How the other half lives.....

As we prepare for the long awaited and much needed kitchen and bathroom renovations, I have been thrust into the world of tiles, stoves, floor coverings, benchtop colours and so on and the choice available is just overwhelming. In our forty years of marriage I have never really had to choose what type of stove or what colour cupboards etc. to buy as the CEO always picked up specials from garage sales and the cupboards were left over from a house his father built back in the 1970s :-) I am starting to feel like I have entered a different world.

 I am a bit over the whole idea of renovations at the moment and feel more excited about seeing my roses opening up like the beautiful Blue Moon above. So I have narrowed down the choices and am going with a kitchen of off white cupboards and drawers and apple green splashbacks like Wendy has in her kitchen. Check out her blog post My New Kitchen for a look-see. The bench colour is much like hers as well but mine isn't stone.

Then there is the choice of floor coverings and I was surprised to find that vinyl isn't used much these days and some kind of planks are in vogue so I was given a sample of one of them that is the closest the shop had to the colour of the old vinyl but the CEO doesn't like it so it's back to square one with that choice :-(

Then there is the bathroom which is going to be completely gutted and you would understand why if you saw it as it has been just 'added on' when this house was shifted here from a farm years ago so we believe. The rows and rows of tiles were just too much for me so I just picked one for the shower that the CEO was happy with...

...and these tiles are going to be cut to be used as a trim and I believe it will also be used as the splashback in the bathroom. Apparently I still have to pick a colour for the vanity unit and the linen cupboard so it will be something from the assortment of colours above. Actually that tile looks much nicer in real life and is quite pretty. I can just imagine how cold wall to wall tiles plus tiles on the floor are going to be in winter but I have been assured that the heater and light thingy they put in will make it warmer. I am not so sure though but I daresay I will find out next year. 

I will be glad when the renos are over and the house has been painted outside but the inside still needs painting after so long but it is all too hard to even think about at the moment. Maybe ten years down the track will do. Ooops, I will be eighty by then. LOL! 

I still have to choose a few things but I think mostly taps, a new toilet and other bits and pieces have been picked as I really can't be bothered with it anymore. I am not complaining as this wouldn't be happening without an unexpected windfall that came our way but it does feel strange to be in this situation of making choices so that colours match and so on. It definitely does feel like it is a case of 'how the other half lives'. 

Don't forget if you live in our region that the Lost Trades Fair starts tomorrow and finishes on Sunday. We have had a little rain but the sun is shining at present so I doubt it will be too wet there tomorrow although Sunday might be a better day weatherwise. It is lovely to see the rain and I hope our farmers are enjoying it too if it has reached them. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.