good results from that algae-removing stuff you can put on. My neighbour uses bleach, but it's not very environmentally friendly...
What good is a manager that doesn't manage.....
BL - daughter has given me her sore throat/cough/cold. Dosing myself up with all sorts
We did cream gloss rather than white at last house. I loved it and would change the doors here, but it would be quite expensive, even though it's not a big kitchen, and I don't think it's worth it. It's a good kitchen but wooden doors, and with all those little frames round them to catch the dirt. I like a smooth surface
Now painting. Why does it take longer to put the masking tape on than it does to paint the skirting? Very fiddly as it's the shower room. Would have been better if they'd tiled right from the floor up instead, but I wasn't there to say so. I can't get too worked up about it though, because I don't really care!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like proper wood too but not that very yellow, alpine pine that makes me think of chalets and skis.
We inherited this kitchen, which is just a B&Q one, but has solid light oak doors. They still look good after - probably - 18 years of use.
It was also filthy
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Liri - good decision. You'll need wellies and waterproofs tho as they don't half splash. It's a bit like pruning too - once you start you just see more and more that needs doing..... Stone walls, sleepers, steps, cars.......
We plasterboarded the pine ceiling and it was painted. Had two feature walls in a petrel blue/jade, which we carried on into the hallway in a little alcove that had been the utility room door. We'd knocked that through to make the kitchen bigger, and put a utility in the giant porch instead, which was all wasted space. It totally changed the rear of the house.
Shame I didn't get a chance to enjoy it
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...