Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Building the kitchen...
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Double, double toil and trouble...
Yesterday we had a guy in the apartment who was going to plaster the walls so that they could then be painted. However, he couln't get the plaster to stick. And so, today they brought another guy over and he couldn't get the plaster to stick either?! Surely these guys who work with this all the time should know how this works?! Anyway... on a happier note. I saw this really nice table at ILVA in a magazine but I can't find it online. It looks a bit like this one from IKEA called Liatorp. I really like it! When we moved down here I bought two sets of duvet covers at IKEA called Alvine Medaljong. You can't really see what they look like online but if you go to IKEA go check it out. They are white with white medaillons. I am impressed at the quality actually. Soft and comfy!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Update!
Suddenly things are popping up like little mushrooms all over the place. This needs to be fixed, or that or the other and there is just no end to it. We have now decided to completely remake the kitchen and one of the bathrooms to make space for our washingmachine/dryer and a shower. We are also planning on having a wooden deck on the roof terrace (earlier we were planning on having terracotta tiles). We are still swapping to electricity and also putting solar panels to put the lovely sun to use. We have also been looking at a variety of alternatives when it comes to the kitchen work top and also perhaps putting in wooden floors because it is rather cold walking around on marble floors in the winter. When it comes to a kitchen work top and floor I would have preferred birch since I have always liked birch. However, there are many branches in birch and it also looks a bit yellow next to white. So, perhaps we will have oak in the kitchen and perhaps white oiled white ash if we are going to put floors in (which probably won't be realized until this coming fall). Here are a few pictures of the floors. Birch, ash, birch and the last two are white oiled white ash. Have a nice evening!