Wet easter
Another day of indoors-only weather, and even more forecast for the weekend (snow, even!) so I’ve been indoors trying to catch up with housework. What a joke! We worked out that even if I had an extra person here cleaning from 9 to 5 daily the place still wouldn’t be clean and tidy!
Ian’s been doing some paintings for an exhibition which starts in 3 weeks’ time. He’s put some paint on the canvasses, but quite a lot of it has ended up around the house… on his clothes, the floor, chairs and tables, plates, even the knobs on the cooker. It’s like a kind of artistic garnish on the house which I have given up trying to get rid of. I wonder how many years I’d have to leave it before the house became a work of art in its own right?!
Anyway, I showed you some pictures of the bathroom as I demolished the walls,
here is what it looks like now… The walls have been covered with a rustic-finish mortar (more English country cottage than French farmhouse, but who cares). Ian made this sink unit with recycled wood and floorboards, and I did the plumbing. I know that two sinks seems unnecessary but, believe me, it’s FANTASTIC!
I’ve also started the tiling – just the little bit behind the bath for now, there are still 3 metres square left to do! This bit was done with recycled mirror and a few tiles. Getting the mirror to break into nice-shaped pieces was pretty hard and more than half the mirror ended up in pieces which couldn’t be used – tiles are much easier to break. I’ve also collected broken plates, stones and pottery found whilst digging the garden for the main wall; but I haven’t steeled myself to start to mammoth task yet – it’s a little daunting and I’m worried about it going wrong at some point and having to start again!
lehnersinfrance said,
March 24, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
I too have a husband who paints and trying to get paint off the bath, the sink, the cooker and the computer is a nightmare, he’s also a mud magnet. I love your tiling, so imaginative . Debs
LittleFfarm Dairy said,
March 24, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
Wow -
that looks lovely. If I attempted anything like that it’d look ridiculous, not artistic. You have a real gift! And the sinks look great….as our bathroom is miniscule we’re lucky to fit in just the one, alas. And we always both need to use it at the same time….
Scarlet said,
March 25, 2008 @ 6:17 am
Welcome, Debs! It’s a pain, but that’s what we get for choosing to marry these arty-types. If I could just win the lottery I could convert one of our giant attic spaces into a workshop/office for him and become paint-free.
Val Grainger said,
March 28, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
I wish I could do that!