Bedroom - all done bar the wardrobes

All that's left to do in our bedroom now is to buy & put up the fitted wardrobes & iron the curtains.  The former task won't happen until after Christmas & I'm not sure when I'm going to feel like the latter - anything that need ironing in my wardrobe is rarely worn!


The oak effect laminate made a big improvement when it went down - I'm hoping that this will be our default flooring for most other rooms in the house.


Really pleased with the new bedside cabinets.  I have been trying fruitlessly to get hold of the same Habitat series cabinets as the bed, but admitted defeat.  These are John Lewis ones - but they go rather well with our bed.


The walls are more grey than I hoped - but the shade seems to go well with the oak wood colour.


We now each have a bedside lamp - something we never had at Edward Avenue!  Tried to keep to the vaguely 70s retro thing going on with our bed - and the house!


The thing I'm most pleased with is the pendant lampshade - chosen by Husband.  Plain hessian kind of thing when unlit, but has a fabulous bamboo design when lit.

Kitchen - getting there. Kind of.

Well, the kitchen is progressing.  Not finished - or anything like finished, but at least it's starting to look a bit less like a gutted shell & more like a room.
A few hiccups - a broken elbow, electrical shuffling & a predictable amount of glaring at the plans vs reality!
The oven does work - but we've been too chicken to try it out.

En Suite Bathroom Finished

Drum roll......


En Suite is finished!  Our first finished room.


We removed the old suite - which included a corner bath too short to stretch out in and a leaky loo.  The carpet and a goldfish shower curtain were also consigned to the household recycling centre.


We kept the tiles - and managed to find a very close match to add in where needed.  The light, mirrors, towel rail, radiator & shelves were all good - so we kept them too.


Additions were:

• Large shower cubicle with a low profile tray and sliding doors.
• Thermostatic mixer shower, that thanks to the megaflow has a decent level of oomph.
• Oak vanity unit 
• Tile Loc flooring
• Non-leaking loo! 

It all works and it is so much more enjoyable to use than the blue, daylight free bathroom.

We moved into the main bedroom this week as we welcomed our very first overnight guests - my Fabulous In Laws en route home to Torquay after a long birthday weekend in Vienna (many, many thanks to Xis!).   Really good to be sleeping in a nearly finished room, but I'm so looking forward to having a kitchen so that we can be proper hosts.