Making some progress

Aug 04, 2009 14:17

The dining room has been out of use for over a week and will remain so for a while. The sitting room is half full of boxes. Sigh. It's not that it's such a big job, just that it takes a man here, a man there; never one concentrated burst of activity. This morning I went to inspect the painting of the dresser I wrote about here. This is what the top ( Read more... )

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debodacious August 4 2009, 14:45:07 UTC
Lovely! Is that a farrw and Ball tin I spy there?

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callmemadam August 4 2009, 14:58:34 UTC
Thank you. Yup, Farrow & Ball. I don't mind the expense for such a small area. Besides, they're a local company!

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debodacious August 4 2009, 15:41:34 UTC
Whoops - don't know what happened to my typing there. We used their paint a lot in our last house in England (when we were richer) and I was always really pleased with the results. Whereas when we tried to economise in the hallway we ended up painting it 3 times to get a colour we were happy with.

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ramblingfancy August 4 2009, 17:06:04 UTC
Ah is this looks fabulous, you must be so pleased! Poor you re the workmen!

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ext_202349 August 4 2009, 19:46:46 UTC
I can't wait to see the finished result (and I'm sure you can't either)! Looks beautiful already.

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callmemadam August 5 2009, 06:53:09 UTC
Thank you! I look forward to showing it to you.

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