Tiling, cabinetry and decking in!

Well the tiler has been slaving away, even over the long weekend, and we really appreciate the time he has taken to do such a wonderful job. And he was such a nice guy! Bathroom: (mirror to go above vanity basin hence there is no white tile on top) Butlers Pantry

Kitchen (love it!) - going with a cream splashback (Buff It 1/2 strength)

The front decking which looks FABULOUS! Bikeman had a few days off and worked his fingers to the bone doing this and starting on the fixout (doors/architraves) and stairs.

Someone please remind me WHY we're getting a pool again .... this was taken yesterday, on Wednesday 4th Nov in the morning. Brrrrrr!

So still more painting to come .... up to the top colour in most places though, which is great. And Bikeman worked out (not a moment too soon) that it would not be a good idea to do the final coat of paint just yet as when they put up the doors/arcs etc there are grubby little finger prints all over the place. So that suits me just fine and dandy! Better to know now rather than later.

And we're putting in a pool?!?!?!?!

This is how cold it gets in Romsey. This was last Tuesday at 3:45, when I was picking up Pink from kinder. Plan was - pick up Pink, take Blue to basketball, go back to the house and do another hour of painting. Scrapped that when I saw the temp - 2.5 degrees (and even the little snowflake which means it is cold enough to snow) and hail and freezing cold winds.

Take 2 overtired kids back to a freezing cold house with no heating - and then paint? No thanks. We went home instead to our other nice warm house which doesn't require as much maintenance!